NAA, APHIS Propose Aquaculture Health Program
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Feedstuffs] February 26, 2015
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services (VS), in collaboration with the National Aquaculture Assn. (NAA), is rolling out its joint concept for commercial aquaculture health program standards (CAHPS) and posted a framework document on the APHIS Aquaculture webpage for review.
Representatives from NAA and the VS Aquaculture Program Team have been developing draft program standards to establish this voluntary, nonregulatory framework for the improvement and verification of the health of farmed aquatic animals produced in U.S. commercial aquaculture industry ...
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