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USDA/APHIS | RIN: 0579-AB97 | Publication ID: Fall 2006 |
Title: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation of Commodities; Unsealing of Means of Conveyance and Transloading of Products | |
Abstract: In a final rule published in the Federal Register on January 4, 2005, we amended the regulations regarding the importation of animals and animal products to establish a category of regions that present a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States via live ruminants and ruminant products and byproducts, and added Canada to this category. We also established conditions for the importation of certain live ruminants and ruminant products and byproducts from such regions. In this document, we are amending the regulations to broaden who is authorized to break seals on means of conveyances carrying certain ruminants of Canadian origin. Additionally, we are amending the regulations regarding the transiting through the United States of certain ruminant products from Canada to allow for direct transloading of the products from one means of conveyance to another in the United States under Federal supervision. These actions will contribute to the humane treatment of ruminants shipped to the United States from Canada and remove an impediment to international trade, without increasing the risk of the BSE disease agent entering the United States. | |
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 9 CFR 93 to 95 | |
Legal Authority: 7 USC 450 7 USC 1622 7 USC 7701 to 7772 7 USC 7781 to 7786 7 USC 8301 to 8317 21 USC 136 and 136a 31 USC 9701 42 USC 4331 and 4332 |
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Additional Information: Additional information about APHIS and its programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov. | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: Federal, State |
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
Related RINs: Related to 0579-AB73 | |
Agency Contact: Karen A. James-Preston Director, Technical Trade Services, Animal Products, NCIE, VS Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 4700 River Road, Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231 Phone:301 734-8172 |