[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: 9CFR98.35]

[Page 552-553]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 98--IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN ANIMAL EMBRYOS AND ANIMAL SEMEN--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C--Certain Animal Semen
 
Sec. 98.35  Declaration, health certificate, and other documents for animal semen.

    (a) The certificates, declarations, and affidavits required by the 
regulations in this subpart shall be presented by the importer or his or 
her agent to the collector of customs at the port of entry, upon arrival 
of animal semen at such port, for the use of the veterinary inspector at 
the port of entry.
    (b) For all animal semen offered for importation, the importer or 
his or her agent shall first present two copies of a declaration which 
shall list the port of entry, the name and address of the importer, the 
name and address of the broker, the origin of the animal semen, the 
number, breed, species, and purpose of the importation, the name of the 
person to whom the animal semen will be delivered, and the location of 
the place to which such delivery will be made.
    (c) All animal semen intended for importation into the United States 
shall be accompanied by a health certificate issued by a full-time 
salaried veterinary officer of the national government of the region of 
origin, or issued by a veterinarian designated or accredited by the 
national government of the region of origin and endorsed by a full-time 
salaried veterinary officer of the national government of the region of 
origin, representing that the veterinarian issuing the certificate was 
authorized to do so.
    (d) The health certificate must state:
    (1) The name and address of the place where the semen was collected;
    (2) The name and address of the veterinarian who supervised the 
collection of the semen;
    (3) The date of semen collection;
    (4) The identification and breed of the donor animal;
    (5) The number of ampules or straws covered by the health 
certificate and the identification number or code on each ampule or 
straw;
    (6) The dates, types, and results of all examinations and tests 
performed on the donor animal as a condition for importing the semen;
    (7) The seal number on the shipping container;
    (8) The names and addresses of the consignor and consignee; and
    (9) That the semen is being imported into the United States in 
accordance with subpart C of 9 CFR part 98.
    (e) The certificate accompanying sheep or goat semen intended for 
importation from any part of the world shall, in addition to the 
statements required by paragraph (d) of this section, state that:
    (1) The semen donor has not been in any flock or herd nor had 
contact with sheep or goats which have been in any flock or herd where 
scrapie has been diagnosed or suspected during the 5 years prior to the 
date of collection of the semen;
    (2) The semen donor showed no evidence of scrapie at the time the 
semen was collected; and
    (3) The parents of the semen donor are not, nor were not, affected 
with scrapie.

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    (f) All shipping containers carrying animal semen for importation 
into the United States must be sealed with an official seal of the 
national veterinary service of the region of origin. The health 
certificate must show the seal number on the shipping container. The 
semen must remain in the sealed container until arrival in the United 
States and, at the U.S. port of entry, an inspector determines that 
either:
    (1) The seal numbers on the health certificate and shipping 
container match; or
    (2) The seal numbers on the health certificate and shipping 
container do not match, but an APHIS representative at the port of entry 
is satisfied that the shipping container contains the semen described on 
the health certificate, import permit, declaration, and any other 
accompanying documents.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0579-0040)

[55 FR 31558, Aug. 2, 1990. Redesignated at 56 FR 55809, Oct. 30, 1991, 
as amended at 58 FR 37644, July 13, 1993; 61 FR 15184, Apr. 5, 1996; 61 
FR 17242, Apr. 19, 1996; 62 FR 56026, Oct. 28, 1997; 65 FR 56777, Sept. 
20, 2000]