[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: 9CFR98.14]

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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 B--Ruminant and Swine Embryos From Regions Where Rinderpest or 
                      Foot-and-Mouth Disease Exists
 
Sec. 98.14  Health certificate.

    (a) Ruminant and swine embryos shall not be imported into the United 
States unless they are 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.
    (b) The health certificate must state:
    (1) The name and address of the place where the embryos were 
collected;
    (2) The name and address of the vetrinarian who collected the 
embryos;
    (3) The date of embryo collection;
    (4) The identification and breed of the donor dam and donor sire;
    (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

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the donor dam and donor sire as a condition for importing the embryos;
    (7) The dates and results of all tests performed on unfertilized 
eggs, nontransferrable embryos, and embryo collection and wash fluids;
    (8) The names and addresses of the consignor and consignee;
    (9) That the embryos are being imported into the United States in 
accordance with subpart B of 9 CFR part 98.
    (c) If any of the information required by paragraph (b) of this 
section is provided in code, deciphering information must be attached to 
the health certificate.
    (d) The health certificate accompanying sheep or goat embryos 
intended for importation from any part of the world shall, in addition 
to the statements required by paragraph (b) 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 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.
    (e) There must be a separate health certificate for each collection 
of embryos.

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

[56 FR 55809, Oct. 30, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 15183, Apr. 5, 1996; 61 
FR 17242, Apr. 19, 1996; 62 FR 56025, Oct. 28, 1997]