[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: 9CFR98.5]

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                  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 A--Ruminant and Swine Embryos from Regions Free of Rinderpest 
       and Foot-and-Mouth Disease; and Embryos of Horses and Asses
 
Sec. 98.5  Health certificate.

    (a) Except as provided in subpart B of this part, an animal embryo 
shall not be imported into the United States unless it is accompanied by 
a 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. The 
certificate shall state:
    (1) The dates, places, types, and results of all examinations and 
tests performed on the donor sire and donor dam as a condition for 
importation of the embryo, and the names and addresses of persons or 
laboratories conducting the examinations or tests, and a statement that 
any other requirements established by Sec. 98.3 have been complied with,
    (2) The name and address of the consignor and consignee,
    (3) The name and address of the approved artificial insemination 
center where the semen for the embryo was collected, if applicable,
    (4) The name and address of the approved embryo transfer unit where 
the donor dam was inseminated or bred and the embryo was collected, and
    (5) The measures taken to ensure that the embryo was collected and 
maintained under conditions adequate to protect against contamination of 
the embryo with infectious animal disease organisms.
    (b) The certificate accompanying sheep or goat embryos intended for 
importation from any part of the world shall, in addition to the 
statements required by paragraph (a) of this section, state that:
    (1) The embryos' sire and dam have not been in any flock or herd nor 
had contact with sheep or goats which have

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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 embryos;
    (2) The embryos' sire and dam showed no evidence of scrapie at the 
time the embryos were collected;
    (3) Scrapie has not been suspected nor confirmed in any progeny of 
the embryos' donor dam; and
    (4) The parents of the embryos' sire and dam are not, nor were not, 
affected with scrapie.

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

[50 FR 43563, Oct. 25, 1985, as amended at 56 FR 55809, Oct. 30, 1991; 
61 FR 15183, Apr. 5, 1996; 61 FR 17241, Apr. 19, 1996; 62 FR 56025, Oct. 
28, 1997]