During a visit to the Iowa State Fair Saturday, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins said the agency continues to take steps to keep NWS out of the U.S.
“This coming Friday I will be back in Texas to make another, probably the biggest announcement to date, on the New World Screwworm and how we forever push it back and not have to worry about this again.”
She said the U.S. is working more closely with the Mexican government than it ever has.
“They have now allowed our USDA team, we’re staffing up in the hundreds, to get down into Mexico so we can trust but verify their data that they’re giving us.”
On August 1st, USDA announced that New World Screwworm has been confirmed within 370 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border.
