[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR95.23]

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                  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
 
Sec. 95.23  Previously used meat covers; importations permitted subject to restrictions.

    Cloth or burlap which has been used to cover fresh or frozen meats 
originating in any region designated in Sec. 94.1 of this subchapter as 
a region in which rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease exists, shall not 
be imported except under the following conditions:
    (a) The cloth or burlap shall be consigned from the coast or border 
port of arrival to an establishment specifically approved for the 
purpose by the Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services.
    (b) The cloth or burlap shall be immediately 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 railroad cars or trucks, or 
in vessel compartments, with no other material 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: Provided, however, That upon permission of the 
Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services, such cloth or burlap may be

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stored for a temporary period in approved warehouses at the port of 
arrival under bond and under the supervision of an inspector.
    (c) The material shall be disinfected and otherwise handled at the 
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, and the material 
shall not be removed therefrom, except upon special permission of the 
Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services, until all of the conditions 
and requirements of this section have been complied with.

(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; 62 
FR 56024, Oct. 28, 1997]