APHIS Collected Over $1M in Ag Quarantine Inspection Penalties in FY 23
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service initiated 525 agricultural quarantine inspection cases, issued 198 AQI-related official warnings and reached 428 AQI-related pre-litigation settlement agreements in FY 2023, leading to the collection of more than $1 million in penalties, APHIS…
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said in an annual summary of enforcement data released June 27. The agency said one case involved a $360,000 civil penalty “for improper disposal of regulated garbage,” and in another case APHIS negotiated a $150,000 pre-litigation settlement agreement to resolve violations of the Plant Protection Act involving the shipment of plants for planting without APHIS-issued permits or phytosanitary certificates.