[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: 9CFR94.27]

[Page 534]
 
                  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. 94.27  Importation of whole cuts of boneless beef from Japan.

    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, whole cuts of 
boneless beef derived from cattle that were born, raised, and 
slaughtered in Japan may be imported into the United States under the 
following conditions:
    (a) The beef is prepared in an establishment 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 9 CFR 
327.2 and the beef meets all other applicable requirements of the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act and regulations thereunder (9 CFR chapter 
III), including the requirements for removal of SRMs and the prohibition 
on the use of air-injection stunning devices prior to slaughter on 
cattle from which the beef is derived.
    (b) The beef is derived from cattle that were not subjected to a 
pithing process at slaughter.
    (c) An authorized veterinary official of the Government of Japan 
certifies on an original certificate that the above conditions have been 
met.

[70 FR 73918, Dec. 14, 2005]