[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: 9CFR95.6]

[Page 540-541]
 
                  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. 95.6  Untanned hides and skins; importations permitted subject to 
restrictions.

    Hides or skins offered for importation which do not meet the 
conditions or requirements of Sec. 95.5 shall be handled and treated in 
the following manner after arrival at the port of entry:

[[Page 541]]

    (a) They shall be consigned from the coast or border port of arrival 
to an approved establishment and shall be subject to disinfection by 
such method or methods as the Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services 
may prescribe unless the said establishment discharges drainage into an 
approved sewerage system or has an approved chlorinating equipment 
adequate for the proper disinfection of effluents: Provided, however, 
That upon permission of the Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services 
such hides or skins may be stored for a temporary period in approved 
warehouses under bond, and under the supervision of an inspector: And 
provided further, That I. T. or inbound shipments of hides or skins 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 in the 
United States 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-bound shipments, from the interior port to the 
approved establishment in cars or trucks or in vessel compartments 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 the inspector in charge at 
the port of entry.
    (c) They shall be handled at the approved establishment under the 
direction of an inspector in a manner approved by the Deputy 
Administrator, Veterinary Services to guard against the dissemination of 
foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest. 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 hides 
and skins from the port of arrival to the said establishment.

(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]