---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 371.1"
title: "7"
number: "371.1"
heading: "General statement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/371.1"
---

# §371.1. General statement.

- (a) **The creation of APHIS.** The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) was created by the Secretary of Agriculture on April 2, 1972 (37 FR 6327, March 28, 1972).
- (b) **Central offices.** APHIS is headquartered in Washington, DC, and Riverdale, MD. The APHIS Management Team at these locations consists of the following:
- (c) **Field organization.** AC, MRPBS, PPQ, VS, and WS all have field offices located throughout the United States. IS has field offices located throughout the world. A list of APHIS' field offices with addresses and telephone numbers is in the blue pages of local telephone books.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 1299, Jan. 10, 2000, unless otherwise noted.