US SENATE TO DEBATE WIDELY SUPPORTED BIPARTISAN LAW TO STRENGTHEN MEAT BORDER CHECKS
August 1st, 2019
A bipartisan bill has been proposed in the United States Senate to fill what the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency has warned is a shortage of nearly 700 agricultural inspectors at ports of entry.
The Protecting America’s Food & Agriculture Act of 2019, if approved, would authorises the annual hiring by the CBP of 240 agricultural specialists every year until the workforce shortage is filled. It would also authorise the hiring of 200 agricultural technicians annually to carry out administrative and support functions. The bill also orders the ...
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