GAO. released a report I requested entitled. "Much is Being Done to Protect Agriculture from a Terrorist Attack. but Important Challenges Remain" (GAO05214). The GAO report reviews the current state of agriculture security in the United States and points to a number of key areas where improvement is necessary. such as the inability of USDA to deploy animal disease vaccines in 24 hours and the lack of foreign animal disease knowledge among USDAcertified veterinarians. GAO also confirmed information I had received from the National Association of Agriculture Employees that the agricultural mission of Customs and Border Protection. CBP. was insufficiently prioritized. GAO found that the number of agricultural inspections at U.S. borders had declined by 3.4 million since the Department of Homeland Security.
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