[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: 9CFR96.5]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 96_RESTRICTION OF IMPORTATIONS OF FOREIGN ANIMAL CASINGS OFFERED 
FOR ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 96.5  Instructions regarding handling certified animal casings.

    (a) Animal casings are not classed as meat product, therefore the 
certificate required for foreign meat product is not acceptable for 
animal casings offered for importation.
    (b) Casings offered for importation into the United States shall 
remain in customs custody at the port until released by an APHIS 
inspector for admission into the United States or otherwise disposed of 
as required by this part.
    (c) The provision that under certain conditions casings which have 
been offered for importation shall be exported, shall be construed to 
mean the removal of the casings from the United States or its 
possessions.
    (1) The provision that under certain conditions casings be destroyed 
shall be construed to mean the treatment or handling of the casings in a 
manner to take away completely the usefulness of them as by tanking or 
incineration.
    (2) The provision that under certain conditions casings shall be 
disinfected and denatured shall be construed to mean such treatment and 
handling as will be prescribed by the Administrator, Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to free them from pathogenic 
substances or organisms, or to render such substances and organisms 
inert; and that the nature of the casings be changed to make them unfit 
for eating without destroying other useful properties. For instance, 
each casing may be split throughout its length and after disinfection, 
as above indicated, be released for industrial use.
    (d) Dried intestines offered for importation into the United States 
for use as gut strings or similar purpose are not regarded as animal 
casings within the meaning of this part. Such dried intestines are 
classed with tendons, sinews,

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and similar articles and are subject to the provisions of part 95.

[28 FR 5986, June 13, 1963. Redesignated and amended at 57 FR 28082, 
28083, June 24, 1992; 57 FR 29785, July 7, 1992. Redesignated at 58 FR 
47031, Sept. 7, 1993]