[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: 9CFR98.2]

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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. 98.2  Definitions.


    The following terms, when used in this subpart, shall be construed 
as defined. Those terms used in the singular form in this subpart shall 
be construed as the plural form and vice versa, as the case may demand.
    Administrator. The Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, or any person authorized to act for the Administrator.
    Animal. Any cattle, sheep, goats, other ruminants, swine, horses, or 
asses.
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture 
(APHIS).
    Approved artificial insemination center. A facility approved or 
licensed by the national government of the region in which the facility 
is located to collect and process semen under the general supervision of 
such government.
    Approved embryo transfer unit. A facility approved or licensed by 
the national government of the region in which the facility is located 
for the artificial insemination of donor dams or for conception as a 
result of artificial

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breeding by a donor sire and for collecting and processing embryos for 
export under the general supervision of such government.
    Department. The United States Department of Agriculture.
    Embryo. The initial stage of an animal's development after 
collection from the natural mother, while it is capable of being 
transferred to a recipient dam, but not including an embryo that has 
been transferred to a recipient dam.
    Enter (entered, entry) into the United States. To introduce into the 
commerce of the United States after release from governmental detention 
at the port of entry.
    Flock. A herd.
    Herd. All animals maintained on any single premises; and all animals 
under common ownership or supervision on two or more premises which are 
geographically separated, but among which there is an interchange or 
movement of animals.
    Import (imported, importation) into the United States. To bring into 
the territorial limits of the United States.
    Inspector. An employee of APHIS who is authorized to perform the 
function involved.
    Person. Any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, 
partnership, society, joint stock company, or any other legal entity.
    Region. Any defined geographic land area identifiable by geological, 
political, or surveyed boundaries. A region may consist of any of the 
following:
    (1) A national entity (country);
    (2) Part of a national entity (zone, county, department, 
municipality, parish, Province, State, etc.)
    (3) Parts of several national entities combined into an area; or
    (4) A group of national entities (countries) combined into a single 
area.
    United States. All of the several States of the United States, the 
District of Columbia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, 
the Virgin Islands of the United States and all other territories and 
possessions of the United States.

[50 FR 43563, Oct. 25, 1985. Redesignated and amended at 56 FR 55808, 
Oct. 30, 1991; 57 FR 29194, July 1, 1992; 61 FR 17241, Apr. 19, 1996; 62 
FR 56025, Oct. 28, 1997]