[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR166.14]

[Page 867]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 166--SWINE HEALTH PROTECTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 166.14  Cleaning and disinfecting.

    (a) Disinfectants to be used. Disinfection required under the 
regulations in this Part shall be performed with one of the following:
    (1) A permitted brand of sodium orthophenylphenate that is used in 
accordance with directions on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
approved label.
    (2) A permitted cresylic disinfectant that is used in accordance 
with directions on the EPA-approved label, provided such disinfectant 
also meets the requirements set forth in Secs. 71.10(b) and 71.11 of 
this chapter.
    (3) Distinfectants which are registered under the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 135 et seq.), with 
tuberculocidal claims and labeled as efficacious against any species 
within the viral genus Herpes, that are used for purposes of this Part 
in accordance with directions on the EPA-approved label.
    (b) All premises at which garbage has been fed to swine in violation 
of the Act or regulations in this part shall, prior to continued use for 
swine feeding purposes, be cleaned and disinfected under the supervision 
of an inspector or an accredited veterinarian as defined in Part 160 of 
this chapter as follows: Empty all troughs and other feeding and 
watering appliances, remove all litter, garbage, manure, and other 
organic material from the floors, posts, or other parts of such 
equipment, and handle such litter, garbage, manure, and other organic 
material in such manner as not to allow animal contact with such 
material; clean all surfaces with water and detergent and saturate the 
entire surface of the equipment, fencing, troughs, chutes, floors, 
walls, and all other parts of the facilities, with a disinfectant 
prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section. An exemption to the 
requirements of this paragraph may be given by the Administrator or, in 
States with primary enforcement responsibility, by the State animal 
health official, when it is determined that a threat to the swine 
industry does not exist.
    (c) Any vehicle or other means of conveyance and its associated 
equipment which has been used by the licensee to move garbage, except 
any vehicle or other means of conveyance which also has been used to 
treat the garbage so moved, shall, prior to use for livestock-related or 
treated garbage hauling purposes, be cleaned and disinfected as follows: 
Remove all litter, garbage, manure, and other organic material from all 
portions of each means of conveyance, including all ledges and framework 
inside and outside, and handle such litter, garbage, manure, and other 
organic material in such manner as not to allow animal contact with such 
material; clean the interior and the exterior of such vehicle or other 
means of conveyance and its associated equipment with water and 
detergent; and saturate the entire interior surface, including all 
doors, endgates, portable chutes, and similar equipment with a 
disinfectant prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (d) The owner of such facilities and vehicles shall be responsible 
for cleaning and disinfecting as required under this section, and the 
cleaning and disinfecting shall be done without expense to the United 
States Department of Agriculture.

[47 FR 49945, Nov. 3, 1982. Redesignated and amended at 52 FR 4891, Feb. 
18, 1987; 56 FR 26899, June 12, 1991]