[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR94.24]

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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. 94.24  Restrictions on the importation of live swine, pork, or 
pork products from certain regions free of classical swine fever.

    The regions listed in paragraph (a) of this section are recognized 
as free of classical swine fever (CSF) in Sec. Sec. 94.9(a) and 
94.10(a) but either supplement their pork supplies with fresh (chilled 
or frozen) pork imported from regions considered to be affected by CSF, 
or supplement their pork supplies with pork from CSF-affected regions 
that is not processed in accordance with the requirements of this part, 
or share a common land border with CSF-affected regions, or import live 
swine from CSF-affected regions under conditions less restrictive than 
would be acceptable for importation into the United States. Thus, there 
exists a possibility that live swine, pork, or pork products from the 
CSF-free regions listed in paragraph (a) of this section may be 
commingled with live swine, pork, or pork products from CSF-affected 
regions, resulting in a risk of CSF introduction into the United States. 
Therefore, live swine, pork, or pork products and shipstores, airplane 
meals, and baggage containing pork or pork products, other than those 
articles regulated under parts 95 or 96 of this chapter, may not be 
imported into the United States from a region listed in paragraph (a) of 
this section unless the requirements in this section, in addition to 
other applicable requirements of part 93 of this chapter and part 327 of 
this title, are met.
    (a) Regions subject to the requirements of this section: Chile and 
the Mexican States of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, 
and Sinaloa.
    (b) Live swine. The swine must be accompanied by a certification 
issued by a full-time salaried veterinary officer of the national 
government of the region of export. Upon arrival of the swine in the 
United States, the certification must be presented to an authorized 
inspector at the port of arrival. The certification must identify both 
the exporting region and the region of origin as a region designated in 
Sec. Sec. 94.9 and 94.10 as free of CSF at the time the swine were in 
the region and must state that:

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    (1) The swine have not lived in a region designated in Sec. Sec. 
94.9 and 94.10 as affected with CSF.
    (2) The swine have never been commingled with swine that have been 
in a region that is designated in Sec. Sec. 94.9 and 94.10 as affected 
with CSF;
    (3) The swine have not transited a region designated in Sec. Sec. 
94.9 and 94.10 as affected with CSF unless moved directly through the 
region to their destination in a sealed means of conveyance with the 
seal intact upon arrival at the point of destination; and
    (4) The conveyances or materials used in transporting the swine, if 
previously used for transporting swine, have been cleaned and 
disinfected in accordance with the requirements of Sec. 93.502 of this 
chapter.
    (c) Pork or pork products. The pork or pork products must be 
accompanied by a certification issued by a full-time salaried veterinary 
officer of the national government of the region of export. Upon arrival 
of the pork or pork products in the United States, the certification 
must be presented to an authorized inspector at the port of arrival. The 
certification must identify both the exporting region and the region of 
origin of the pork or pork products as a region designated in Sec. Sec. 
94.9 and 94.10 as free of CSF at the time the pork or pork products were 
in the region and must state that:
    (1) The pork or pork products were derived from swine that were born 
and raised in a region designated in Sec. Sec. 94.9 and 94.10 as free 
of CSF and were slaughtered in such a region at a federally inspected 
slaughter plant that is under the direct supervision of a full-time 
salaried veterinarian of the national government of that region and that 
is eligible to have its products imported into the United States under 
the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the 
regulations in Sec. 327.2 of this title;
    (2) The pork or pork products were derived from swine that have not 
lived in a region designated in Sec. Sec. 94.9 and 94.10 as affected 
with CSF;
    (3) The pork or pork products have never been commingled with pork 
or pork products that have been in a region that is designated in 
Sec. Sec. 94.9 and 94.10 as affected with CSF;
    (4) The pork or pork products have not transited through a region 
designated in Sec. Sec. 94.9 and 94.10 as affected with CSF unless 
moved directly through the region to their destination in a sealed means 
of conveyance with the seal intact upon arrival at the point of 
destination; and
    (5) If processed, the pork or pork products were processed in a 
region designated in Sec. Sec. 94.9 and 94.10 as free of CSF in a 
federally inspected processing plant that is under the direct 
supervision of a full-time salaried veterinary official of the national 
government of that region.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control numbers 
0579-0230 and 0579-0235)

[69 FR 41919, July 13, 2004]