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| Domain | Definition |
Agriculture | A USDA agency established to conduct inspections and regulatory and control programs to protect animal and plant health. It utilizes border inspections to prevent international transmission of pests and disease, administers quarantine and eradication programs, and certifies that U.S. exports meet importing countries' animal and plant health standards. (APHIS). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE |
| Specialty definitions using "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE": Agricultural Quarantine Inspection, Animal Damage Control Program ♦ Biologics, Bovine tuberculosis ♦ Federal Noxious Weed Act, Federal Plant Pest Act, Federal Seed Act, Fire ants ♦ Karnal bunt ♦ Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 ♦ Noxious weeds ♦ Plant Quarantine Act, Pseudorabies ♦ Sweet potato whitefly ♦ Veterinary biologics ♦ Wildlife Services Program. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | At the Rio Grande, Robert Rodriguez (left) and Horico Garza, of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, search for livestock that may be carrying ticks. Cattle fever ticks have been eradicated from this country since 1943 except for a narrow strip along the border. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A. Visit the USDA website Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). (references) | |
Economic History | Chile | Attaches at the embassy from the Foreign Commercial Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) work closely with the hundreds of U.S. companies which export to or maintain offices in Chile. (references) |
Political Economy | CZECH REPUBLIC | U.S. exporters of beef, poultry, pork and horsemeat are not able to ship to the Czech Republic due to concerns about special risk materials shared by the EU. In November 2000, reacting to the EU BSE outbreak, the Czech State Veterinary Administration prohibited specific risks' materials usage in pet food, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) cannot guarantee that U.S. pet food producers meet this requirement. (references) |
Trade | China | The U.S. Department of Agriculture maintains an office of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in Beijing. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
animal and plant health inspection service | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 4E 49 4D 41 4C 41 4E 44 50 4C 41 4E 54 48 45 41 4C 54 48 49 4E 53 50 45 43 54 49 4F 4E 53 45 52 56 49 43 45 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01001110 01001001 01001101 01000001 01001100 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01010000 01001100 01000001 01001110 01010100 00100000 01001000 01000101 01000001 01001100 01010100 01001000 00100000 01001001 01001110 01010011 01010000 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 00100000 01010011 01000101 01010010 01010110 01001001 01000011 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A N I M A L   A N D   P L A N T   H E A L T H   I N S P E C T I O N   S E R V I C E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 004E 0049 004D 0041 004C 0041 004E 0044 0050 004C 0041 004E 0054 0048 0045 0041 004C 0054 0048 0049 004E 0053 0050 0045 0043 0054 0049 004F 004E 0053 0045 0052 0056 0049 0043 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3548434735462354838250463548542423935465442243485350393754434948253395256433739 |
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