{"id":35899,"date":"2026-03-13T04:06:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/federal-agency-seeks-to-update-livestock-disease-prevention-paperwork-requirements\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T04:06:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:06:03","slug":"federal-agency-seeks-to-update-livestock-disease-prevention-paperwork-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/federal-agency-seeks-to-update-livestock-disease-prevention-paperwork-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Agency Seeks to Update Livestock Disease Prevention Paperwork Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773389162920.jpg?resize=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773389162920.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773389162920.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773389162920.jpg?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773389162920.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Federal agriculture officials are working to update administrative procedures for a nationwide livestock disease prevention initiative.<\/p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced plans to seek approval for changes to data collection requirements tied to the joint State-Federal Brucellosis Eradication Program. The agency is also requesting an extension of current approval for these information-gathering activities.<\/p><p>This administrative action follows protocols established under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, which requires federal agencies to justify and periodically review their data collection practices.<\/p><p>The brucellosis eradication program represents a collaborative effort between federal and state authorities to eliminate this livestock disease, which can affect cattle and other animals.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is requesting approval to revise and extend data collection procedures for a joint state-federal program aimed at eliminating brucellosis in livestock. The move follows federal paperwork reduction guidelines established in the mid-1990s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[862],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773389162920.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-9l1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46166,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/federal-agency-plans-to-update-meat-inspection-data-collection-requirements\/","url_meta":{"origin":35899,"position":0},"title":"Federal Agency Plans to Update Meat Inspection Data Collection Requirements","author":"Admin","date":"April 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Food Safety and Inspection Service plans to modify its data collection procedures for state meat and poultry inspection programs. 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