On Monday, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service formally published a request in the Federal Register for public input on the idea of recognizing third-party inspections when determining the frequency of federal inspections for facilities regulated under the Animal Welfare Act.
APHIS’ request may be viewed at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-01-22/pdf/2018-00966.pdf.
The AKC first reported on this effort on December 20, 2017.