The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced April 5 an updated Veterinary Services form 16-4 in response to concerns that, under the previous language of the form, all animal food manufacturers would be barred from exporting animal-based products amid a foreign animal disease outbreak in the United States.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) applauded the change it said came as a result of applying pressure on APHIS and Capitol Hill to amend the form and support animal-based products’ ability to export.
“The VS 16-4 form…
