[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: 9CFR95.4]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 95--SANITARY CONTROL OF ANIMAL BYPRODUCTS (EXCEPT CASINGS), AND HAY AND STRAW, OFFERED FOR ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 95.4  Bone meal, blood meal, meat meal, offal, fat, glands, and serum from ruminants that have been in regions in which bovine spongiform encephalopathy 
          exists.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section, 
the importation of bone meal, blood meal, meat meal or tankage, offal, 
fat, and glands from ruminants that have been in any region listed in 
Sec. 94.18 of this chapter, is prohibited.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section, 
the importation of serum from ruminants that have been in any region 
listed in Sec. 94.18 of this chapter is prohibited, except that serum 
from ruminants may be imported for scientific, educational, or research 
purposes if the Administrator determines that the importation can be 
made under conditions that will prevent the introduction of bovine 
spongiform encephalopathy into the United States. Serum from ruminants 
imported in accordance with this paragraph must be accompanied by a 
permit issued by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in 
accordance with Sec. 104.4 of this chapter, and must be moved and 
handled as specified on the permit.
    (c) Articles for cosmetics. The importation of collagen, collagen 
products, amniotic liquids or extracts, placental liquids or extracts, 
serum albumin, and serocolostrum, derived from ruminants that have been 
in any region listed in Sec. 94.18 of this chapter is prohibited unless 
the following conditions have been met:
    (1) The article must be imported for use as an ingredient in 
cosmetics.
    (2) The person importing the article must obtain a United States 
Veterinary Permit for Importation and

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Transportation of Controlled Materials and Organisms and Vectors by 
filing a permit application on VS form 16-3.\1\
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    \1\VS form 16-3 may be obtained from the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, National Center for Import-
Export, 4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, Maryland 20737-1231.
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    (3) The permit application must state the intended use of the 
article and the name and address of the consignee in the United States.
    (d) Transit shipment of articles. Articles that are prohibited 
importation into the United States in accordance with this section may 
transit the United States for immediate export if the following 
conditions are met:
    (1) The person moving the articles must obtain a United States 
Veterinary Permit for Importation and Transportation of Controlled 
Materials and Organisms and Vectors by filing a permit application on VS 
form 16-3.\2\
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    \2\VS form 16-3 may be obtained from the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, National Center for Import-
Export, 4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, Maryland 20737-1231.
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    (2) The articles must be sealed in leakproof containers bearing 
serial numbers during transit. Each container must remain sealed during 
the entire time that it is in the United States.
    (3) The person moving the articles shall notify, in writing, the 
Plant Protection and Quarantine Officer at both the place in the United 
States where the articles will arrive and the port of export prior to 
such transit. The notification must include the:
    (i) United States Veterinary Permit for Importation and 
Transportation of Controlled Materials and Organisms and Vectors permit 
number;
    (ii) Times and dates of arrival in the United States;
    (iii) Times and dates of exportation from the United States;
    (iv) Mode of transportation; and
    (v) Serial numbers of the sealed containers.
    (4) The articles must transit the United States in Customs bond.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0579-0015)

[56 FR 63869, Dec. 6, 1991, as amended at 62 FR 56024, Oct. 28, 1997]