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Federal regulatory: Animal welfare

Change to the definition of Class B licensee
Formal title:
Docket APHIS-2006-0158 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA notice of petition and request for comments

View Federal Register document (PDF, 37Kb)

Summary
APHIS is notifying the public of our receipt of a petition for rulemaking, and we are soliciting public comment on that petition. The petition, sponsored by The Hunte Corporation, requests that we replace the definition of Class "B" licensee in the Animal Welfare Act regulations with four new categories of licensees: Pet distributor, exhibitor animal distributor, laboratory animal distributor, and other distributor.
Response
View AVMA's response to APHIS (PDF)
Status
AVMA responded on July 5, 2007
 


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