United States Department of Agriculture

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Contact 

Information
Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection, 

port operations staff

(301) 734–8295

Animal and bird exports

National Center for Import and Export

(NCIE), export staff

(301) 734–8364

Animal and bird imports

NCIE, import staff

(301) 734–8364

Animal product exports

NCIE, export staff

(301) 734–3277

Animal product imports

NCIE, import staff

(301) 734–3277

Biotechnology

Senior Operations Officer

(301) 734–5940

Center for Plant Health Science and

Technology

(919) 513–2662

Center for Veterinary Biologics

(301) 734–8245

(515) 232–5785

Centers for Epidemiology and Animal

Health

(970) 490–8100

Environmental assessments

Deputy Director of Environmental Services

(301) 734–8565

Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic

Laboratory

(631) 323–3200

International Regulation Retrieval System

NCIE, export staff

(301) 734–8364

International Services

(301) 734–7550

Invasive species and pest management

(301) 734–8247

Legislative and Public Affairs

Public Affairs staff

(301) 734–7799

National Animal Health Monitoring System

Staff Leader

(970) 490–7937

National Biological Control Institute

(301) 734–4329

National Veterinary Services Laboratories

Director

(515) 663–7301

Pest risk assessments

Team Leader

(301) 734–8896

Plant exports

Phytosanitary Issues Management (PIM)

Team, export staff

(301) 734–8537

Plant inspection stations, Convention on

International Trade in Endangered Species

(CITES)

Senior Staff Officer

(301) 734–7839

Plant imports

PIM, import staff

(301) 734–6799

Plant permits

Branch Chief

(301) 734–8896

Plant Protection and Quarantine

(301) 734–8262

2 Contact Information

For more information about the programs of the Animal and

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), please get in touch

with the appropriate staff or contact point listed below. You can

also access the APHIS Web site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov
Preclearance

Director of Preclearance Program

(301) 734–8295

Regionalization, Veterinary Services, NCIE

(301) 734–8364

International Services

Trade Support Team

Director

(202) 720–7677

Veterinary Services, Emergency Programs

(301) 734–8073

You can also find helpful information on

trade-related issues from the following

Federal agencies:

Agricultural Marketing Service

Director, Public Affairs

(202) 720–8998

http://www.ams.usda.gov

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Chief of Media Services

(202) 208–5634

http://www.fws.gov

Food and Drug Administration

Associate Commissioner of Public Affairs

(301) 827–6250

http://www.fda.gov

Food Safety and Inspection Service

Director, Public Affairs

(202) 690–1233

http://www.fsis.usda.gov

Foreign Agricultural Service

Director, Public Affairs

(202) 720–7115

http://www.fas.usda.gov

U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Assistant USTR for Public Affairs

(202) 395–3230

http://www.ustr.gov

The U.S. Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination in all its

programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,

religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or

family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons

with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of

program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact

USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD).

To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil

Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call (202) 720–5964 (voice and TDD).

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Contact Information 3
United States

Department of

Agriculture

Animal and Plant

Health Inspection

Service

Miscellaneous 

Publication No. 1581

Issued September 2001