Implementing the Animal Health Safeguarding Review: Summer 2005 Status Report.

摘要

In 2000, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) Veterinary Services (VS) program requested that the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) conduct a review of the U.S. animal health safeguarding system. This request followed several years of conversation between VS and its stakeholders regarding the changing global agricultural environment and the state of readiness of the system. NASDA was asked to do a comprehensive review assessing the efficacy of the activities, authorities, infrastructure, partnerships, policies, and procedures which comprise the existing safeguarding system. The report submitted by NASDA in October 2001 achieved that goal. It contained thoughtful principles and recommendations from each of the four committees that carried out the review: Domestic Detection and Surveillance, Exclusion, International Information, and Response. The report also made a number of overarching recommendations. VS has been working hard to respond to the recommendations put forth in the Safeguarding Review, and we are pleased, in this report, to highlight some of the significant progress that has been made. We also discuss steps necessary for continued success in addressing the issues raised by the Safeguarding Review.