Comment from Bill Johnson, Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab

Document ID: APHIS-2007-0042-0006
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
Received Date: July 23 2008, at 09:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: July 23 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: May 28 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: July 28 2008, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 8068fd25
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

National Poultry Improvement Plan and Auxiliary Provisions

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I fully agree with Dr. Power's comments. All citizens of the USA will suffer the consequences if a mistake is made. It is not good policy to let an agency perform tests on a possible foreign animal disease if that laboratory has not been inspected by a recognized quality control agency for proper quality control measures. I also think testing on such important diseases should be done through neutral parties and not by an enity that has a personal stake in the test result. I feel we lose creditability with our trading partners if we do otherwise.