SPS Online.
Risk Analysis Overview
Overview.
risk Assessment.
Risk Management.
Risk Communication.
Review.
In-Depth Interpretation of Risk Assessment.
What is Risk Assessment.
What Risk Assessment Do & What They Not Do.
Conducting a Good Risk Assessmnet.
Overview.
Precise Statement.
Imprecise Statement.
Imprecise Statement.
Review.
International Guidelines for Risk Analysis.
Guidelines Relative to Plant Protection & Quarantine.
Guidelines Relative to Veterinary Services.
Overview.
Definition of a Region.
Benchmark Risk Levels.
Compliance with WTO Requirments.
Example - Background of South Africa.
Glossary.

General Guidelines for Risk Analysis Relative to Veterinary Services

Overview

Here is an overview of APHIS policy regarding importation of animals and animal products:

As of October 28, 1997, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is adopting a policy incorporating the concepts of regionalization and risk assessment as required by the World Trade Organization (WTO) & Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures.

A statement of this policy is published in the Federal Register, Vol. 62, No. 208.

The implementation of the APHIS Regionalization Policy involves evaluating the risks presented by proposed animal and animal product importations based on a range of characteristics of the region from which they are exported, rather than on disease-free or affected statuses determined on a country-by-country basis.