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Federal Register :: Change in Disease Status of Canada Because of BSE
This rule is effective retroactively to May 20, 2003. We will consider all comments that we receive on or before July 28, 2003.
Docket No. 03-058-1
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/03-13440 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/03-13440
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We are amending the regulations by adding Canada to the list of regions where bovine spongiform encephalopathy exists because the disease has been detected in an animal in that region. This action prohibits or restricts the importation of ruminants that have been in Canada and meat, meat products, and certain other products and byproducts of ruminants that have been in Canada. This action is necessary to help prevent the introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States.
You may submit comments by postal mail/commercial delivery or by e-mail. If you use postal mail/commercial delivery, please send four copies of your comment (an original and three copies) to: Docket No. 03-058-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3C71, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. 03-058-1. If you use e-mail, address your comment to regulations@aphis.usda.gov. Your comment must be contained in the body of your message; do not send attached files. Please include your name and address in your message and “Docket No. 03-058-1” on the subject line.
Dr. Gary Colgrove, Director, Sanitary Trade Issues Team, National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-4356.
Sections 94.18, 95.4, and 96.2 of the regulations prohibit or restrict the importation of certain meat and other animal products and byproducts from ruminants that have been in regions in which BSE exists or in which there is an undue risk of introducing BSE into the United States. Paragraph (a)(1) of § 94.18 lists the regions in which BSE exists. Paragraph (a)(2) lists the regions that present an undue risk of introducing BSE into the United States because their import requirements are less restrictive than those that would be acceptable for import into the United States and/or because the regions have inadequate surveillance. Paragraph (b) of § 94.18 prohibits the importation of fresh, frozen, and chilled meat, meat products, and most other edible products of ruminants that have been in any region listed in paragraphs (a)(1) or (a)(2). Paragraph (c) of § 94.18 restricts the importation of gelatin derived from ruminants that have been in any of these regions. Section 95.4 prohibits or restricts the importation of certain byproducts from ruminants that have been in any of those regions, and § 96.2 prohibits the importation of casings, except stomach casings, from ruminants that have been in any of these regions. Additionally, the regulations in part 93 pertaining to the importation of live animals provide that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) may deny an application for a permit for the importation of ruminants from regions where a communicable disease such as BSE exists and from regions that present risks of introducing communicable diseases into the United States (see § 93.404(a)(3)).
On May 20, 2003, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported a case of BSE in a beef cow in northern Alberta. Therefore, in order to prevent the introduction of BSE into the United States, we are amending § 94.18(a)(1) by adding Canada to the list of regions where BSE is known to exist. This action prohibits or restricts the importation of ruminants that have been in Canada and the importation of meat, meat products, and certain other products and byproducts of ruminants that have been in Canada. We are making this amendment effective retroactively to May 20, 2003, which is the date that Canada reported the BSE case.
As noted previously, the regulations in § 93.404(a)(3) provide the basis for APHIS to deny an application for a permit for the importation of ruminants from regions listed in § 94.18(a)(1) or (a)(2). Because, with certain exceptions, ruminants may not be imported into the Start Printed Page 31940United States unless their importation is authorized by a permit, the provisions of § 93.404(a)(3) have been sufficient to prevent the entry of live ruminants from regions affected with BSE. However, the regulations in part 93 provide exemptions from the permit requirement for ruminants from several regions, including Canada, under certain circumstances. Given that the denial of a permit application may not serve in all cases to provide a regulatory basis for preventing the importation of ruminants from regions affected with BSE, we have amended the regulations in § 93.401, “General prohibitions; exceptions,” to include an explicit prohibition on the importation of ruminants that have been in any region listed in § 94.18(a)(1) or (a)(2).
This rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This rule: (1) Preempts all State and local laws and regulations that are inconsistent with this rule; (2) has retroactive effective to May 20, 2003; and (3) does not require administrative proceedings before parties may file suit in court challenging this rule.
Accordingly, we are amending 9 CFR parts 93 and 94 as follows:
2. In § 93.401, paragraph (a) is revised to read as follows:
(a) No ruminant or product subject to the provisions of this part shall be brought into the United States except in accordance with the regulations in this part and part 94 of this subchapter;[3] nor shall any such ruminant or product be handled or moved after physical entry into the United States before final release from quarantine or any other form of governmental detention except in compliance with such regulations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subpart, the importation of any ruminant that has been in a region listed in § 94.18(a)(1) or (a)(2) of this subchapter is prohibited. Provided, however, the Administrator may upon request in specific cases permit ruminants or products to be brought into or through the United States under such conditions as he or she may prescribe, when he or she determines in the specific case that such action will not endanger the livestock or poultry of the United States.
4. In § 94.18, paragraph (a)(1) is amended by adding, in alphabetical order, the word “Canada,”.
Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of May, 2003 .
[FR Doc. 03-13440 Filed 5-28-03; 8:45 am]