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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)Office of Field Operations (OFO)Agriculture Programs and Trade Liaison (APTL)

Transportation of Laboratory Animals

September 4, 2014

Romelito Lapitan, Ph.D.Acting Branch Chief

Field Operations

Objectives

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Agriculture Program and Trade Liaison Office: Mission and Focus

Partnership with other Agencies

Regulatory Requirements for Animal Transportation

Common Problems Encountered

Enforcement Actions

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U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionAgriculture Programs and Trade Liaison

APTL

Ag/Bio-Terror Countermeasures

AgricultureSafeguarding

Agriculture OversightOperation

Agriculture Policy and Planning

Ensures consistent application of agriculture inspection policy across all CBP ports of entry.

Provides guidance on agriculture-related regulations and inspection procedures on exotic animal and plant pests and diseases.

Prevents deliberate entry of ag/bio-threats to American agriculture.

Facilitates entry of clean andcompliant agricultural cargo.

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CBP APTL Collaboration

CBPAPTL

FederalAgencies

Trade Agriculture

State Agencies

Production Agriculture

USDACDCFWSFDA

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U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionPorts of Entry

U.S. Ports of Entry (POE): 328 Pre-Clearance: 15 Total Number of Agriculture Specialists (CBPAS): 2,415 Total Number of POE Staffed by CBPAS: 175

Environment Pathways

Air: 226 - Cargo, Passenger, Express Courier, Mail

Maritime: 126 - Cargo, Passenger, Mail

Land Border: 110 - Cargo, Vehicle, Pedestrian, Rail

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U.S. CBP Cargo Environment Process

Formal Entry

CBP Advance NotificationRequirements:

Air ≥ 4 hrs or wheels upSea ≥ 24 hrsLand Border ≥ 2hrs

C-TPAT ≥ 0.5 hrsRail ≥ 2hrs Agriculture

SecondaryCBP

System

CBP POE

Arr

ival

USA

Advance Screening

Document Review

CompliantRefer/ transfer

custody to USDA, FWS, or CDC

Yes

No

Import PermitManifestVS Health Certificate

Exit

Release

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CDC Health Requirement

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Arrival POE

Global EntryAPC

(Airport)

Nexus (NB)SENTRI (SB)(Land Border)

Primary (Admissibility)

QMILive

Animal

Passenger Screening

No

Exit

Egress

Exit

Agriculture Secondary

Primary Secondary

Yes

QMISeized

Live Animal

Compliant

Refer/ transfer custody to USDA,

FWS, or CDC

Exit

No

Yes

Rel

ease

Passenger

CBPAction

Exit

Kiosk

QuestioningNII Luggage Inspection

U.S. CBP Passenger Environment Process

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CBP Agriculture Specialist (CBPAS)Compliance Agreement

Joint USDA/CBP effort

Regulated Garbage Handling

Compliance Agreements

Training, Handling, Destruction

Monitoring and Inspection

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CBP Agriculture Specialist (CBPAS)Compliance Agreement

Current Compliance Agreements

Maritime

Air

Railroad

Incinerators

Caterers/Haulers

CBP and Military

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Birds not Poultry (0.46%)

Turkey(28%)

Swine(20%)

Bovine(10%)

Chicken(33%)

Ducks & Geese (4%)

Other Live Animals(1.5%)

Reptiles (2.6%)

Equine – 1.08% Dogs – 3.37%NHPs – 7.92%Rabbit/Hare – 14.01%Goat/Sheep – 1.70Cat, Mice etc.– 71.92%

Total = 19,995,305 heads

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CBP APTL Live Animal Imports

Research

Slaughter

Breeding

Pet

Zoo and Exhibits

October 1, 2013 to August 15, 2014

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CBP Advance Notification

Documentations for Consumption Entries: CBP Entry Documents Import Permit (USDA VS, CDC, FWS) USDA VS Health Certificate or CDC Health/

Immunization Requirements

In Transit Shipments: CBP In-transit Documents In-transit Permit (USDA VS) In-Bond

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CBP APTL Regulatory Requirements

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High profile prohibited agriculture interception at POE

Significant Agriculture Incident Report (SAIR) generated

CBP APTL and all POEs receive SAIR report

AEAs sent to 329 State and Federal agriculture representatives

CBP APTL releases Ag enforcement Alerts (AEA) 2x a week

CBP APTLAgriculture Enforcement

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CBP APTLAgriculture Enforcement Alerts

Los Angeles, CA

Air Cargo

Traveling from Nigeria

Manifested “live snail” for Human Consumption

No USDA Import Permit

Seized; Transfer Custody to USDA APHIS for Quarantine Measures

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Miami

Foreign Mail Facility

Express Mail from Peru

Unusual X-ray reveals 12 Labeled Eggs

Items Were Seized

Referred to USDA VS


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Laredo, TX

Land Border (vehicle)

Traveling from Mexico

Live Bengal cat (1) and

live macaw (1)

Negative Declaration (primary); Amended in Agriculture Secondary

No Import Permits

Seized; Transferred Custody to VS (bird) and FWS (cat)

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Phoenix Sky Harbor

Air Cargo

Declared “personal effects”

Traveling from Monrovia, Liberia

Dried Fish, Vegetables, Unknown Blackened Meat, Jarred ‘sauce’

Whole Box and Suitcase Seized, Steam Sterilized

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Tucson

Land Border Vehicle

Traveling from Mexico

Declared 10 Live Poultry as Pets

Poultry Seized and Custody Transferred to USDA VS

Traveler Released Without Incident

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Not actual monkey in shipments


Anchorage, AK ‘gas and go’

Air Cargo

Country of Origin: China and Cambodia

Manifested ‘AVI’

Destination: USA and Canada (in-transit)

CDC and Fish & Wildlife Notified

NHPs Remained on Board; Importer was Registered with CDC; Aircraft Repaired and Released with No Incident

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Baltimore

Air Passenger

Traveling from Iraq

Two Live Pigeons Discovered

Birds Abandoned, Safeguarded and Transferred Custody to USDA VS

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Baltimore

Maritime Vessel

Animal Contamination Discovered

Vessel Quarantined

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Laredo

Land Border Bus

Traveler from Peru

Declared Live Vaccines for Treating Sheep: Bacillusanthracis, Pasteurella clostridium, Penicillin

No VS permit

Vaccines Seized and Referred to USDA VMO

Traveler was Penalized for Undeclared Pork Meat and Hatching Eggs

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Questions?

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