NOTICE: During this COVID-19 social distancing time, the Arizona Department of Agriculture is asking our customers to interact with us via phone and email.
If you must come to the office please schedule an appointment with the appropriate person to ensure they will be at the office when you do get here.
Walk-in customers, without an appointment, may experience significant delays in processing times due to staffing issues related to COVID-19 protocols.
Additionally, customers with an appointment will take priority.
Phone numbers to call for each Division are as follows:
| Agricultural Consultation and Training (ACT): | 602-542-0137 |
| Animal Services Division (ASD): | 602-542-6407 |
| Citrus Fruit and Vegetable (CFV): | 602-542-0439 |
| Environmental Services Division (ESD) / LICENSING: | 602-542-3578 / 602-542-3575 / 602-255-3652 |
| Food Insecurity Issues - Michele Mellott: | 602-680-0923 |
| Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) Nogales: | 520-281-0783 |
| Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) Yuma: | 928-317-1345 |
| Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA): | 602-542-0976 |
| Pest Management Division (PMD): | 602-206-4350 |
| Plant Services Division (PSD) GENERAL: | 602-542-0994 |
| PSD Industrial Hemp: | 602-542-3228 |
| State Agriculture Laboratory (SAL): | 602-744-4924 |
| Weights and Measures Services Division (WMSD): | 480-848-1709 |
Link to Governor Ducey's EOs: https://azgovernor.gov/executive-orders
Link to DHS COVID-19 Information: https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/index.php#novel-coronavirus-home
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