[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: 9CFR94.22]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
    PART 94--RINDERPEST, FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, FOWL PEST (FOWL PLAGUE), EXOTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE, AFRICAN SWINE FEVER, HOG CHOLERA, AND BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY: PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED IMPORTATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 94.22  Importation of poultry meat and other poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico.

    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, poultry meat and 
other poultry products from the States of Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico, 
may be imported into the United States under the following conditions:
    (a) The poultry meat or other poultry products are derived from 
poultry born and raised in Sinaloa or Sonora and slaughtered in Sinaloa 
or Sonora at a federally inspected slaughter plant under the direct 
supervision of a full-time salaried veterinarian of the Government of 
Mexico, and the slaughter plant must be approved to export poultry meat 
and other poultry products to the United States in accordance with 9 CFR 
381.196.
    (b) If processed, the poultry meat or other poultry products were 
processed in either Sinaloa or Sonora, Mexico, in a federally inspected 
processing plant that is under the direct supervision of a full-time 
salaried veterinarian of the Government of Mexico.
    (c) The poultry meat or other poultry products have not been in 
contact with poultry from any State in Mexico other than Sinaloa or 
Sonora or with poultry from any other region not listed in Sec. 94.6 as 
a region where exotic Newcastle disease is not known to exist.
    (d) The foreign meat inspection certificate accompanying the poultry 
meat or other poultry products (required by 9 CFR 381.197) includes 
statements certifying that the requirements in paragraphs (a), (b), and 
(c) of this section have been met and, if applicable, listing the 
numbers of the seals required by paragraph (e)(1) of this section.
    (e) The shipment of poultry meat or other poultry products has not 
been in any State in Mexico other than Sinaloa or Sonora or in any other 
region not listed in Sec. 94.6 as a region where exotic Newcastle 
disease is not known to exist, unless:
    (1) The poultry meat or other poultry products arrive at the U.S. 
port of entry in shipping containers bearing intact, serially numbered 
seals that were applied at the federally inspected slaughter plant by a 
full-time salaried veterinarian of the Government of Mexico, and the 
seal numbers correspond with the seal numbers listed on the foreign meat 
inspection certificate; or
    (2) The poultry meat or other poultry products arrive at the U.S. 
port of entry in shipping containers bearing seals that have different 
numbers than the seal numbers on the foreign meat inspection 
certificate, but, upon inspection of the hold, compartment, or container 
and all accompanying documentation, an APHIS representative is satisfied 
that the poultry containers were opened and resealed en route by an 
appropriate official of the Government of Mexico and the poultry meat or 
other poultry products were not contaminated or exposed to contamination 
during movement from Sinaloa or Sonora to the United States.

[65 FR 15526, Mar. 23, 2000]

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