Monroe Hochstetler

Class A — Breeder Active License

At a Glance

Monroe Hochstetler is a USDA Class A Breeder located in Fresno, Ohio. Certificate 31-A-0487 expires 3/11/2027. We have records of 10 USDA APHIS inspections for this licensee since 2014, most recently on 2025-09-18.

Certificate31-A-0487

License ClassClass A — Breeder

LocationFresno, OH

Expires3/11/2027

Total Inspections10

Total Violations (all inspections)3

USDA Inspection History

USDA APHIS conducts routine, re-license, and focused inspections of licensed facilities under the Animal Welfare Act. Below are all recorded inspections for certificate 31-A-0487. Click a date to view the full inspection report.

10 inspections on record

8 clean

2 with violations

Date	Type	Violations	Report
2025-09-18	ROUTINE INSPECTION	1 non-critical	View Report
2024-11-26	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2024-03-08	RE-LICENSE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2023-04-03	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2020-03-04	ROUTINE INSPECTION	2 non-critical	View Report
2018-10-16	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2018-08-22	ATTEMPTED INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2018-03-29	ATTEMPTED INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2017-03-30	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2016-02-03	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report

How to Verify This License

To confirm Monroe Hochstetler's current USDA license status directly with the federal government, search certificate 31-A-0487 on the USDA APHIS Animal Care Public Search Tool (opens in new tab). Our data is refreshed monthly; for the latest status, the APHIS tool is authoritative.

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Data sources: Licensee data comes from the USDA APHIS Animal Care Public Search Tool (opens in new tab). Inspection reports are sourced from the Data Liberation Project (opens in new tab) (CC BY-SA 4.0), which compiles USDA APHIS inspection data from 2014 to present. Both are updated monthly. For the most current information, verify directly with USDA APHIS. This is not an official USDA tool.