[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR82.1]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 82--EXOTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE (END) AND CHLAMYDIOSIS; POULTRY DISEASE CAUSED BY SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS SEROTYPE ENTERITIDIS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart A--Exotic Newcastle Disease (END)
 
Sec. 82.1  Definitions.


    As used in connection with this subpart, the following terms shall 
have the meaning set forth in this section.
    Administrator. The Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service or any individual authorized to act for the 
Administrator.
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of 
Agriculture.
    Bird. Any member of the class aves other than poultry.
    Dressed carcasses. Carcasses of birds or poultry that have been 
eviscerated, with heads and feet removed.
    END. Any velogenic Newcastle disease. END is an acute, rapidly 
spreading, and usually fatal viral disease of birds and poultry.
    Exposed. At risk of developing END because of association with birds 
or poultry infected with END, excrement from birds or poultry infected 
with END, or other material touched by birds or poultry infected with 
END, or because there is reason to believe that association has occurred 
with END or vectors of END, as determined by either a Federal 
veterinarian or a State veterinarian.
    Federal representative. An individual employed and authorized by the 
Federal government to perform the tasks required by this subpart.
    Federal veterinarian. A veterinarian employed and authorized by the 
Federal government to perform the tasks required by this subpart.

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    Hatching eggs. Eggs in which birds or poultry are allowed to 
develop.
    Infected. Affected by the virus or bacterium that causes the 
specified disease.
    Interstate. From one State into or through any other State.
    Known to be exposed. Determined by either a Federal veterinarian or 
a State veterinarian to be at risk of developing END because of 
association with birds or poultry infected with END, excrement from 
birds or poultry infected with END, or other material touched by birds 
or poultry infected with END, or because there is reason to believe that 
association has occurred with END or vectors of END, as determined by 
either a Federal veterinarian or a State veterinarian.
    Known to be infected. Determined by either a Federal veterinarian or 
a State veterinarian to be affected by the virus or bacterium that 
causes the specified disease.
    Litter. Material that is used to collect and absorb bodily wastes 
from birds or poultry.
    Moved. Shipped, transported or otherwise moved, or delivered or 
received for movement, by any person.
    Official seal. A serially numbered metal or plastic strip, 
consisting of a self-locking device on one end and a slot on the other 
end, that forms a loop when the ends are engaged and that cannot be 
reused if opened, or a serially numbered, self-locking button that can 
be used for this purpose.
    Person. Any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, 
partnership, society, joint stock company, or other legal entity.
    Pet bird. Any bird that is kept for personal pleasure and is not for 
sale.
    Poultry. Chickens, doves, ducks, geese, grouse, guinea fowl, 
partridges, pea fowl, pheasants, pigeons, quail, swans, and turkeys.
    Recognized slaughtering establishment. Any slaughtering facility 
operating under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), 
the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), or State 
meat or poultry inspection acts.
    Render. Reduce, convert, or melt down by heating to a temperature of 
at least 230  deg.F so that oil is removed.
    State. Each of the States of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, or any other territory or possession of 
the United States.
    State animal health official. The State official responsible for 
livestock- and poultry-disease control and eradication programs.
    State representative. An individual employed in animal health work 
and authorized by a State or political subdivision of a State to perform 
the tasks required by this subpart.
    State veterinarian. A veterinarian employed and authorized by a 
State or political subdivision of a State to perform the tasks required 
by this subpart.
    Veterinarian in charge. A Federal veterinarian employed by the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and authorized by the 
Administrator to supervise and manage the animal health work of the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in a specified area of the 
United States.