G/SPS/GEN/181/Add.11  
 
8 October 2015  
(15-5250)  Page: 1/13  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 
SUBMISSION BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
Addendum 
The following communication, dated 7 October 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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  1  INTRODUCTION 
1.1.  In 1999, the SPS Committee initiated a pr ocess to gather information on the technical 
assistance Members have requested, received or pr ovided in support of the implementation of the 
SPS Agreement since it came into force on 1 January 1995 (see G/SPS/W/101). In response to 
this interest, the United States (G/SPS/GEN/181 and addenda) and others, including inter alia  
Canada (G/SPS/GEN/1426), the European Union (G/SPS/GEN/1139 and addenda), and Japan (G/SPS/GEN/1160 and addenda), have submitted periodic reporting on technical assistance 
provided in support of implementation of the SP S Agreement. This submission marks the eleventh 
such submission by the United States. 
1.2.  This compilation of US technical assistance  provided to developing countries and acceding 
countries in this report covers the period between 1 October 2012 and 30 September 2014. In this 
report, the United States provides details on 230 tec hnical assistance projects in the fields of food 
safety, animal health, plant health, and agricultural biotechnology. Forms of assistance include regional trade capacity building workshops an d conferences, hands-on training programmes, 
fellowships and exchanges, and site visits to US research and academic institutions. 
1.3.  The provision of technical assistance to deve loping countries in support of implementation of 
the SPS Agreement continues to be important to  the United States. US technical assistance 
programmes assist developing countries, least developed countries, and acceding countries to 
develop and implement effective, transparent an d science-based regulatory systems to protect 
human, animal and plant health while facilitating trade in these products. These programmes seek to foster a clear understanding of key SPS provisions in international and bilateral trade 
agreements. The United States continues its efforts to tailor technical assistance in response to 
requests made by developing countries and acceding countries. In our experience, demand-driven assistance provided within a framework of mutual respect and accountability provides the 
strongest foundation for delivering enduring results. 
1.4.  The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) implements many of these technical assistance 
activities in partnership with other US Government agencies, international organizations, 
US universities, agri-businesses, and private consultants. This report includes a list of the key 
US Government agencies involved in the provision of technical assistance to developing countries, least developed countries, and acceding countries, as well as a list of representative activities conducted in the specified reporting period. The lists are not exhaustive. G/SPS/GEN/181/Add.11 
 
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  2  KEY US AGENCIES INVOLVED IN  PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
2.1.  Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS)  – APHIS is a lead US government 
agency in international SPS standard setting organization activities. APHIS international technical and regulatory capacity building activities are conducted on the basis of requests from other 
countries or from US Government agencies involved in international technical assistance. APHIS 
has staff positioned globally in 34 overseas offices assisting in both import and export issues. APHIS partners with international agricultural organizations, such as the World Organisation for 
Animal Health (OIE), the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO), and the Inter-
American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) to achieve advance science-based SPS objectives globally. 
2.2.  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  – EPA works closely with FAS and other 
US agencies to provide scientific and policy ex pertise for the establishment of standards and 
requirements regarding sound pesticide and chemical management practices based on science. EPA, considered one of the world's leading authorities on the regulation of pesticides, has worked 
extensively with other countries both bilaterally and through international fora to promote 
harmonized maximu m residue limits. 
2.3.  Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  – FDA is the agency within the Department of 
Health and Human Services responsible for protecti ng the public health by assuring the safety, 
efficacy and security of domestically produced  and imported foods, as well as human and 
veterinary drugs, food additives, and supplemen ts. FDA maintains an international presence and 
works with many other US agencies to provide public health and food safety technical expertise to 
our trading partners. 
2.4.  Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)  – FSIS is the USDA's public health agency, 
responsible for ensuring that the nation's commerc ial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is 
safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged. FSIS has significant expertise in helping 
foreign governments understand the regula tory system of the United States. 
2.5.  Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)  – FAS has the primary responsibility for coordinating 
and implementing USDA's international trade policy, promotion, and capacity building activities. 
FAS provides technical assistance through fellowships and scientific exchange programs, such as the Cochran and Borlaug fellowship programmes, as we ll as through the dispatch of USDA advisors 
and experts from other US food regulatory agenci es to assist foreign policymakers, regulators, 
scientists, and the private sector to address comp lex, trade-related issues such as SPS compliance 
and applications of agricultural biotechnology. 
2.6.  US Agency for International Development (USAID)  – USAID is the lead US Government 
agency delivering development assistance worldw ide. USAID provides assistance to support 
country, regional and global strategies that facilitate trade and strengthen SPS systems. Technical assistance builds the capacity needed to  support policy and systems change enabling 
implementation of the WTO SPS Agreement and to meet regional and international SPS standards. 
  
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- 3 - ILLUSTRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES 
TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND NEWLY ACCEDING COUNTRIES 
BETWEEN 1 OCTOBER 2012 AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2014 
Sector Description program or activity Form of assistance Provided to Contact 
Animal and 
Plant Health Convening of stakeholders in national and local 
government, small-holder farmers and private enterprise to formulate plans to improve implementation of SPS policies Advice Bangladesh Em el.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal and 
Plant Health Long-term regional SPS capacity building advisors 
for government policy development and project 
management activities as signed to West Africa Advice, Training Benin; Burkina Faso; Cabo Verde; 
Côte d'Ivoire; The Gambia; Ghana; 
Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia, 
Republic of; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; 
Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal and 
Plant Health Long-term regional SPS capacity building advisors 
for government policy development and project management activities assigned to South Africa Advice  Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, 
Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal and 
Plant Health Long-term regional SPS capacity building advisors 
for government policy development and project 
management activities assigned to East Africa Advice Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal and 
Plant Health Development of distance learning modules for plant 
and animal heal th officials Training Pakistan Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal and 
Plant Health Development of multi-criteria decision analysis tool 
for SPS capacity investment prioritization Advice Rwanda Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Poultry disease diag nostics training course Training Afghanistan Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training on packing and shipping laboratory 
specimen Training Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, 
Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, 
Dominican Republic, Grenada, 
Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts 
and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent 
and the Grenadines, Trinidad and 
Tobago Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training on controlling rat mole crop damage Training Armenia Ma rk.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Long-term advisory assistance in animal health Advice, Training Armenia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Best practices for prescribing veterinary drugs for 
food animals Fellowship Armenia Avis.Watts -Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Risk analysis training Training Bahamas Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Brucellosis treatment using nano-particles tr aining Fellowship Bangladesh Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Integrated management of major soil-borne 
diseases of pulse crops training Fellowship Bangladesh Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training on using biotechnology to limit and detect 
zoonotic diseases Fellowship Bangladesh Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Bio risk management workshop Training Bangladesh Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov  
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- 4 - Sector Description program or activity Form of assistance Provided to Contact 
Animal Health Surveillan ce for Avian Influenza Training Bang ladesh Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Surveillance for Highly Pa thogenic Avian Influenza 
in wild birds of Bangladesh Training Bangladesh Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Diagnostics training at National Veterinary Services 
Laboratory in Ames, Iowa Training Bangladesh, Peru Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Risk analysis in animal health, identification of 
Salmonella and Campylobacter in foods, and meat 
and poultry inspection training Fellowship Barbados Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Risk analysis course in Fort Collins, Colorado Training Barbados, Egypt, Nigeria, Philippines, 
Tanzania, Uganda Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Poultry emergency response training Training Belize, Botswana, Egypt, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Kenya, Mongolia, Panama, 
Sri Lanka, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health International tran sboundary animal disease course 
(Spanish) Training Belize, Dominican Republic, 
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Lucia Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Veterinarian epidemiology workshop applied on 
poultry programs Training Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Ecuador; 
Guyana; Paraguay; Suriname Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Regional workshop  on molecular diagnostics for 
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Training Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Paraguay; Uruguay Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Field tools training for po ultry diseases diagnostics Training Burkina Faso Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Sampling procedur e and diagnostics techniques of 
priority poultry diseases Training Burkina Faso Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Bat disease surveillance data collection Training Cambodia Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Veterinary epidemiology workshop  Training Cambodia, Egypt, India, Pakistan, 
Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, 
Uruguay Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Veterinary risk analysis training Training Cambodia, Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan, 
Tanzania, Uganda Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Animal  disease surveillance training Fellowship Chad Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Wild bird surveillance assistance for Highly 
Pathogenic Avian Influenza Training China Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Veterinary epidem iology workshop for small and 
medium enterprise executives Training China Mark.C.P rescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health East African Chief Veterinary Officer US study tour Advice Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, South 
Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Meat and poultry insp ection training Fellowship Dominica Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training on international transboundary animal 
disease diagnostics and food  safety related to dairy 
management. Fellowship Dominican Republic Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Polymerase chain reaction  (PCR) test training Trai ning Dominican Republic Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Epidemiology training Training Dominican Republic Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus diagnostic training Training Do minican Republic Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Train-the-Trainer epidemiology training Training Dominican Republic Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov  
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Animal Health Animal  health risk analysis to improve data 
management Fellowship Egypt Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Meat and poultry inspection and food safety 
laboratory regulation training Fellowship El Salvador Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Regional risk anal ysis workshop for transboundary 
animal diseases Training Ethiopia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Consultations on Contagious Bovine 
Pleuropneumonia Advice The Gambia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Assist in facilitation of National Animal Health 
Program Steering Group meeting Advice Georgia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training in safe prescription of veterinary 
pharmaceuticals in food animals Fellowship Georgia Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Animal an thrax control study workshop Training Georgia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Classification Swine Fever (CSF) vaccine donation Donation Guatemala Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Laboratory diagnostics for swine dise ases Training Guyana Mark .C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training to identify Salmonella and Campylobacter 
food-borne pathogens Fellowship Honduras Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Food safety and poultr y processing training Fellowship Indi a Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health International transboundary animal disease course 
(English) Training India, Kenya, Nigeria, Philippines, 
Singapore, Uganda Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Scientific scholars  program to study evaluation of 
risk analysis, surveillance, detection and progressive control of highly pathogenic avian influenza and other zoonotic diseases Advice Indonesia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training on the impact of animal diseases on trade 
of animal products Fellowship Indonesia Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostician (FADD) 
course Training Jordan Mark.C .Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Advanced veterinary epidemiology of foot-and-
mouth disease Training and pathogen risk analysis 
workshop Training Kazakhstan Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training on locating  antibiotic residues in poultry 
products to find the development of antimicrobial resistance in poultry Fellowship Kenya Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Support for Animal Health  Quarantine Technical 
Working Group Advice Ethiopia, Kenya Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Kenya - Uganda DTRA Scoping Mission Training Kenya, Uganda Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Brucellosis proficiency 
testing Training Malaysia Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Specimen collecti on workshop Training Malaysia  Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Grant for two Ministry of Agriculture staff to 
support the capacity building of zoonotic diseases 
preparedness, detection and response capabilities Grant Mali Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health GPS and GIS tr aining for small and medium 
enterprises Training Namibia Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov  
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- 6 - Sector Description program or activity Form of assistance Provided to Contact 
Animal Health GPS training Training Nepal Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training for meat and poultry inspection, 
biotechnology, and food safety Fellowship Nicaragua Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training for dairy farm disease control procedures, 
khapra beetle control, and veterinary relations Fellowship Pakistan Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Development of a Laboratory Information 
Management System and bio-surveillance system to collect data on Foot-and-Mouth Disease, and assistance to combat Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) Training Pakistan Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Veterinary epidemiolo gy training course Training Pakistan Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training for biosaf ety, meat and poultry inspection, 
and agricultural biotechnology Fellowship Panama Avis.Watts -Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Advanced veterinary epidemiology workshop Training Panama Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Wildlife hazard mitigati on at airports training Training Panama Mark.C.Presco tt@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Laboratory workshop on modern techniques for 
diagnosis of classical swine fever Training Peru Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Animal health monito ring and evaluation training Training Peru Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training on prevention, diagnostics and controls of 
diseases affecting apiculture Training Peru Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Specimen sample collection training Training Philippines Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training for meat and po ultry inspection, animal 
disease surveillance, and ag ricultural biotechnology Fellowship Senegal Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Rift Valley Fever prevention and control 
entomology workshop Training Senegal Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health West Africa Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia 
(CBPP) workshop Training Senegal Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Educational support  for biosafety and biosecurity 
training course Training Senegal Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Field tools for diagnostic of poultry diseases Training Senegal Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Wildlife sampling for surveillance trai ning Training Senegal Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Animal health risk analysis short course Training Serbia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training for meat and poultry inspection, 
agricultural biotechnology, identification of Salmonella and Campylobactor in foods, and international transboundary animal disease Fellowship Saint Lucia Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Training for WTO SPS/TBT issues, herd 
management, and breeding Fellowship Tanzania Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Good emergency manage ment practices training Training Ta nzania Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health US diagnostic laboratory network course Training Kenya, Philippines, Tanzania, Trinidad 
and Tobago Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Poultry disease prevention and contro l workshop Training Togo Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Lab equipment assessment Training Togo Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Prophylactic harmonization worksh op Training Togo Mark.C .Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Herd management and breeding training Fellowship Uganda Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov  
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Animal Health African swine fever work data collection and risk 
analysis training Training Uganda Mark.C .Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Advanced veterinary epidemiology workshop and 
wildlife disease surveillance training Training Ukraine Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Veterinary epidemiology training for small and 
medium enterprises Training Uruguay Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health Veterinary risk analysis training Training Uruguay Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Animal Health “One Health” traini ng course on zoonotic disease 
surveillance, mitigation and response Training Uzbekistan Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Animal Health Veterinary institutional development workshop Advice Yemen Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Training on pesticide field trials for minor use data 
sharing Training Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Jordan, Kenya, 
Morocco, Senegal, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Pesticide regulatory technical assistance Training Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, 
Tunisia, Viet Nam Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Training course on coordinated response to food 
safety emergencies  Training Armenia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Food safety instructor  development workshop Training Armenia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Food safety professional leadership development 
course Training Armenia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Workshop on records management and standard 
operating procedures Training Armenia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Lab management training and assistance to 
establish expert working group in the Bangladesh Lab Network for Food Analysis Advice Bangladesh Em el.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Good aquacultural practices and seafood HACCP 
training to teach safe production, handling, and 
quality control Training Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Viet 
Nam Eric.Olson@fda.hhs.gov 
Food Safety Aflatoxin biocontrol farmer field trial training for 
Comité Permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS) Training Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, 
Guinea Bissau, Mail, Senegal  Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Cold chain management with a focus on protocols 
and innovations for food safety and quality Fellowship Bolivia, Plurinational State of Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Information sharin g on pesticide residue data 
generation  Training Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador;  El Salvador; 
Ghana; Guatemala; Honduras; Indonesia; Kenya; Lao People's Democratic Repu blic; Malaysia; 
Myanmar; Panama; Peru; Philippines; Senegal; Singapore; Tanzania; Thailand; Uganda; Viet Nam Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Aflatoxin stakeholder sensitization and biocontrol 
pre-registration consultation Advice Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Ghana, 
Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Senegal Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov  
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- 8 - Sector Description program or activity Form of assistance Provided to Contact 
Food Safety Train-the-Trainer program for veterinary drug 
residue analysis Training Chile, China Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Laboratory capacity needs identification workshop Training Chile, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Peru, Philippines Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Technical advice  on the detection of viral 
pathogens in molluscan shellfish implicated in illness Advice China William.Burkhardt@fda.hhs.gov 
Food Safety Food safety regulations training Fellowship China Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Food inspector training to educate inspectors on 
the critical points to inspect along the supply chain to ensure food safety Training China Eric.Olson@fda.hhs.gov 
Food Safety USFDA-AQSIQ Technical Working Group workshop 
held on food safety for aquaculture products Training China Melissa.Abbott@fda.hhs.gov 
Food Safety Technical adviso ry services on pesticide 
management Advice Colombia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Port inspection and training with Instituto Nacional 
de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y Alimentos 
(INVIMA) Training Colombia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Support US study tour for pesticide regulatory 
authorities to including food use workshop for prioritizing minor use research needs Advice Colombia, Costa Rica Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Regional expert working group to harmonize 
standards for mino r use pesticides Advice Colombia, El Salvador, Ghana, Peru Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Collaboration with  Inter-American Institute for 
Cooperation on Agricult ure on microbiological 
standards for food safety Training Costa Rica Em el.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Good laboratory practices and assistance in 
supervised pesticide residue field trials Training Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, 
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, 
Panama Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Pesticide maximum residue limit (MRL) field trial 
coordination meeting Training Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Colombia; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador;  El Salvador; 
Guatemala; Honduras; Panama; Peru Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Pesticide residue workshop and good laboratory 
practices and residue analysis training Training Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Colombia; Costa Rica; Dominican 
Republic; Ecuador;  El Salvador; 
Guatemala; Honduras; Panama; Peru Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Food defense awareness workshop Training Cr oatia, Germany, Honduras, India Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Outreach to Ecuador to share the US EPA 
experience with regulating pesticides Advice, Training Ecuador Parker.Ron@epa.gov 
Food Safety Food safety short course Fellows hip Ecuador Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Agricultural practices training to teach growers and 
handlers the best practices currently available to 
reduce microbial and chem ical food safety risks Training Ecuador, Mexico Eric.Olson@fda.hhs.gov  
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- 9 - Sector Description program or activity Form of assistance Provided to Contact 
Food Safety Veterinary drug resi due, food safety standards and 
regulations, and food safety and sampling Fellowship Egypt Avis.Watts -Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Meat equivalency audit training Advice El Salvador Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Regional Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) 
information session workshop Advice Colombia, Dominican Republic, 
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Training on food safety practices, food safety 
regulations, biotechno logy, and biosafety Fellowship Ghana Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Aflatoxin collaborat ive research and outreach to 
facilitate regional registration of microbial biopesti cides Training Ghana, Kenya,  Malawi, Mozambique, 
Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Guidance on the development of aflatoxin sampling 
protocols and biocontrol registration Advice  Ghana, Kenya, Ma lawi, Mozambique, 
Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, 
Uganda, Zambia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Study on kudzu bug to support review by the 
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Grant Guatemala Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Training to improve pesticide residue limit 
compliance in key export crops Training Guatemala Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Food safety needs assessment and capacity 
building work plan  implementation Training Haiti Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Train-the-Trainer program to teach spice growers 
and processors about good agricultural and good 
manufacturing practices Training India Eric.Olson@fda.hhs.gov 
Food Safety Good fishing vessel practices and seafood HACCP 
training on good harvesting, handling and storage of wild caught seafood Training India, Indonesia Eric.Olson@fda.hhs.gov 
Food Safety Training on pesticide re sidue analysis, animal-
based feed safety, and good manufacturing 
practices for dair y and livestock Fellowship Indonesia Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Pesticide residue analysis and food safety training 
at Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) Fellowship Jamaica Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Maize genetics training for resistance to chlorotic 
mottle virus and maize lethal necrosis. Fellowship Kenya Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Training on food safety regulations to develop 
trade Fellowship Kenya Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Training for veterinary drug residues, food safety 
standards and regulation s, and SPS/TBT issues 
related to the WTO Fellowship Kenya Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety WTO SPS/TBT issues training at Texas AandM 
University Fellowship Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Training for genetic diversity of bananas to prevent 
the spread of Moko Disease Fellowship Malaysia Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Donation of the complete set of Salmonella 
serotyping serum to support epidemiology study Donation Mexico Eric.Brown@fda.hhs.gov  
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- 10 - Sector Description program or activity Form of assistance Provided to Contact 
Food Safety Whole genome sequencing training Training Mexico Marc.Allard@fda.hhs.gov 
Food Safety Training on pulsed-field gel electropho resis Training Mexico Socrates.Trujillo@fda.hhs.gov 
Food Safety Multi-sector stakeholder workshop on minor crop 
pesticide registration Advice Morocco Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety National food safety policy stakehol ders meeting Advice Nigeria Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Training for food safety related to policy and the 
catering industry Fellowship Nigeria Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) 
training Training Nigeria, Panama Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Cold chain and food safety training Fellowship Peru Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Field pesticide inspector program for Servicio 
Nacional de Sanidad Agraria del Perú (SENASA) Training Peru Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Technical advice and training on the detection of 
pathogenic vibrios in molluscan shellfish Advice, Training Philippines William.Burkhardt@fda.hhs.gov 
Food Safety Training for food  safety, genetic testing, and 
breeding of millet and small grains Fellowship Senegal Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Training module on risk analysis methods in food 
safety Training Serbia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Food safety training on meat Fello wship Sri Lanka Avis.Watts -Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety Train-the-Trainer program to teach good 
manufacturing practices for processed and 
packaged foods Training Thailand eric.olson@fda.hhs.gov 
Food Safety Food safety policies, regulations, and control 
framework to manage food safety risks Fellowship Uganda Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Food Safety, 
Animal Health Information sharing on pu blic health and animal 
health protection principles for US review and 
approval of veterinary drugs Advice China Merton.Smith@fda.hhs.gov 
Plant Health Train-the-Trainer plan t protection workshop Training Af ghanistan Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Regional training on the management of alien fruit 
flies Training Angola, Botswana, Namibia Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Greater Caribbean Sa feguarding Initiative (GCSI) 
plant quarantine principles and procedures training, fruit fly interface database workshop, regional pathogen training workshop, Thysanopteran pest traini ng, and advanced mite 
identification workshop Training Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, 
Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Port operations and policy consultations Advice Bangladesh Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Laboratory asse ssment and capacity building 
training Training Bangladesh Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Risk-based inspection an d sampling training for 
high risk pests an d plant diseases Training Bangladesh Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Plant Health Systems Analysis Course (2014) Training Bangladesh, Belize, Haiti, Kenya, 
Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov  
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Plant Health Plant Health Systems Analysis Course (2013) Training Bangladesh, The Gambia, Haiti, India, 
Kenya, Nigeria Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Bi osecurity and incursion management workshop 
on methods to protect against invasive plant pests Training Bangladesh, India, Nigeria Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Pest identification techniques for grain crop storage 
units Fellowship Burkina Faso Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Cold treatment training for plant health offi cials Training Chile, Peru Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Outreach to China's Institute for the Control of 
Agrochemicals (ICAMA) to provide US knowledge 
and experience with biochemical pesticide 
regulations, risk a ssessment, and data 
requirements Advice, Training China Jones.Russell@epa.gov  
Plant Health Outreach to discuss risk assessment of plant-
incorporated protectants and genetically engineered microbial pest control agents Advice, Training China Wozniak.Chris@epa.gov 
Plant Health Biosafety risk communication workshop Training China Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Workshop on regula tion of plants with stacked 
traits Training China Mark.C.P rescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Pest risk analysis training Training China Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Avocado pest mana gement training and export 
study tour Training Colombia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Cape gooseberry cold treatment training Training Colombia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Citrus greening di sease mitigation and emergency 
response training Training Colombia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Fruit fly trapping training  for plant health field 
inspectors and supervisors  Training Dominican Republic Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Mollusk training for Plant Health Department Training Dominican Republic Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Hispaniola international garbage technical 
assistance Training Dominican Republic, Haiti Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Biotechnology applications to increase drought 
tolerance in response to  peach rootstock disease Fellowship Egypt Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Peach and Mediterranean fruit fly prevention 
training Fellowship Egypt Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Risk co mmunication workshop Training Egypt Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Support to member states  of the Common Market 
for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to build 
regulatory capacity in biosafety Advice Ethiopia, COMESA Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health APHIS plant health  systems analysis course for 
plant health officials Training Bangladesh, The Gambia, Ghana, 
India, Kenya, Nigeria, Swaziland Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Pesticide residue training Fellowship Ghana Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Pest risk anal ysis course Training Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Kenya, 
Malawi, Mozambique Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures 
(ISPM) and US quarantine policy and operations 
workshop Training Ghana, Togo Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov  
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Plant Health Regional workshop on taxonomic identification of 
Himeptera/Hompotera Training Grenada Mark.C .Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Biosafety training at Mi chigan State University Fellowship Grenada, Mozambique, Saint Vincent 
and the Grenadines Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Clavibacter diag nostics training and Golden 
Nematode potato diseas e management workshop Training Guatemala Em el.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Post-harvest quality, safety, and inspection 
workshop Training Guatemala Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Two pest manageme nt workshops focused on the 
management of thrips for snow peas and French beans Training Guatemala, Hondur as Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Long-term technical assistance in plant health Advice Haiti Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Fruit fly control program training in monitoring, 
surveillance, record keeping, and regulatory compliance for mango exports Training Haiti Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Fruit fly identification training and capacity building Training Haiti Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health French green beans diseases workshop Training Honduras Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Consultations with extension office on good 
practices in pest control Advice India Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Training in mana ging and limiting soil borne 
disease Fellowship India Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Training in mechanisms to screen physiological and 
root traits to build drought tolerance in the 
common bean Fellowship India Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health National Institut e of Plant Health Management 
consultations and institutional capacity building Training India Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health National Institute of Plant Health Management 
(NIPHM) to participation in risk analysis mentoring 
program  Training India Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Biosecurity incursion management training for high 
risk pests Training India Mark.C.P rescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Biological control training  for papaya mealy bug  Training India Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Risk analysis for plant protection trai ning Training India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, 
Pakistan, Philippines, Peru Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health US import requirements tr aining for agricultural 
products Training Kosovo Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Training for plan t risk analysis, biotechnology 
regulation immersion, plant health systems analysis, fish disease monitoring and surveillance, and integrated pest management Fellowship Malaysia Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Plant quarantine officer practicum Training Oman Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Phytosanitary risk management training Training Pakistan Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Long-term technical assistance and distance 
learning modules in pl ant and animal health Training Pakistan Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov  
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Plant Health Training for biosafety and agricultural 
biotechnology Fellowship Paraguay Avis.Wat ts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Plant disease diagnostic training series including 
European Grape Vine Moth surveillance and 
Lepidopteran plant pest diagnostics and control Training Peru Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Monitoring and co ntrol training for European 
grapevine moth in Peruvian vine Training Peru Mark.C.P rescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Regional workshop on irradiation as a 
phytosanitary treatment Training Philippines Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Support for the West and Central African Council 
for Agricultural Research and Development (WECARD) workshop on Tuta Absoluta mitigation Training Senegal Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Biotechnology regulato ry immersion course Training Senegal Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Fruit fly management  study tour for West African 
national plant protection organizations Training Burkina Faso; Ghana; Liberia, Republic 
of; Senegal Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Plant health assessment and development of field 
crop production guide Advice Serbia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Workshop for extension agents on integrated pest 
management in apple production and tree fruit study tour Training Serbia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Identifying maize lethal necrosis. Fellowship Tanzania Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Plant quarantine office rs training Training Trinidad and Tobago Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Training on laboratory di agnostics and agricultural 
biotechnology Fellowship Trinidad and Tobago Avis.Watts-Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Supported Plant Protection Directorate participation 
in regional symposium on the management of fruit 
flies Training Tunisia Emel.Lyons@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Risk analysis mentoring program Training Turkey Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health Agricultural biotechnology training at Michigan 
State University Fellowship Uruguay Avis.Watts -Massenburg@fas.usda.gov 
Plant Health Training for national plant protection organization 
on risk analysis and safeguarding against 
damaging pest introductions Training Zambia Mark.C.Prescott@aphis.usda.gov 
Plant Health, 
Food Safety Training for foreign regula tors on risk assessment 
of genetically engineered  organisms and overview 
of the US regulatory system Training Belize, China,  Dominican Republic, 
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Malaysia, Philippines Wozniak.Chris@epa.gov 
Plant Heath Plant breeding training at Michigan State University Fellowship Mozambique Corey.Pickelsimer@fas.usda.gov 
 
 
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