[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: 9CFR98.3]

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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. 98.3  General conditions.

    Except as provided in subpart B of this part, an animal embryo shall 
not be imported into the United States unless it is from a region listed 
in Sec. 94.1(a)(2) of this chapter as being free of rinderpest and 
foot-and-mouth disease, and:
    (a) The embryo is exported to the United States from the region in 
which it was conceived;
    (b) The embryo was conceived as a result of artificial insemination 
with semen collected from a donor sire at an approved artificial 
insemination center, or the embryo as conceived as a result of natural 
breeding by a donor sire at an approved embryo transfer unit;
    (c) If artificially inseminated, the donor dam conceived the embryo 
after

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being inseminated in an approved embryo transfer unit with semen 
collected at an approved artificial insemination center;
    (d) At the time of collection of the semen used to conceive the 
embryo or at the time of natural breeding, the donor sire met all 
requirements the donor sire would have to meet under part 93 of this 
chapter for a health certificate required as a condition of importation 
into the United States;
    (e) At the time of collection of the embryo from the donor dam, the 
donor dam met all requirements the donor dam would have to meet under 
part 92 of this chapter for a health certificate required as a condition 
of importation into the United States;
    (f) There is no basis for denying an import permit for the donor 
sire or donor dam under Sec. 93.304(a)(2) for horses, Sec. 
93.404(a)(2) or (3) for ruminants, and Sec. 93.504(a)(2) or (3) for 
swine of this chapter;
    (g) The embryo is collected and maintained under conditions 
determined by the Administrator to be adequate to protect against 
contamination of the embryo with infectious animal disease organisms; 
and
    (h) The embryo was determined, based on microscopic examination, to 
have an intact zona pellucida at the time the embryo was placed into its 
immediate container (straw or ampule) for shipping.
    (i) The embryo is contained in a shipping container which at the 
time of offer for entry is sealed with an official seal which was 
affixed to the shipping container by a full-time salaried veterinarian 
of the national animal health service of the region of origin or by a 
veterinarian authorized to do so by the national animal health service 
of the region of origin.

[50 FR 43563, Oct. 25, 1985, as amended at 55 FR 31558, Aug. 2, 1990; 56 
FR 55809, Oct. 30, 1991; 57 FR 29194, July 1, 1992; 62 FR 56025, Oct. 
28, 1997]