[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR93.317]

[Page 431-432]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 93_IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND POULTRY, AND CERTAIN 
ANIMAL, BIRD, AND POULTRY PRODUCTS; REQUIREMENTS FOR MEANS OF CONVEYANCE 
AND SHIPPING CONTAINERS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart C_Horses
 
Sec. 93.317  Horses from Canada.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, horses from 
Canada shall be inspected as provided in Sec. 93.306; shall be 
accompanied by a certificate as required by Sec. 93.314 which shall 
include evidence of a negative test for equine infectious anemia for 
which blood samples were drawn during the 180 days preceding exportation 
to the United States and which test was conducted in a laboratory 
approved by the Canada Department of Agriculture or the United States 
Department of Agriculture; Except, that horses accompanying their dams 
which were foaled after their dam was so tested negative need not be so 
tested; and shall otherwise be handled as provided in Sec. 93.314: 
Provided, however, That certificates required for horses from Canada may 
be either issued or endorsed by a salaried veterinarian of the Canadian 
Government: And provided, further, That USDA veterinary port inspection 
is not required for horses imported from Canada under temporary Customs 
authorization for a period of 30 days from the date of issue of the 
certificate and the certificate issued is valid for an unlimited number 
of importations into the United States during the 30-day period.

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    (b) Horses of United States origin that are imported into Canada 
under an export health certificate valid for a period of 30 days from 
the date of issue may re-enter the United States an unlimited number of 
times during the 30-day period, without USDA veterinary port inspection, 
at any Custom land border port of entry designated for animals from 
Canada, if accompanied by the original export health certificate under 
which they were permitted entry into Canada.
    (c) Horses for immediate slaughter may be imported from Canada 
without the certification prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section, 
but shall be subject to the other applicable provisions of this part, 
and shall be accompanied by a certificate issued or endorsed by a 
salaried veterinarian of the Canadian Government stating that:
    (1) The horses were inspected on the premises where assembled for 
shipment to the United States within the 30 days immediately prior to 
the date of export and were found free of evidence of communicable 
disease, and
    (2) As far as can be determined, they have not been exposed to any 
such disease during the 60 days immediately preceding their exportation.

[55 FR 31495, Aug. 2, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 33863, July 24, 1991. 
Redesignated and amended at 62 FR 56012, 56017, Oct. 28, 1997]