[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: 9CFR96.1]

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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. 96.1  Definitions.




Sec.
96.1 Definitions.
96.2 Prohibition of casings due to African swine fever and bovine 
          spongiform encephalopathy.
96.3 Certificate for animal casings.
96.4 Uncertified animal casings; disposition.
96.5 Instructions regarding handling certified animal casings.
96.6 Certified foreign animal casings arriving at seaboard or border 
          port.
96.7 Dried bladders, weasands, and casings.
96.8 Uncertified casings; disinfection at seaboard port.
96.9 Casings admitted on disinfection; sealing; transfer and 
          disinfection.
96.10 Uncertified casings; transportation for disinfection; original 
          shipping containers; disposition of salt.
96.11 Disinfecting plant and equipment for uncertified casings.
96.12 Uncertified casings not disinfected in 30 days; disposition.
96.13 Uncertified casings; disinfection with hydrochloric acid.
96.14 Uncertified casings; disinfection with saturated brine solution.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 2.22, 
2.80, and 371.4.

    Source: 28 FR 5986, June 13, 1963, unless otherwise noted.


    Administrator. The Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspector 
Service, or any person authorized to act for the Administrator.
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture 
(APHIS or Service).
    Animal casings. Intestines, stomachs, esophagi, and urinary bladders 
from cattle, sheep, swine, or goats that are used to encase processed 
meats in foods such as sausage.
    APHIS representative. An individual employed by APHIS who is 
authorized to perform the function involved.
    Authorized inspector. Any individual authorized by the Administrator 
of APHIS or the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, 
Department of Homeland Security, to enforce the regulations in this 
subpart.
    Department. The United States Department of Agriculture.
    Import (imported, importation) into the United States. To bring into 
the territorial limits of the United States.
    Region. Any defined geographic land area identifiable by geological, 
political, or surveyed boundaries. A region may consist of any of the 
following:
    (1) A national entity (country);
    (2) Part of a national entity (zone, county, department, 
municipality, parish, Province, State, etc.)
    (3) Parts of several national entities combined into an area; or
    (4) A group of national entities (countries) combined into a single 
area.
    United States. All of the States of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the territories and 
possessions of the United States.

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

[57 FR 28082, June 24, 1992, as amended at 57 FR 29785, July 7, 1992; 59 
FR 67134, Dec. 29, 1994; 62 FR 56024, Oct. 28, 1997; 70 FR 553, Jan. 4, 
2005]

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