[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15211-15212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6538]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 94
[Docket No. APHIS-2009-0034]
RIN 0579-AD12
Changes in Disease Status of the Brazilian State of Santa
Catarina With Regard to Certain Ruminant and Swine Diseases; Technical
Amendment
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: In a final rule that was published in the Federal Register on
November 16, 2010, and effective on December 1, 2010, we added the
Brazilian State of Santa Catarina to the list of regions we recognize
as free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), rinderpest, swine vesicular
disease (SVD), classical swine fever (CSF), and African swine fever. We
also added Santa Catarina to the list of regions that are subject to
certain import restrictions on meat and meat products because of their
proximity to or trading relationships with rinderpest- or FMD-affected
countries. In the final rule, we neglected to add Santa Catarina to the
lists of regions that are subject to certain import restrictions on
pork and pork products because of their proximity to or trading
relationships with SVD- and CSF-affected countries. This document
corrects that error.
DATES: Effective Date: March 21, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Silvia Kreindel, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, Regionalization Evaluation Services Staff, National
Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-4356 or (301) 734-8419.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred to below as the
regulations) govern the importation into the United States of specified
animals and animal products in order to prevent the introduction of
various animal diseases, including rinderpest, foot-and-mouth disease
(FMD), African swine fever (ASF), classical swine fever (CSF), and
swine vesicular disease (SVD). These are dangerous and destructive
communicable diseases of swine and ruminants.
In a final rule \1\ published in the Federal Register on November
16, 2010 (75 FR 69851-69857, Docket No. APHIS-2009-0034), with an
effective date of December 1, 2010, we amended the regulations by
adding the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina to the list in Sec. 94.1
of regions that are free of rinderpest and FMD, the list in Sec. 94.11
of regions that are declared to be free of rinderpest and FMD but that
are subject to certain restrictions because of their proximity to or
trading relationships with rinderpest or FMD-affected regions, the
lists in Sec. Sec. 94.9 and 94.10 of regions that are free of CSF, and
the list in Sec. 94.12 of regions that are free of SVD. We also
excluded Santa Catarina from the list in Sec. 94.8 of regions where
ASF is known to or reasonably believed to exist.
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\1\ To view the final rule and related documents, go to http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2009-0034.
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Section 94.13 of the regulations lists regions of the world that
have been determined to be free of SVD, but that are subject to certain
restrictions because of their proximity to or trading relationships
with SVD-affected regions. Section 94.25 of the regulations lists
regions of the world that have been determined to be free of CSF, but
that are subject to certain restrictions because of their proximity to
or trading relationships with CSF-affected regions.
Because we have not declared the rest of Brazil to be free of SVD
or CSF, the importation of pork and pork products into the United
States from Santa Catarina are subject to these restrictions. In the
final rule, we neglected to add Santa Catarina to the lists in Sec.
94.13 and Sec. 94.25 of regions that are subject to certain import
restriction on pork and pork products because of their proximity to or
trading relationships with SVD- and CSF-affected countries. Therefore,
this document amends Sec. 94.13, introductory text, and Sec. 94.25,
paragraph (a), to add Santa Catarina to those lists.
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is responsible for
regulating the importation of meat and meat products to ensure that
they are safe for human consumption. Individual meat exporting
establishments must be certified to FSIS in order to be eligible to
export meat and meat products to the United States. FSIS has not
certified any such establishments in Santa Catarina, and therefore no
pork or pork products have been imported into the United States from
Santa Catarina since the final rule became effective.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 94
Animal diseases, Imports, Livestock, Meat and meat products, Milk,
Poultry, and poultry products, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Accordingly, we are amending 9 CFR part 94 as follows:
PART 94--RINDERPEST, FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, EXOTIC NEWCASTLE
DISEASE, AFRICAN SWINE FEVER, CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER, SWINE
VESICULAR DISEASE, AND BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY: PROHIBITED
AND RESTRICTED IMPORTATIONS
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1. The authority citation for part 94 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701-7772, 7781-7786, and 8301-8317;
21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
Sec. 94.13 [Amended]
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2. In Sec. 94.13, introductory text, the first sentence is amended by
adding the words ``the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina,'' after the
word ``Belgium,''.
Sec. 94.25 [Amended]
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3. In Sec. 94.25, paragraph (a) is amended by adding the words ``The
Brazilian State of Santa Catarina,'' after the word ``section:'' and by
adding a comma after the word ``Chile''.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of March 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-6538 Filed 3-18-11; 8:45 am]
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