[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: 9CFR94.20]

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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. 94.20  Importation of pork and pork products from Sonora and Yucatan, Mexico.

    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, pork and pork 
products from the States of Sonora and Yucatan, Mexico, may be imported 
into the United States under the following conditions:
    (a) The pork or pork product is from swine that were born and raised 
in Sonora or Yucatan and slaughtered in Sonora or Yucatan at a federally 
inspected slaughter plant that is under the direct supervision of a 
full-time salaried veterinarian of the Government of Mexico and that is 
approved to export pork products to the United States in accordance with 
Sec. 327.2 of this title.
    (b) If processed, the pork or pork product was processed in either 
Sonora or Yucatan 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 pork or pork product has not been in contact with pork or 
pork products from any State in Mexico other than Sonora or Yucatan or 
from any other region not listed in Sec. 94.9(a) as a region where hog 
cholera is not known to exist.
    (d) The foreign meat inspection certificate accompanying the pork or 
pork product (required by Sec. 327.4 of this title) includes a statement 
certifying that the requirements in paragraphs (a), (b) (if applicable), 
and (c) of this section have been met and, if applicable, a list of the 
numbers of the seals required by paragraph (e)(1) of this section.
    (e) The shipment of pork or pork products has not been in any State 
in Mexico other than Sonora or Yucatan or in any other region not listed 
in Sec. 94.9(a) as a region where hog cholera is not known to exist en 
route to the United States, unless:

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    (1) The pork or pork product arrives at the U.S. port of entry in 
shipping containers bearing intact, serially numbered seals that were 
applied at the federally inspected slaughter or processing plant in 
either Sonora or Yucatan 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 pork or pork product arrives 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 pork or 
pork product containers were opened and resealed en route by an 
appropriate official of the Government of Mexico and the pork or pork 
product was not contaminated or exposed to contamination during movement 
from Sonora or Yucatan to the United States.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0579-0138)

[65 FR 1536, Jan. 11, 2000]