APHIS Opens 30-Day Comment Period on Farmed Cervid CWD Standards
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking public input on proposed revisions to national chronic wasting disease controls for farmed cervids, with comments accepted beginning October 26, 2026. The proposed changes include updated trace and quarantine periods, genetics-based herd plans, revised indemnity priorities, and development of a national recordkeeping system; no procurement opportunity has been announced.