[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR94.7]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 94_RINDERPEST, FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, FOWL PEST (FOWL PLAGUE), 
 
Sec.  94.7  Disposal of animals, meats, and other articles ineligible 
for importation.

    (a) Ruminants and swine, and fresh (chilled or frozen) meats, 
prohibited importation under Sec. Sec.  94.1, 94.8, 94.9, 94.10, 94.12, 
94.14, or 94.18, which come into the United States by ocean vessel and 
are offered for entry and refused admission into this country, shall be 
destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Administrator may direct, 
unless they are exported by the consignee within 48 hours, and meanwhile 
are retained under such isolation and other safeguards as the 
Administrator may require to prevent the introduction or dissemination 
of livestock diseases into the United States.
    (b) Ruminants and swine, and fresh (chilled or frozen) meats, 
prohibited importation under Sec. Sec.  94.1, 94.8, 94.9, 94.10, 94.12, 
94.14, or 94.18, which come into the United States aboard an airplane or 
railroad car and are offered for entry and refused admission into this 
country, shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the 
Administrator may direct, unless they are exported by the consignee 
within 24 hours, and meanwhile are retained under such isolation and 
other safeguards as the Administrator may require to prevent the 
introduction or dissemination of livestock diseases into the United 
States.
    (c) Ruminants and swine, and fresh (chilled or frozen) meats, 
prohibited importation under Sec. Sec.  94.1, 94.8, 94.9, 94.10, 94.12, 
94.14, or 94.18, which come into the United States by any means other 
than ocean vessel, airplane, or

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railroad car and are offered for entry and refused admission into this 
country, shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the 
Administrator may direct, unless they are exported by the consignee 
within 8 hours, and meanwhile are retained under such isolation and 
other safeguards as the Administrator may require to prevent the 
introduction or dissemination of livestock diseases into the United 
States.
    (d) Ruminants and swine, and fresh (chilled or frozen) meats, 
prohibited importation under Sec. Sec.  94.1, 94.8, 94.9, 94.10, 94.12, 
94.14, or 94.18, which come into the United States by any means but are 
not offered for entry into this country, and other animals, meats, and 
other articles prohibited importation under other sections of this part, 
which come into the United States by any means, whether they are offered 
for entry into this country or not, shall be immediately destroyed or 
otherwise disposed of as the Administrator may direct at any time.

[68 FR 6345, Feb. 7, 2003]