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USDA takes more comments on HPAI indemnity payment rule

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has reopened the public comment period for an interim final rule for indemnity payments for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.

The interim final rule requires farmers pass a biosecurity audit before restocking their poultry after an HPAI detection before they can receive future indemnity payments. And farmers who don’t make corrections recommended by USDA in the audit won’t be eligible for indemnity payments.

USDA also says APHIS will not pay indemnity for flocks moved onto premises in active infected zones if the flocks become infected with HPAI within 14 days following the dissolution of the control area around an active infected premises.

USDA says the public comment period is open through April 14. Read more.