Importation of Animals and Animal Products: Procedures for Requesting Recognition of Regions (9 CFR 92.1-92.7)

401 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA § 92.1 spread of livestock diseases and to en sure the humane treatment of the ani mals during transport to the importing country. PART 92—IMPORTATION OF ANI MALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS: PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTING RECOGNITION OF REGIONS Sec. 92.1 Definitions. Subpart A—Procedures for Requesting Recognition of Regions Other Than for BSE 92.2 Application for recognition of the ani mal health status of a region. 92.3 Movement restrictions. 92.4 Reestablishment of a region’s disease free status. Subpart B—Procedures for Requesting BSE Risk Status Classification With Regard to Bovines 92.5 Determination of the BSE risk classi fication of a region. 92.6 Determination of the date of effective enforcement of a ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban. 92.7 Incorporation by reference. AUTHORITY: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301–8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4. SOURCE: 62 FR 56012, Oct. 28, 1997, unless otherwise noted. § 92.1 Definitions. Active surveillance. Sample collection using a systematic or statistically de signed survey methodology to actively seek out and find cases of animals with a restricted disease agent, or to deter mine the prevalence of the restricted disease agent in the population. Adjacent region. Any geographic land area, whether or not identifiable by ge ological, political or surveyed bound aries, that shares common boundaries with any region. Administrator. The Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspec tion Service or any other employee of the Animal and Plant Health Inspec tion Service, United States Depart ment of Agriculture, delegated to act in the Administrator’s stead. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Animals. All species of the animal kingdom, except man, including: Cat tle, sheep, goats, other ruminants, swine, horses, asses, mules, zebras, dogs, poultry, and birds that are sus ceptible to communicable diseases of livestock and poultry or capable of being carriers of those diseases or their arthropod vectors. Approved laboratory. A properly equipped institution in the exporting region, approved by the official author ity who is responsible for animal health matters in that region, that is staffed by technically competent per sonnel under the control of a specialist in veterinary diagnostic methods who is responsible for the results. Bovine. Bos taurus, Bos indicus, and Bison bison. Communicable disease. Any contagious or infectious disease of animals. It can be transmitted either directly or indi rectly to a susceptible animal from an infected animal, vector, inanimate source, or other sources. Contagious disease. Any commu nicable disease transmitted from one animal to another by direct contact or by feed, water, aerosol, or contami nated objects. Disease agent. A virus, bacterium, or other organism that causes disease in animals. Exporting region. A region from which shipments are sent to the United States. European Union. The organization of Member States consisting of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Por tugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom (England, Scot land, Wales, the Isle of Man, and Northern Ireland). Import (imported, importation) into the United States. To bring into the terri torial limits of the United States. OIE. The World Organization for Ani mal Health. OIE Code. The Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organization for Animal Health. VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:56 Feb 14, 2018 Jkt 244028 PO 00000 Frm 00411 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\09\9V1.TXT 31kp a yn e o n D S K 5 4 D X V N 1 O F R w ith $ $ JO B 402 9 CFR Ch. I (1–1–18 Edition) § 92.1 1 A list of regions classified by APHIS as regions of controlled risk for BSEs is avail able at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ importlexport/animals/ animalldiseaselstatus.shtml. OIE Terrestrial Manual. The Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Orga nization for Animal Health. Passive surveillance. A surveillance system that does not depend on active participation by the responsible agency to seek out and monitor a restricted disease agent. The system relies on mandatory reporting, a pool of trained investigators, diagnostic submission procedures and laboratory support, and periodic public information and con tinuing education programs on dis eases. Prevalence. The number of cases of a disease in existence at a given time in a designated area. Processed animal protein. Meat meal, bone meal, meat-and-bone meal, blood meal, dried plasma and other blood products, hydrolyzed protein, hoof meal, horn meal, poultry meal, feather meal, fish meal, and any other similar products. Region. Any defined geographic land region identifiable by geological, polit ical 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, par ish, Province, State, etc.); (3) Parts of several national entities combined into an area; or (4) A group of national entities (coun tries) combined into a single area. Region of controlled risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).1 A re gion for which a risk assessment has been conducted sufficient to identify the historical and existing BSE risk factors in the region and that: (1) Has demonstrated that appro priate mitigations are being taken to manage all identified risks, but may not have been taken for the periods of time necessary to be classified as a re gion of negligible risk for BSE. (2) Is a region in which it can be dem onstrated through an appropriate con trol and audit that neither meat-and bone meal nor greaves derived from ruminants has been fed to ruminants. (3) Has demonstrated that Type A surveillance in accordance with Article 11.5.22 of the OIE Code, incorporated by reference in § 92.7, or with equivalent guidelines recognized by the Adminis trator is in place and the relevant points target, in accordance with Table 1 of Article 11.5.22 of the OIE Code, or with equivalent guidelines recognized by the Administrator has been met. Type B surveillance in accordance with Article 11.5.22 of the OIE Code, or with equivalent guidelines recognized by the Administrator, is sufficient in place of Type A surveillance or its equivalent once the relevant points target for Type A surveillance or its equivalent has been met. (4) Meets one of the following condi tions: (i) Has had no case of BSE in the re gion or every case has been dem onstrated to have been imported and has been completely destroyed; or (ii) Has had at least one indigenous case, and all bovines described in ei ther paragraph (4)(ii)(A) or (4)(ii)(B) of this definition, if still alive, are offi cially identified with unique individual identification that is traceable to the premises of origin of the animal, have their movements controlled, and, when slaughtered or at death, are completely destroyed: (A) All bovines that, during their first year of life, were reared with a bo vine determined to be infected with BSE during its first year of life, and that investigation showed consumed the same potentially contaminated feed as the infected animal during that period; or (B) If the investigation was unable to determine whether the feed source that was used to feed the bovine known to be infected was also used to feed other bovines in the herd of the infected ani mal, all bovines born in the same herd as a BSE-infected bovine either within 12 months before or 12 months after the birth of the infected animal. (5) Meets the conditions in one of or both paragraphs (5)(i) or (5)(ii) of this definition: (i) Has met the following conditions, but not for at least the past 7 years: (A) Conducted an ongoing awareness program for veterinarians, farmers, VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:56 Feb 14, 2018 Jkt 244028 PO 00000 Frm 00412 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\09\9V1.TXT 31kp a yn e o n D S K 5 4 D X V N 1 O F R w ith $ $ JO B 403 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA § 92.1 2 A list of regions classified by APHIS as regions of negligible risk for BSEs is avail able at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ importlexport/ animals/ animalldiseaselstatus.shtml. and workers involved in transpor tation, marketing, and slaughter of bo vines to encourage reporting of bovines showing clinical signs that could be in dicative of BSE; (B) Required notification and inves tigation of all bovines showing clinical signs consistent with BSE; and (C) Has carried out the examination, in accordance with internationally ac cepted diagnostic tests and procedures and in approved laboratories, of brain or other tissues collected as part of the surveillance and monitoring described in paragraphs (3) and (5)(i)(A) and (5)(i)(B) of this definition; or (ii) Has prohibited the feeding to ruminants in the region of meat-and bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants, but it cannot be dem onstrated through an appropriate level of control and audit that the prohib ited materials have not been fed to ruminants in the region for at least the past 8 years. Region of negligible risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).2 A re gion for which a risk assessment has been conducted sufficient to identify the historical and existing BSE risk factors in the region and that: (1) Has demonstrated that appro priate mitigations to manage all iden tified risks have been taken for each relevant period of time to meet each identified risk, as set forth in this defi nition. (2) Has demonstrated that Type B surveillance in accordance with Article 11.5.22 of the OIE Code, incorporated by reference in § 92.7, or with equivalent guidelines recognized by the Adminis trator is in place and the relevant points target, in accordance with Table 1 of Article 11.5.22 of the OIE Code, or with equivalent guidelines recognized by the Administrator has been met. (3) Meets one of the following condi tions: (i) Has had no case of BSE in the re gion or every case has been dem onstrated to have been imported and has been completely destroyed; or (ii) Has had at least one indigenous case, but every indigenous case was born more than 11 years ago, and all bovines described in either paragraph (3)(ii)(A) or (3)(ii)(B) of this definition, if still alive, are officially identified with unique individual identification that is traceable to the premises of ori gin of the animal, have their move ments controlled, and, when slaugh tered or at death, are completely de stroyed: (A) All bovines that, during their first year of life, were reared with a bo vine determined to be infected with BSE during its first year of life, and that investigation showed consumed the same potentially contaminated feed as the infected animal during that period; or (B) If the investigation was unable to determine whether the feed source that was used to feed the bovine known to be infected was also used to feed other bovines in the herd of the infected ani mal, all bovines born in the same herd as a BSE-infected bovine either within 12 months before or 12 months after the birth of the infected animal. (4) Has, for at least the past 7 years: (i) Conducted an ongoing awareness program for veterinarians, farmers, and workers involved in transpor tation, marketing, and slaughter of bo vines to encourage reporting of bovines showing clinical signs that could be in dicative of BSE; (ii) Required notification and inves tigation of all bovines showing clinical signs consistent with BSE; and (iii) Carried out the examination, in accordance with internationally ac cepted diagnostic tests and procedures and in approved laboratories, of brain or other tissues collected as part of the required surveillance and monitoring described in paragraphs (2) and (4)(i) and (4)(ii) of this definition. (5) Has demonstrated through an ap propriate level of control and audit that, for at least the past 8 years, nei ther meat-and-bone meal nor greaves derived from ruminants have been fed to ruminants in the region. Region of undetermined risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Any region that is not classified as either a region of negligible risk for BSE or a region of controlled risk for BSE. VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:56 Feb 14, 2018 Jkt 244028 PO 00000 Frm 00413 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\09\9V1.TXT 31kp a yn e o n D S K 5 4 D X V N 1 O F R w ith $ $ JO B 404 9 CFR Ch. I (1–1–18 Edition) § 92.2 1 Additionally, APHIS may choose to ini tiate an evaluation of the animal health sta tus of a foreign region on its own initiative. In such cases, APHIS will follow the same evaluation and notification procedures set forth in this section. Restricted disease agent. Any commu nicable disease agent or its vector not known to exist in the United States or that is subject to a Federal or coopera tive Federal/State control or eradi cation program within the United States. Specified risk materials (SRMs) from re gions of controlled risk for BSE. Those bovine parts considered to be at par ticular risk of containing the BSE agent in infected animals, as listed in the FSIS regulations at 9 CFR 310.22(a). Specified risk materials (SRMs) from re gions of undetermined risk for BSE. Those bovine parts considered to be at particular risk of containing the BSE agent in infected animals, as listed in the FSIS regulations at 9 CFR 310.22(a), except that the following bovine parts from regions of undetermined risk for BSE are considered SRMs if they are derived from bovines over 12 months of age: Brain, skull, eyes, trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, vertebral column (excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the transverse processes of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, and the wings of the sacrum), and the dorsal root ganglia. Surveillance. Systems to find, mon itor, and confirm the existence or ab sence of a restricted disease agent or agents in livestock, poultry and other animals. Surveillance may be passive or active. United States. All of the States of the United States, the District of Colum bia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Is lands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and all other ter ritories and possessions of the United States. Vector-borne disease. A disease trans mitted to an animal through an inter mediate arthropod vector, including ticks or insects. [62 FR 56012, Oct. 28, 1997, as amended at 68 FR 16938, Apr. 7, 2003; 72 FR 67232, Nov. 28, 2007; 78 FR 72993, Dec. 4, 2013] Subpart A—Procedures for Re questing Recognition of Re gions Other Than for BSE SOURCE: 78 FR 72994, Dec. 4, 2013, unless otherwise noted. § 92.2 Application for recognition of the animal health status of a region. (a) The representative of the national government(s) of any country or coun tries who has the authority to make such a request may request that APHIS recognize the animal health status of a region. 1 Such requests must be made in English and must be sent to the Ad ministrator, c/o National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231. (Where possible, include a copy of the request and accompanying information in electronic format.) (b) Requests for recognition of the animal health status of a region, other than requests submitted in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section, must include, in English, the following infor mation about the region. More detailed information regarding the specific types of information that will enable APHIS to most expeditiously conduct an evaluation of the request is avail able at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ importlexport/ animals/ reglrequest.shtml or by contacting the Director, Sanitary Trade Issues Team, National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737. (1) Scope of the evaluation being re quested. (2) Veterinary control and oversight. (3) Disease history and vaccination practices. (4) Livestock demographics and traceability. (5) Epidemiological separation from potential sources of infection. (6) Surveillance. (7) Diagnostic laboratory capabili ties. (8) Emergency preparedness and re sponse. (c) Requests for recognition that a region is historically free of a disease based on the amount of time that has elapsed since the disease last occurred in a region, if it has ever occurred, must include, in English, the following VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:56 Feb 14, 2018 Jkt 244028 PO 00000 Frm 00414 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\09\9V1.TXT 31kp a yn e o n D S K 5 4 D X V N 1 O F R w ith $ $ JO B 405 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA § 92.4 information about the region. More de tailed information regarding the spe cific types of information that will en able APHIS to most expeditiously con duct an evaluation of the request is available at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ importlexport/animals/reglrequest.shtml or by contacting the Director, Sanitary Trade Issues Team, National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737. For a region to be considered his torically free of a disease, the disease must not have been reported in domes tic livestock for at least the past 25 years and must not have been reported in wildlife for at least the past 10 years. (1) Scope of the evaluation being re quested. (2) Veterinary control and oversight. (3) Disease history and vaccination practices (4) Disease notification. (5) Disease detection. (6) Barriers to disease introduction. (d) A list of those regions that have requested APHIS’ recognition of their animal health status, the disease(s) under evaluation, and, if available, the animal(s) or product(s) the region wish es to export, is available at http:// www.aphis.usda.gov/importlexport/ ani mals/reglrequest.shtml. (e) If, after review and evaluation of the information submitted in accord ance with paragraph (b) or (c) of this section, APHIS believes the request can be safely granted, APHIS will indi cate its intent and make its evaluation available for public comment through a document published in the FEDERAL REGISTER. (f) APHIS will provide a period of time during which the public may com ment on its evaluation. During the comment period, the public will have access to the information upon which APHIS based its evaluation, as well as the evaluation itself. Once APHIS has reviewed all comments received, it will make a final determination regarding the request and will publish that deter mination in the FEDERAL REGISTER. (g) If a region is granted animal health status under the provisions of this section, that region may be re quired to submit additional informa tion pertaining to animal health status or allow APHIS to conduct additional information collection activities in order for that region to maintain its animal health status. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 0579–0219) [62 FR 56012, Oct. 28, 1997, as amended at 68 FR 50054, Aug. 20, 2003; 77 FR 1389, Jan. 10, 2012; 77 FR 44109, July 27, 2012] § 92.3 Movement restrictions. Whenever the European Commission (EC) establishes a quarantine for a dis ease in the European Union in a region the Animal and Plant Health Inspec tion Service recognizes as one in which the disease is not known to exist and the EC imposes prohibitions or other restrictions on the movement of ani mals or animal products from the quar antined area in the European Union, such animals and animal products are prohibited importation into the United States. [68 FR 16938, Apr. 7, 2003] § 92.4 Reestablishment of a region’s disease-free status. This section applies to regions that are designated under this subchapter as free of a specific animal disease and then experience an outbreak of that disease. (a) Interim designation. If a region rec ognized as free of a specified animal disease in this subchapter experiences an outbreak of that disease, APHIS will take immediate action to prohibit or restrict imports of animals and ani mal products from that region. The prohibitions or restrictions may be im posed on only a portion of the region previously recognized as free of a dis ease. In these cases, APHIS will inform the public as soon as possible through notice in the FEDERAL REGISTER of the basis for its decision to prohibit or re strict imports from the smaller area of that region previously recognized as free. (b) Reassessment of the disease situa tion. (1) Following removal of disease free status from all or part of a region, APHIS may reassess the disease situa tion in that region to determine wheth er it is necessary to continue the in terim prohibitions or restrictions. In reassessing a region’s disease status, VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:56 Feb 14, 2018 Jkt 244028 PO 00000 Frm 00415 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\09\9V1.TXT 31kp a yn e o n D S K 5 4 D X V N 1 O F R w ith $ $ JO B 406 9 CFR Ch. I (1–1–18 Edition) § 92.5 APHIS will take into consideration the standards of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) for reinstate ment of disease-free status, as well as all relevant information obtained through public comments or collected by or submitted to APHIS through other means. (2) Prior to taking any action to re lieve prohibitions or restrictions, APHIS will make information regard ing its reassessment of the region’s dis ease status available to the public for comment. APHIS will announce the availability of this information in the FEDERAL REGISTER. (c) Determination. Based on the reas sessment conducted in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section, including comments regarding the reassessment information, APHIS will take one of the following actions: (1) Publish a notice of its decision to reinstate the disease-free status of the region, or a portion of the region; (2) Publish a notice of its decision to continue the prohibitions or restric tions on the imports of animals and animal products from that region; or (3) Publish another document in the FEDERAL REGISTER for comment. [77 FR 1389, Jan. 10, 2012] Subpart B—Procedures for Re questing BSE Risk Status Clas sification With Regard to Bo vines SOURCE: 78 FR 72994, Dec. 4, 2013, unless otherwise noted. § 92.5 Determination of the BSE risk classification of a region. All countries of the world are consid ered by APHIS to be in one of three BSE risk categories—negligible risk, controlled risk, or undetermined risk. These risk categories are defined in § 92.1. Any region that is not classified by APHIS as presenting either neg ligible risk or controlled risk for BSE is considered to present an undeter mined risk. The listing of those regions classified by APHIS as having either negligible risk or controlled risk can be accessed on the APHIS Web site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/importlexport/ animals/ animalldiseaselstatus.shtml. The listing can also be obtained by writing to APHIS at National Import Export Services, 4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737. APHIS may classify a region for BSE according to either paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this section. (a) BSE risk classification based on OIE classification. If the OIE has classified a country as either BSE negligible risk or BSE controlled risk, APHIS will seek information to support concur rence with the OIE classification. This information could be publicly available information, or APHIS could request that countries supply the same infor mation given to the OIE. APHIS will announce in the FEDERAL REGISTER, subject to public comment, each intent to concur with an OIE classification. APHIS will also post the summary of the BSE OIE ad hoc group conclusions for review during the comment period. The summaries would be available for review on the APHIS Web site at http:// www.aphis.usda.gov/importlexport/ ani mals/reglrequest.shtml. Following re view of any comments received, the Administrator will announce his or her final determination regarding classi fication of the country in the FEDERAL REGISTER, along with a discussion of and response to pertinent issues raised by commenters. If APHIS recognizes a country as either negligible risk or controlled risk for BSE, the Agency will include that country in a list of re gions of negligible risk or controlled risk for BSE, as applicable, that APHIS will make available to the public on the Agency’s Web site at http:// www.aphis.usda.gov/importlexport/ ani mals/animalldiseaselstatus.shtml. (b) Regions seeking classification as negligible or controlled risk that have not been classified by the OIE. A region that has not received classification by OIE as either negligible risk or controlled risk for BSE and that wishes to be clas sified by APHIS as negligible risk or controlled risk must submit to the Ad ministrator a request for classification, along with documentation sufficient to allow APHIS to conduct an evaluation of whether the region meets the cri teria for classification. A list of the documentation required can be accessed on the APHIS Web site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/importlexport/ VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:56 Feb 14, 2018 Jkt 244028 PO 00000 Frm 00416 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\09\9V1.TXT 31kp a yn e o n D S K 5 4 D X V N 1 O F R w ith $ $ JO B 407 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA § 92.6 animals/reglrequest.shtml. If, following evaluation of the information sub mitted, the Administrator determines that the region meets the criteria for classification as negligible risk or con trolled risk, APHIS will announce that determination in the FEDERAL REG ISTER and will make available to the public on the APHIS Web site the eval uation conducted by APHIS, as well as the information provided by the re questing region. APHIS will accept public comment on its intent. Fol lowing review of any comments re ceived, the Administrator will an nounce his or her final determination regarding classification of the region in the FEDERAL REGISTER, along with a discussion of and response to pertinent issues raised by commenters. (c) Retention of classification as either negligible risk or controlled risk. (1) As required by the OIE for countries clas sified as either negligible risk or con trolled risk by the OIE, regions evalu ated by APHIS and classified as neg ligible or controlled risk would need to submit updated information to APHIS each year. The required information in cludes documentation of the following: (i) Relevant changes in BSE legisla tion, compared to the previous year; (ii) The importation into the region during the year of cattle, processed animal protein, and products con taining processed animal protein; (iii) Audit findings in rendering plants and feed mills that process ru minant material or material from mixed species that contains ruminant material, related to the prohibition of the feeding to ruminants of processed animal protein; (iv) Audit findings in rendering plants and feed mills that process non ruminant material, related to the pro hibition of the feeding to ruminants of processed animal protein; (v) Infractions at the types of facili ties listed above; (vi) If and why, in light of the audit findings, there has been no significant exposure of cattle to the BSE agent through consumption of processed ani mal protein of bovine origin; (vii) Surveillance efforts; (viii) All clinical BSE suspects; and (ix) Any new cases of BSE. (2) If APHIS at any time determines that a region no longer meets the cri teria for the risk classification it had previously received, APHIS will re move the region from its list of regions so classified. If the OIE determines the region no longer meets the criteria for the risk classification it had previously received, APHIS may concur with the OIE determination or may request up dated information from the region and determine whether to concur with the OIE decision APHIS will announce its intent in the FEDERAL REGISTER and accept public comment regarding that intent. Following review of any com ments received, the Administrator will announce in the FEDERAL REGISTER his or her final determination regarding classification of the region, along with a discussion of and response to perti nent issues raised by commenters. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 0579–0393) § 92.6 Determination of the date of ef fective enforcement of a ruminant to-ruminant feed ban. (a) In order for APHIS to determine the eligibility of live bovines for im portation from a region classified as BSE negligible risk or BSE controlled risk, APHIS must determine the date from which a ban on the feeding of ru minant material to ruminants has been effectively enforced in the region. APHIS will base its determination of the date of effective enforcement on the information included in the dossier the region submitted when it requested to be classified regarding BSE risk. The information APHIS will consider will include, but not be limited to: (1) Policies and infrastructure for feed ban enforcement, including an awareness program for producers and farmers; (2) Livestock husbandry practices; (3) Disposition of processed animal protein produced from domestic bo vines, including the feeding of such material to any animal species; (4) Measures taken to control cross contamination and mislabeling of feed; and (5) Monitoring and enforcement of the ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban, in cluding audit findings in rendering VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:56 Feb 14, 2018 Jkt 244028 PO 00000 Frm 00417 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\09\9V1.TXT 31kp a yn e o n D S K 5 4 D X V N 1 O F R w ith $ $ JO B 408 9 CFR Ch. I (1–1–18 Edition) § 92.7 plants and feed mills that process ru minant material. (b) After conducting its evaluation, APHIS will announce in the FEDERAL REGISTER for public comment the date APHIS considers to be the date of ef fective enforcement of a ruminant-to ruminant feed ban in the requesting re gion, and will make available to the public the evaluation conducted by APHIS, as well as the supporting docu mentation. Following review of any comments received, the Administrator will announce his or her final deter mination in the FEDERAL REGISTER, along with a discussion of and response to pertinent issues raised by com menters. § 92.7 Incorporation by reference. (a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part with the ap proval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. To enforce any edition other than that specified in this sec tion, USDA must publish notice of change in the FEDERAL REGISTER and the material must be available to the public. All approved material is avail able for inspection at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), and is available from the sources listed below. For information about the availability of this material at APHIS, call 301–851–3300 or write to National Import Export Services, 4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737. It is also available for inspection at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For informa tion on the availability of this mate rial at NARA, call 202-741-6030 or go to http://www.archives.gov/federallregister/ codeloflfederallregulations/ ibrllocations.html. (b) World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), 12, rue de Prony 75017 Paris, France, or email oie@oie.int, http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/Mcode/ enlsommaire.htm. (1) Terrestrial Animal Health Code, Chapter 11.5–Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Article 11.5.22 (Sur veillance activities), 22nd Edition, 2013. (2) [Reserved] (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 0579–0393) PART 93—IMPORTATION OF CER TAIN ANIMALS, BIRDS, FISH, AND POULTRY, AND CERTAIN ANIMAL, BIRD, AND POULTRY PRODUCTS; REQUIREMENTS FOR MEANS OF CONVEYANCE AND SHIPPING CONTAINERS Subpart A—Birds Sec. 93.100 Definitions. 93.101 General prohibitions; exceptions. 93.102 Ports designated for the importation of birds. 93.103 Import permits for birds; and reserva tion fees for space at quarantine facili ties maintained by APHIS. 93.104 Certificates for pet birds, commercial birds, zoological birds, and research birds. 93.105 Inspection at the port of entry. 93.106 Quarantine requirements. CANADA 93.107 Special provisions. Subpart B—Poultry 93.200 Definitions. 93.201 General prohibitions; exceptions. 93.202 Inspection of certain aircraft and other means of conveyance and shipping containers thereon; unloading, cleaning, and disinfection requirements. 93.203 Ports designated for the importation of poultry. 93.204 Import permits for poultry and for poultry test specimens for diagnostic purposes; and reservation fees for space at quarantine facilities maintained by APHIS. 93.205 Certificate for live poultry and hatch ing eggs. 93.206 Declaration and other documents for poultry. 93.207 Inspection at the port of entry. 93.208 Articles accompanying poultry. 93.209 Quarantine requirements. 93.210 Poultry quarantine facilities. 93.211 Quarantine stations, visiting re stricted; sales prohibited. 93.212 Manure from quarantined poultry. 93.213 Appearance of disease among poultry in quarantine. CANADA 93.214 Import permit and declaration for poultry. 93.215 Special provisions. 93.216 Poultry from Canada. CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES 93.217 Import permit and declaration for poultry. VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:56 Feb 14, 2018 Jkt 244028 PO 00000 Frm 00418 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\09\9V1.TXT 31kp a yn e o n D S K 5 4 D X V N 1 O F R w ith $ $ JO B