WASHINGTON — USDA's Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced the closure of the APHIS-operated bird import quarantine facility located at the port of Otay Mesa, Calif.
These changes will take effect Dec. 9, 2016, and will help reduce costs and streamline operations where APHIS services have been underutilized, the agency said.
The agency noted that the APHIS' bird import quarantine facility in Otay Mesa, Calif., has been operating at a deficit — approximately $400,000 annually for several years — because of the low number of birds quarantined at the facility. In 2013 and 2014, Otay Mesa provided. . .
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