Tuesday, December 21, 2021 - Part 1

Part 1 - On December 2, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service revised a Federal Order that had suspended the interstate movement of all live swine, swine germplasm, swine products, and swine byproducts from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the mainland United States. Fernando Lugo, a supervisor for the USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine team at Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in Puerto Rico, joins Neville James to break down these revised guidelines for those looking to travel this holiday season. For more information: (787)710-7282. Lorna Nichols-Minkoff then calls in to preview today’s VIWMA Board meeting (34:01) and Neville shares some new information regarding the Omicron variant.