 APHIS Containment Facilities
The United States Department of Agriculture operates the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) that among other things, issues Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) permits for facilities that intend to receive organisms that are known to harm plants and animals.
PPQ responds to new introductions of plant pests to eradicate, suppress, or contain them through various programs in cooperation with state departments of agriculture and other government agencies. These may be emergency or longer-term domestic programs that target a specific pest. Subjects of interest include arthropods such as the Boll Weevil, Emerald Ash Borer, Gypsy Moth, Japanese Beetle as well as nematodes, viruses, fungi, and bacteria. Although this article will deal mainly with the requirements of arthropod quarantine facilities, it would be likely that such a facility would also be designed to handle other plant pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and nematodes.
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