The agency suspended livestock imports as a deadly screwworm parasite spreads northward in Mexico, threatening U.S.

The US Department of Agriculture has suspended the transport of live cattle, horses and bison through ports of entry along ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins called the safety of the nation’s food supply "a national security issue of the utmost importance." ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on Sunday that the U.S. is halting imports of livestock at ports of entry along the southern border in response to the “continued spread” of the ...

The threat from the flesh-eating maggots, known as the New World Screwworm, has suspended live cattle imports through the ...

The latest halt in cattle imports via the U.S.-Mexico border comes only months after imports were stopped due to the same ...

Because the New World screwworm has been detected in southern Mexico and is spreading north, the U.S. is halting live cattle, ...

Screwworms mainly affect livestock but can also infest humans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Sheinbaum said her government is handling the screwworm outbreak despite U.S. Department of Agriculture action.

Imports of livestock from the southern border have been banned due to the spread of a flesh-eating pest in Mexico, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Sunday.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said she is suspending imports of livestock through the Mexican border on a "month-by-month basis" to protect U.S. cattle from the threat of a dangerous ...