date:Jan 06, 2013
foreign markets open to our exports, he said.
However, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) raised questions over whether the new rule was strict enough, calling for a mandatory, uniform national disease traceability and identification system to more broadly protect the nations food supply and food animal populations.
Dr Ron DeHaven, AVMA CEO and a former APHIS administrator, explained:The AVMA believes this new rule will lay the foundation to further strengthen US animal diseas