USDA holds inspection user fee meeting

USDA holds inspection user fee meeting    The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will hold a public meeting on Oct. 15 to discuss the agricultural quarantine and inspection user fee increases scheduled to take effect on Nov. 1.
   During the meeting, which will be held at the USDA Center at Riverdale, Md. from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the agency will address questions and seek feedback on the user fee increases. The agency will also continue to accept comments through Nov. 27.
   In a Sept. 28 Federal Register notice, APHIS said it will increase its fees charged by 10 percent for certain quarantine and inspection services involving commercial trucks, railcars, vessels and planes, initially effective Oct. 1. The agency extended the effective date to Nov. 1.