The Role of Proactive Risk Assessments in Ensuring Business Continuity in the Swine Industry during an FMD Outbreak

摘要

Emerging and reemerging pathogens of food animals, such as Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), have the potential to disrupt the supply of food commodities. In the event of an FMD outbreak in the United States, permit requests to move pigs and pork products must be supported by risk assessments (3).