[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: 9CFR93.217]

[Page 360-361]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
 PART 93--IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND POULTRY, AND CERTAIN ANIMAL, BIRD, AND POULTRY PRODUCTS; REQUIREMENTS FOR MEANS OF CONVEYANCE AND SHIPPING CONTAINERS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart B--Poultry
 
Sec. 93.217  Import permit and declaration for poultry.

    (a) For poultry intended for importation from regions of Central 
America or of the West Indies, the importer shall first apply for and 
obtain from APHIS an import permit as provided in Sec. 93.204: Provided, 
That the Administrator, when he or she finds that such action may be 
taken without endangering the livestock or poultry industry of the 
United States, may, upon request by any person, authorize the 
importation by such person, without such application or permit, from the 
British Virgin Islands into the Virgin Islands of the United States, of 
poultry consigned for immediate slaughter, and such authorization may be 
limited to a particular shipment or extend to all shipments under this 
paragraph by such person during a specified period of time.
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    \7\ Importations from regions of Central America and the West Indies 
shall be subject to Sec. 93.217, in addition to other sections in this 
part, which are in terms applicable to such importations.
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    (b) For all poultry offered for importation from regions of Central 
America or of the West Indies, the importer or his or her agent shall 
present two copies of a declaration as provided in Sec. 93.206.
    (c) All poultry offered for importation from regions of Central 
America and the West Indies shall also meet the additional requirements 
in Secs. 93.205, 93.207, 93.209, and 93.210 to qualify for entry. All 
poultry which fail to meet these requirements shall be rejected entry 
and shall be disposed of as directed by the Administrator in accordance 
with applicable laws.

[55 FR 31495, Aug. 2, 1990. Redesignated and amended at 62 FR 56012, 
56015, Oct. 28, 1997]

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