Multiple departments in the Trump administration are working to combat the proliferation of a flesh-eating parasite quickly spreading northward through Central America and threatening the United States’s food supply.
U.S. Agriculture Department Secretary Brooke Rollins said in a statement on Tuesday that her Department is working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services to stave off infestations caused by the New World Screwworm, a fly that lays its eggs in openings or wounds in warm-blooded animals.
“Our cattle ranchers and livestock producers are relying on the Trump administration to defend their livelihoods,” said Rollins. “Stopping this pest is a national security priority, and we are linking arms across President Trump’s Cabinet to defend our borders and push back this threat.”
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On Tuesday, the Food
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