[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: 9CFR94.19]

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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), EXOTIC 
NEWCASTLE DISEASE, AFRICAN SWINE FEVER, CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER, AND BOVINE 
SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY: PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED IMPORTATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 94.19  Restrictions on importation from BSE minimal-risk regions 
of meat and edible products from ruminants.

    Except as provided in Sec. 94.18 and this section, the importation 
of meat, meat products, and edible products other than meat (excluding 
gelatin that meets the conditions of Sec. 94.18(c), milk, and milk 
products), from bovines, sheep, or goats that have been in any of the 
regions listed in Sec. 94.18(a)(3) is prohibited. The commodities 
listed in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this section may be imported 
from a region listed in Sec. 94.18(a)(3) if the conditions of this 
section are met; if (except for commodities described in paragraph (e) 
of this section) the commodities are accompanied by an original 
certificate of such compliance issued by a full-time salaried veterinary 
officer of the national government of the region of origin, or issued by 
a veterinarian designated or accredited by the national government of 
the region of origin and endorsed by a full-time salaried veterinary 
officer of the national government of the region of origin, representing 
that the veterinarian issuing the certificate was authorized to do so; 
and if all other applicable requirements of this part are met.

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    (a) Meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products from bovines. The 
meat, meat byproduct, or meat food product, as defined by FSIS in 9 CFR 
301.2--that those terms as applied to bison shall have a meaning 
comparable to those provided in 9 CFR 301.2 with respect to cattle, 
sheep, and goats--is derived from bovines that have been subject to a 
ruminant feed ban equivalent to the requirements established by the U.S. 
Food and Drug Administration at 21 CFR 589.2000 and meets the following 
conditions:
    (1) The meat, meat byproduct, or meat food product is derived from 
bovines for which an air-injected stunning process was not used at 
slaughter; and
    (2) The SRMs and small intestine of the bovines were removed at 
slaughter.

    Note to paragraph (a): The applicability of paragraph (a) to meat, 
meat byproducts other than liver, and meat food products when such 
commodities are derived from bovines that were 30 months of age or older 
when slaughtered is delayed indefinitely.

    (b) Whole or half carcasses of bovines. The carcasses are derived 
from bovines for which an air-injected stunning process was not used at 
slaughter and that meet the following conditions:
    (1) The bovines are subject to a ruminant feed ban equivalent to the 
requirements established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at 21 
CFR 589.2000; and
    (2) The SRMs and small intestine of the bovines were removed at 
slaughter.

    Note to paragraph (b): The applicability of paragraph (b) to whole 
or half carcasses derived from bovines that were 30 months of age or 
older when slaughtered is delayed indefinitely.

    (c) Meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products from sheep or 
goats or other ovines or caprines. The meat, meat byproduct, or meat 
food product, as defined by FSIS in 9 CFR 301.2, is derived from ovines 
or caprines that are from a flock or herd subject to a ruminant feed ban 
equivalent to the requirements established by the U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration at 21 CFR 589.2000, that were less than 12 months of age 
when slaughtered, and that meet the following conditions:
    (1) The animals were slaughtered at a facility that either 
slaughters only sheep and/or goats or other ovines and caprines less 
than 12 months of age or complies with a segregation process approved by 
the national veterinary authority of the region of origin and the 
Administrator as adequate to prevent contamination or commingling of the 
meat with products not eligible for importation into the United States;
    (2) The animals did not test positive for and were not suspect for a 
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy;
    (3) The animals have not resided in a flock or herd that has been 
diagnosed with BSE; and
    (4) The animals' movement is not restricted within Canada as a 
result of exposure to a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.
    (d) Carcasses of ovines and caprines. The carcasses are derived from 
ovines or caprines that are from a flock or herd subject to a ruminant 
feed ban equivalent to the requirements established by the U.S. Food and 
Drug Administration at 21 CFR 589.2000, that were less than 12 months of 
age when slaughtered, and that meet the following conditions:
    (1) The animals were slaughtered at a facility that either 
slaughters only sheep and/or goats or other ovines and caprines less 
than 12 months of age or complies with a segregation process approved by 
the national veterinary authority of the region of origin and the 
Administrator as adequate to prevent contamination or commingling of the 
meat with products not eligible for importation into the United States;
    (2) The animals did not test positive for and were not suspect for a 
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy;
    (3) The animals have not resided in a flock or herd that has been 
diagnosed with BSE; and
    (4) The animals' movement is not restricted within Canada as a 
result of exposure to a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.
    (e) Meat or dressed carcasses of hunter-harvested wild sheep, goats, 
or other ruminants other than cervids. The meat or dressed carcass 
(eviscerated and the head is removed) is derived from a wild sheep, 
goat, or other ruminant other

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than a cervid and meets the following conditions:
    (1) The meat or dressed carcass is derived from an animal that has 
been legally harvested in the wild, as verified by proof such as a 
hunting license, tag, or the equivalent that the hunter must show to the 
United States Customs and Border Protection official; and
    (2) The animal from which the meat is derived was harvested within a 
jurisdiction specified by the Administrator for which the game and 
wildlife service of the jurisdiction has informed the Administrator 
either that the jurisdiction conducts no type of game feeding program, 
or has complied with, and continues to comply with, a ruminant feed ban 
equivalent to the requirements established by the U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration at 21 CFR 589.2000.
    (f) Gelatin other than that allowed importation under Sec. 
94.18(c). The gelatin is derived from the bones of bovines subject to a 
ruminant feed ban equivalent to the requirements established by the U.S. 
Food and Drug Administration at 21 CFR 589.2000 and from which SRMs and 
small intestine were removed.

    Note to paragraph (f): The applicability of paragraph (f) to gelatin 
derived from the bones of bovines that were 30 months of age or older 
when slaughtered is delayed indefinitely.

    (g) Ports. All products to be brought into the United States under 
this section must, if arriving at a land border port, arrive at one of 
the following ports: Eastport, ID; Houlton, ME; Detroit (Ambassador 
Bridge), Port Huron, and Sault St. Marie, MI; International Falls, MN; 
Sweetgrass, MT; Alexandria Bay, Buffalo (Lewiston Bridge and Peace 
Bridge), and Champlain, NY; Pembina and Portal, ND; Derby Line and 
Highgate Springs, VT; and Blaine (Pacific Highway and Cargo Ops), 
Lynden, Oroville, and Sumas (Cargo), WA.

[70 FR 550, Jan. 4, 2005, as amended at 70 FR 12113, Mar. 11, 2005]