[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR104.2]

[Page 576]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 104--PERMITS FOR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 104.2  Permit authorized.

    (a) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is authorized to 
issue three types of permits for importing biological products. They 
shall be:
    (1) U.S. Veterinary Biological Product Permit for Research and 
Evaluation;
    (2) U.S. Veterinary Biological Product Permit for Distribution and 
Sale; or
    (3) U.S. Veterinary Biological Product Permit for Transit Shipment 
Only.
    (b) A permit shall not be issued for a biological product from 
countries known to have exotic diseases, including but not limited to 
foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, fowl pest (fowl plague), swine 
vesicular disease, Newcastle disease, and African swine fever, if in the 
opinion of the Administrator, such products may endanger the livestock 
or poultry of this country.
    (c) A permit shall not be issued until an inspector has determined 
the condition of the equipment and facilities of the producer, of the 
applicant, or of both if such a determination is considered necessary by 
the Administrator.
    (d) A permit shall not be issued for a biological product prepared 
in the United States, exported, and presented for reentry except as 
provided in Sec. 104.4(d).

[38 FR 32916, Nov. 29, 1973, as amended at 56 FR 66783, Dec. 26, 1991; 
56 FR 66783, Dec. 26, 1991]