[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: 9CFR95.12]

[Page 544]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 95_SANITARY CONTROL OF ANIMAL BYPRODUCTS (EXCEPT CASINGS), AND HAY 
AND STRAW, OFFERED FOR ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 95.12  Bones, horns, and hoofs; importations permitted subject to 
restrictions.

    Bones, horns, and hoofs offered for importation which do not meet 
the conditions or requirements of Sec. 95.11 shall be handled and 
treated in the following manner after arrival at the port of entry:
    (a) They shall be consigned from the coast or border port of arrival 
to an approved establishment having facilities for their disinfection or 
their conversion into products customarily made from bones, horns, or 
hoofs: Provided, however, That I. T. or in-bond shipments of bones, 
horns, or hoofs may go forward under customs seals from a coast or 
border port of arrival, with the approval of an inspector at said port, 
to another port for consumption entry subject to the other provisions of 
this section.
    (b) They shall be moved from the coast or border port of arrival or, 
in case of I. T. or in-bond shipments, from the interior port to the 
establishment in cars or trucks with no other materials contained 
therein, sealed with seals of the Department, which shall not be broken 
except by inspectors or other persons authorized by the Deputy 
Administrator, Veterinary Services so to do, or without sealing as 
aforesaid and with other freight when packed in tight cases or casks 
acceptable to an inspector at the port of entry.
    (c) They shall be handled at the establishment under the direction 
of an inspector in a manner to guard against the dissemination of 
anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, and rinderpest, and the bags, burlap, 
or other containers thereof, before leaving the establishment, shall be 
disinfected by heat or otherwise, as directed by the Deputy 
Administrator, Veterinary Services or burned at the establishment. They 
shall not be removed therefrom except upon special permission of the 
Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services and upon compliance with all 
the conditions and requirements of this section relative to the movement 
of the said bones, horns, and hoofs.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0579-0015)

[28 FR 5981, June 13, 1963, as amended by 59 FR 67134, Dec. 29, 1994]