[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: 9CFR98.16]

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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. 98.16  The embryo collection unit.

    Ruminant and swine embryos may be imported into the United States 
from a region where rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease exists only if 
they were conceived, collected, processed, and

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stored prior to importation at an embryo collection unit. The embryo 
collection unit may be located on the premises where the donor dam's 
herd of origin is kept, or at any other location, provided that the 
embryo collection unit has been inspected and approved by an APHIS 
veterinarian and that the following requirements are met:
    (a) Animal holding and breeding area(s). The embryo collection unit 
must have an area or areas for holding the donor dams and for breeding 
them (either natural breeding or artificial insemination).
    (b) Embryo collection area. The embryo collection must have a room 
or outdoor area for collection of embryos that contains a device or 
devices for restraining embryo donors during embryo collection. If a 
room, the floor, walls, and ceiling must be impervious to moisture and 
constructed of materials that can withstand repeated cleaning and 
disinfection. If an outdoor area, the area must have a floor that is 
impervious to moisture and is constructed of materials that can 
withstand repeated cleaning and disinfection. If the outdoor area also 
has walls or a roof, the walls or roof also must be impervious to 
moisture and be constructed of materials that can withstand repeated 
cleaning and disinfection.
    (c) Embryo processing area. The embryo collection unit must have an 
enclosed room, which may be mobile, that is used only for processing 
embryos. The walls, floor, and ceiling of the room must be impervious to 
moisture and constructed of materials that can withstand repeated 
cleaning and disinfection. The room must contain a work surface for 
handling the embryos, such as a table or countertop that is impervious 
to moisture. The room also must contain a microscope with a minimum of 
50x magnification, and equipment for freezing the embryos.
    (d) Embryo storage area. The embryo collection unit must have one 
lockable area that is used only for storing frozen embryos intended for 
importation into the United States.
    (e) Area for cleaning and disinfecting or sterilizing equipment. The 
embryo collection unit must have an enclosed room used for cleaning and 
disinfecting or sterilizing equipment used for artificial insemination 
or for collection, processing, or storage of embryos. The walls, floor, 
and ceiling of the room must be impervious to moisture and constructed 
of materials that can withstand repeated cleaning and disinfection.

[56 FR 55809, Oct. 30, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 15184, Apr. 5, 1996; 62 
FR 56025, Oct. 28, 1997]