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Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter L - TRANSPORTATION › Section 1.544 - Products requiring special supervision

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(a) Products passed for cooking, pork that
				  has been refrigerated to destroy trichinae, and beef that is to be refrigerated
				  to destroy cysticerci may be shipped loose from one official establishment to
				  any other official establishment for further handling in railroad cars, trucks
				  or other means of conveyance sealed with the official seal of the Department,
				  if in the case of railroad cars the receiving establishment has railroad
				  facilities for unloading the products directly into the
				  establishment.
(b) When such
				  restricted product is shipped from one official establishment to another
				  official establishment in the same railroad car or other means of conveyance
				  with other product, such restricted product shall be packed in individual
				  closed containers and the containers shall be sealed in accordance with §
										1.333(g) (relating
				  to treatment by refrigerating), and marked "Pa. passed for cooking" or "pork
				  product degrees F. days refrigeration" or "beef passed for refrigeration," as
				  the case may be. In addition, a "Pa. Retained" tag shall be securely affixed to
				  each container of product passed for cooking and of beef passed for
				  refrigeration. The means of conveyance shall not be sealed unless at least 25%
				  of the other product in the vehicle is unmarked.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												1.141 (relating to general
						requirements); and 7 Pa. Code §
												1.231 (relating to marking of
						outside containers-general).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter L - TRANSPORTATION › Section 1.545 - Return of adulterated or misbranded products

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(a) When it is claimed that any product which
				  has previously been inspected, passed and marked with the inspection legend has
				  become adulterated or misbranded after it has been transported from an official
				  establishment, in order to ascertain whether it is adulterated or misbranded,
				  it may be transported in commerce to the official establishment from which it
				  came or to any other official establishment designated by the person desiring
				  to so handle the product if a written permit in duplicate for such shipment is
				  first obtained from the veterinary supervisor of the region in which the
				  establishment is located. Both the original and the duplicate of the permit
				  shall be surrendered to the initial carrier. The duplicate copy of the
				  inspector's permit shall be retained by the carrier and the original shall be
				  forwarded immediately by the carrier to the Chief, Meat Hygiene Division,
				  Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120.
(b) Upon arrival of the shipment at the
				  official establishment, a careful inspection shall be made of the product by a
				  program inspector, and if it is found that the article is not adulterated it
				  may be received into the establishment. If the article is found to be
				  adulterated it shall at once be stamped "Pa. inspected and condemned" and
				  disposed of. If it is found to be misbranded it shall be handled in accordance
				  with §
										1.313 (relating to disposition
				  after reinspection) except that when a product is found to be affected with one
				  of the correctable conditions specified in this Chapter, in respect to which
				  rehandling is permitted, it may be transported from the official establishment
				  for such rehandling as is necessary to assure that the product is not
				  adulterated or misbranded when finally released. The transportation of such a
				  product from an official establishment shall be done in a manner prescribed in
				  each specific case by the Department.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												1.528 (relating to reports by
						consignees of allegedly adulterated or misbranded products); and 7 Pa. Code
						§
												1.546 (relating to inedible
						articles-general).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter L - TRANSPORTATION › Section 1.546 - Inedible articles-general

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Except as provided in §
										1.545 (relating to return of
					 adulterated or misbranded products) no carcass, part of a carcass, rendered
					 grease, tallow or other fat derived from the carcasses of livestock, or other
					 meat food product which has not been inspected and passed at an official
					 establishment and is not exempted from such inspection, and no carcass, part of
					 a carcass, fat or other meat food product that is adulterated or misbranded,
					 shall be offered for transportation in commerce by any person unless it is
					 handled in accordance with this subchapter or is denatured or otherwise
					 identified as prescribed in this chapter.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												1.210 (relating to shipping of
						condemned livers; conditions for
						disposal).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter L - TRANSPORTATION › Section 1.547 - Inedible rendered animal fats

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(a) Inedible rendered animal fats from
				  official or other establishments in the United States having the physical
				  characteristics of a meat product fit for human food may be transported in
				  commerce without denaturing under the following conditions:
(1) Such inedible rendered fat shall not be
				  sought, sold, transported or offered for sale or offered for transportation in
				  commerce or imported, except by rendering companies, dealers, brokers or others
				  who obtain a numbered permit for such activities from the Chief, Meat Hygiene
				  Division, Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120.
(2) Such inedible rendered animal fat may be
				  so distributed only if consigned to a domestic manufacturer of technical
				  articles other than for human food or to an export terminal for exportation or
				  storage for exportation as an inedible article and provided, in the case of
				  such fat consigned to a domestic manufacturer, the product is for use solely by
				  the consignee for manufacturing purposes of nonhuman food articles and may not
				  be further sold or shipped without first receiving approval of the Chief, Meat
				  Hygiene Division, Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120.
				  The fat intended for export and stored at a terminal point prior to export
				  shall be subject to review by program employes to assure that it is exported as
				  inedible.
(3) When transported in
				  commerce, or imported, such inedible rendered fat shall be marked conspicuously
				  with the words "technical animal fat not intended for human food" on the ends
				  of the shipping containers in letters not less than two inches high, in the
				  case of shipping containers such as drums, tierces, barrels and half barrels,
				  and not less than four inches high in the case of tank cars and trucks. All
				  shipping containers shall have both ends painted with a durable paint if
				  necessary to provide a contrasting background for the required
				  marking.
(4) Such inedible rendered
				  fat shall be transported only in sealed shipping containers bearing unofficial
				  seals applied by the shipper, which shall include the identification number of
				  the permit holder, and the rendered fat shall be accompanied by a shipper's
				  certificate which shall also specify the identification number. The number
				  shall appear on the bill of lading or other transportation documents for the
				  shipment. The consignees in the United States shall retain the seals in their
				  records.
(5) Any diversion or
				  effort to divert inedible rendered fat or other violation of this section may
				  result in the revocation of the permit for shipment of technical animal fat at
				  the discretion of the Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter L - TRANSPORTATION › Section 1.548 - Animal food

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(a) Except as
				  otherwise provided in subsections (b)-(d) or elsewhere in this chapter, no
				  animal food prepared in whole or in part from materials derived from the
				  carcasses of livestock in an official establishment or elsewhere shall be
				  transported in commerce unless it complies with the following requirements:
(1) It is properly identified as animal
				  food.
(2) It is not represented as
				  being a human food.
(3) It has been
				  denatured in accordance with §
											1.549 (relating to denaturing
				  procedures) so as to be readily distinguishable from an article of human
				  food.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter L - TRANSPORTATION › Section 1.549 - Denaturing procedures

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(a)
				  Carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products (other than rendered
				  animal fats) that have been treated in accordance with the provisions of this
				  section shall be considered denatured for the purposes of this subchapter,
				  except as otherwise provided in Subchapter F (relating to disposal of condemned
				  and other inedible products).
(b)
				  The following agents are prescribed for denaturing carcasses, parts thereof,
				  meat or meat food products which are affected with any condition that would
				  result in their condemnation and disposal if they were at an official
				  establishment:
(1) Crude carbolic
				  acid.
(2) Cresylic
				  disinfectant.
(3) A formula
				  consisting of one part FD & C green, number 3 coloring, 40 parts water, 40
				  parts liquid detergent, and 40 parts oil of citronella, or other proprietary
				  substance approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter L - TRANSPORTATION › Section 1.550 - Official seals

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Except as provided in §
										1.552 (relating to breaking seals
					 in emergencies) official seals affixed to means of conveyance shall be affixed
					 or broken only by program employes and no other person shall affix, detach,
					 break, change or tamper with any such seal.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter L - TRANSPORTATION › Section 1.551 - Loading or unloading products en route

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Unloading any product from an officially sealed railroad
					 car, truck or other means of conveyance containing any unmarked product or
					 loading any product or any other commodity in the means of conveyance while en
					 route from one official establishment is prohibited. However, product
					 transported from one official establishment to another for further processing
					 may be unloaded and stored in transit at any approved warehouse which is
					 operated under the identification service of the Department and which has
					 railroad facilities or a receiving dock for unloading the product directly into
					 such warehouse if the product is stored in rooms which are of such size and
					 type as will not result in adulteration or misbranding of the product and the
					 product is transported to and from such warehouse and under official seal as
					 provided in §
										1.542 (relating to transportation
					 between official establishments) and stored in such rooms at the
					 warehouse.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter L - TRANSPORTATION › Section 1.552 - Breaking seals in emergencies

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In case of wreck or similar extraordinary emergency, the
					 Department seals on a railroad car or other means of conveyance containing any
					 inspected and passed product may be broken by the carrier and, if necessary,
					 the articles may be reloaded into another means of conveyance or the shipment
					 may be diverted from the original destination. In all such cases the carrier
					 shall immediately report the facts by telephone or telegraph to the Chief, Meat
					 Hygiene Division, Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120.
					 Such report shall include the following information:
(1) Nature of the emergency.
(2) Place where seals were broken.
(3) Original points of shipment and
				  destination.
(4) Number and initial
				  of the original car or truck.
(5)
				  Number and initials of the car or truck into which the articles are
				  reloaded.
(6) New destination of
				  the shipment.
(7) Kind and amount
				  of articles.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												1.550 (relating to official seals);
						and 7 Pa. Code §
												1.554 (relating to transactions
						involving dead, dying, disabled or diseased
						livestock).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter L - TRANSPORTATION › Section 1.553 - Materials exempted from this subchapter

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The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to the
					 following:
(1) Specimens of product
				  sent to or by the Department or divisions thereof for laboratory examination,
				  exhibition purposes or other official use.
(2) Material released for educational,
				  research, and other nonfood purposes, as prescribed in §
										1.209 (relating to specimens for
				  educational, research or other purposes).
(3) Glands and organs for use in preparing
				  pharmaceutical, organotherapeutic or technical products and not used for human
				  food, as described in §
										1.296 (relating to certain glands
				  and organs).
(4) Material or
				  specimens of product for laboratory examination, research or other nonhuman
				  food purposes, when authorized by the Department and under conditions
				  prescribed in specific cases.
(5)
				  Articles that are naturally inedible by humans, such as hoofs, horns and hides
				  in their natural state.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												1.231 (relating to marking of
						outside containers-general).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter L - TRANSPORTATION › Section 1.554 - Transactions involving dead, dying, disabled or diseased livestock

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Persons engaged in the business of buying, selling,
					 transporting in commerce, or importing any dead, dying disabled or diseased
					 animals or parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by
					 slaughter shall not engage in any of the following activities:
(1) Buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale
				  or transportation in commerce, or import any dead livestock if its hide or skin
				  has been removed.
(2) Sell,
				  transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation in
				  commerce any dead, dying, disabled or diseased livestock, or parts of the
				  carcasses of any livestock that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless such
				  livestock and parts are consigned and delivered without avoidable delay to:
(i) Establishments of animal food
				  manufacturers, renderers or collection stations that are registered as required
				  in this chapter.
(ii) Official
				  establishments that operate under Federal inspection; or
(iii) Establishments that operate under a
				  State or territorial inspection system approved by the Department as one that
				  imposes requirements at least equal to the Federal requirements for purposes of
				  the act (21 U.S.C.A. §
												331). A list of such registrants, States and
				  amendments thereof will be published in the Federal Register, and information
				  concerning the registration status of particular animal food manufacturers,
				  renderers or collection stations, or the status of particular States or
				  territories may also be obtained from the Director, Consumer Protection
				  programs Services Staff, Consumer and Marketing Services, United States
				  Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter L - TRANSPORTATION › Section 1.555 - Vehicles for transporting dead, dying, disabled or diseased livestock

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(a) All vehicles
				  and other means of conveyance used by persons subject to §
										1.554 (relating to transactions
				  involving dead, dying, disabled or diseased livestock) for transporting in
				  commerce or importing any dead, dying, disabled, and diseased livestock or
				  parts of carcasses of livestock that died otherwise than by slaughter shall be
				  leak-proof and so constructed and equipped as to permit thorough cleaning and
				  sanitizing.
(b) The means of
				  conveyance so used in conveying such livestock or parts thereof shall be
				  cleaned and disinfected prior to use in the transportation of any product
				  intended for use as human food. The cleaning procedure shall include the
				  complete removal from the means of conveyance of any fluid, parts or product of
				  such dead, dying, disabled or diseased livestock and the thorough application
				  of a disinfectant to the interior surfaces of the cargo space. Substances
				  permitted for such use are the following:
(1)
				  "Liquefied phenol" (U.S.P. strength 87% phenol) in the proportion of at least
				  six fluid ounces to one gallon of water.
(2) "Cresylic disinfectant" in the proportion
				  of not less than four fluid ounces to one gallon of water, and such other
				  disinfectants as are approved by the Department in specific cases. The use of
				  "cresylic disinfectant" shall be subject to the conditions prescribed in
				  9 CFR
				  71.10(b).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter L - TRANSPORTATION › Section 1.556 - Transportation of certain undenatured lungs or lung lobes from official establishments or in commerce

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(a) Lungs
				  or lung lobes, other than those condemned under §
										1.129 (relating to inspection and
				  disposition of lungs; hog lungs) that are prepared at any official
				  establishment may be transported from the establishment, in "commerce" or
				  otherwise, without denaturing as prescribed in §
										§
										1.201 and
				  1.203 (relating to establishments
				  having tanking facilities; establishments not having tanking facilities), if
				  the following conditions are met:
(1) The
				  lungs or lung lobes are transported under permit from the appropriate Officer
				  in Charge, as prescribed in subsection (b) directly to a manufacturer of animal
				  food, for use in manufacturing animal food, or directly to a zoo, mink farm, or
				  other establishment for use as animal food without further manufacturing, or
				  directly to a warehouse in the Commonwealth for storage for subsequent
				  movement, as prescribed in subsection (e), directly to such a manufacturer or
				  establishment in Pennsylvania for nonhuman food purposes.
(2) A shipper's certificate as prescribed in
				  subsection (c) is executed, in quadruplicate, by the operator of the official
				  establishment, for each shipment of undenatured lungs or lung lobes from the
				  establishment, and the original of the certificate is delivered to the program
				  inspector at the official establishment before the shipment is made, and copies
				  of the certificate are distributed as prescribed in subsection (d).
(3) The boxes or other containers used for
				  shipping the undenatured lungs or lung lobes are closed and taped with nylon
				  filament tape or strapped with metal straps and the containers are permanently
				  identified in two-inch lettering with the statement "(SPECIES) Lungs Not for
				  Human Consumption." In addition, the number of the permit prescribed in
				  paragraph (1) shall appear on each container.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter M - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 1.571 - Articles subject to administrative retention

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Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product
					 of livestock, or article exempted from the definition of meat food products, or
					 any dead, dying, disabled or diseased livestock shall be subject to retention
					 for a period not to exceed 20 days when found by any authorized representative
					 of the Department upon any premises where it is held for the purposes of or
					 during or after distribution in commerce or it is otherwise subject to the act,
					 and there is reason to believe that:
(1) any such article is adulterated or
				  misbranded and is capable of use as human food;
(2) any such article has not been inspected
				  in violation of the act, or any other laws of the Commonwealth; or
(3) any such article or livestock has been or
				  is intended to be distributed in violation of Title 1 of the act.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter M - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 1.572 - Method of retention

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An authorized representative of the Department shall retain
					 any article or livestock to be retained under this subchapter by affixing an
					 official "Pa. Retained" tag to such article or livestock.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter M - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 1.573 - Notification of retention

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When any article or livestock is retained an authorized
					 representative of the Department shall give oral notification to the owner of
					 the article or livestock retained if he can be ascertained and notified and, if
					 not, to his agent or the immediate custodian of the article or livestock, and
					 promptly furnish the person so notified in writing with a Notice of Retention.
					 Within 48 hours after the retention of any article or livestock, an authorized
					 representative of the Department shall, if the retention is to continue, give
					 written notification of Notice of Retention to the owner of the article or
					 livestock retained, or if such owner cannot be ascertained and notified within
					 such period of time, furnish such notice to his agent, or the carrier or other
					 person having custody of the article or livestock detained. The written
					 notification shall be served by either delivering the notification to such
					 owner or his agent, or to such other person, or by certifying and mailing the
					 notification, addressed to such owner, agent or other person at his last known
					 residence or principal office or place of business.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter M - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 1.574 - Notice to governmental authorities

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Within 48 hours after the detention of any livestock or
					 article pursuant to this subchapter, an authorized representative of the
					 Department shall give oral or written notification of such retention to any
					 Federal authorities not connected with the program, and any State or other
					 governmental authorities having jurisdiction over such livestock or article. In
					 the event notification is given orally it shall be confirmed in writing as
					 promptly as circumstances permit.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter M - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 1.575 - Movement of article retained

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No article or livestock retained in accordance with this
					 Subchapter shall be moved by any person from the place at which it is located
					 when so retained until released by an authorized representative of the
					 Department. However, any such article or livestock may be moved from the place
					 at which it is located when so detained for refrigeration, freezing or storage
					 purposes if such movement has been approved by an authorized representative of
					 the Department and the article or livestock so moved shall be retained by an
					 authorized representative of the Department after movement until such time as
					 the retention is terminated. When the retention of such article or livestock is
					 terminated, the owner or his agent or the carrier or other person in possession
					 of the article or livestock who was notified when the article or livestock was
					 retained will receive notification of the termination. The notification shall
					 be served by either delivering the notice to such person at his last known
					 residence or principal office or place of business. All official marks may be
					 required by such representative to be removed from the article or livestock
					 before it is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the
					 representative that the article or livestock is eligible to retain such
					 marks.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter M - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 1.576 - Articles subject to seizure and condemnation

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(a) Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or
				  meat food product, or any dead, dying, disabled or diseased livestock that is
				  being transported in commerce or is otherwise subject to the act, or is held
				  for sale in this Commonwealth after the transportation, may be seized,
				  condemned and disposed of if the article or livestock:
(1) Is or has been prepared, sold,
				  transported or otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in
				  violation of the act.
(2) Is
				  capable of use as human food and is adulterated or misbranded.
(3) In any other way is in violation of the
				  act.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 3.2 - Animal transportation

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An animal shall be transported into, within or from this
					 Commonwealth only in accordance with this chapter. It is the responsibility of
					 the owner of the animal to meet these requirements.
The provisions of this §
												3.2 amended under section 40 of the
						act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. §
													430); and section 1702 of The Administrative
						Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 3.3 - Requirements for importation

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(a) An
				  animal, including poultry or birds of any species, affected with or recently
				  exposed to infectious, contagious or parasitic diseases may not be imported
				  into this Commonwealth until a permit for the importation is obtained from the
				  Department.
(b) Animals imported
				  into this Commonwealth shall be individually identified on and accompanied by
				  an approved interstate health certificate. Dogs, as provided in §
										3.92 (relating to show dogs exempt
				  for 30 days), feeder steers and spayed heifers, and healthy animals consigned
				  for immediate slaughter are exempt.
(c) Animals entering this Commonwealth into
				  approved diagnostic centers will be exempt from importation requirements.
				  Animals entering these centers for research purposes will not be exempt.
(1) Animals imported without health
				  certification shall be considered under quarantine and shall be restricted to
				  the diagnostic or treatment facility.
(2) Diagnosis of dangerous transmissible
				  diseases shall be reported to the Department within 7 days.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 3.4 - Health certificate for imported animals

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(a) Contents of interstate health
				  certificates shall be as follows:
(1) Name
				  and address of the consignor and consignee.
(2) Herd of origin and destination of
				  animals.
(3) Accurate description
				  of the animal including species, age, breed, coloration or other appropriate
				  description, and complete identification, including ear tag, tattoo, brand,
				  registration number, ear notches or other designations.
(4) Current disease test dates and results of
				  tests conducted.
(5) Date of
				  administration and name of product used for vaccines administered.
(6) Herd health status of herd of origin when
				  required.
(7) Dated and signed
				  statement by an accredited veterinarian of the state of origin that, upon
				  physical examination, the animals are free from evidence of an infectious,
				  contagious or parasitic disease and have not recently been exposed to the
				  disease.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 3.5 - Disposition of animals transported in violation of this chapter

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Animals that move into or within this Commonwealth in
					 violation of this chapter shall be held in quarantine at the expense of the
					 owner until released by the Department.
The provisions of this §
												3.5 amended under section 40 of the
						act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. §
													430); and section 1702 of The Administrative
						Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442).
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												5.61 (relating to swine
						consigned).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 3.6 - Vehicular sanitation

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(a)
				  Trucks, railway cars and other conveyances used for the transportation of
				  animals shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition necessary to
				  prevent disease.
(b) Conveyances
				  used in the interstate transportation of animals infected with or exposed to an
				  infectious or transmissible disease shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected
				  at the expense of the owner under the supervision of the Department or of the
				  USDA-APHIS.
(c) Proper notice of
				  cleaning and disinfecting shall be certified by proper Department or USDA-APHIS
				  personnel and shall be attached to the waybill or be in the possession of the
				  operator of the conveyance.
(d)
				  Contaminated litter and other refuse shall be incinerated, disinfected or
				  disposed of so that these materials will not result in the spread of
				  disease.
The provisions of this §
												3.6 issued under act of March 28,
						1929 (P. L. 110, No. 117) (3 P. S. §
													371); and act of April 17, 1929 (P. L. 533,
						No. 236) (3 P. S. §
													342); amended
						under section 40 of the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441)
						(3 P.
						S. §
													430); and section 1702 of The
						Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442).
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												3a.3 (relating to importation of
						camelids and cervids); 7 Pa. Code §
												3.124 (relating to vehicular
						sanitation); and 7 Pa. Code §
												5.61 (relating to swine
						consigned).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 3.7 - Health certification of animals originating from herds in this Commonwealth

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(a) A
				  Pennsylvania health certificate (AAI-13) shall be used to certify that health
				  requirements have been met for transportation of animals within this
				  Commonwealth or in interstate commerce.
(b) A Pennsylvania health certificate issued
				  for transportation of an animal within this Commonwealth shall include the
				  following information:
(1) The name and
				  address of the consignor and consignee.
(2) The herd of origin and destination of the
				  animal.
(3) An accurate description
				  of the animal, including species, age, breed, coloration or other appropriate
				  description, and complete identification, including ear tag, tattoo, brand,
				  registration number, ear notches or other designations.
(4) The current disease test dates and
				  results of tests conducted as required by this chapter.
(5) The name and date of administration of
				  vaccines administered as required by this chapter.
(6) The health status of herd of origin when
				  required.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter B - IMPORTATION OF CATTLE, GOATS AND BUFFALO › Section 3.21 - General provisions

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Cattle, goats and buffalo, except steers and spayed heifers
					 and those for immediate slaughter, imported into this Commonwealth for any
					 purpose shall meet Subchapter A (relating to general provisions), including an
					 official interstate health certificate from the state of
					 origin.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter B - IMPORTATION OF CATTLE, GOATS AND BUFFALO › Section 3.22 - Brucellosis requirements

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(a) An
				  approved laboratory in Canada or the state of origin shall conduct an official
				  blood test for brucellosis, and the imported animals shall be negative to one
				  of the following approved tests:
(1) Buffered
				  Acid Plate Antigen Test (BAPA).
(2)
				  Standard Tube Agglutination Test. The imported animals shall be negative in the
				  1:50 dilution.
(3) Official Card
				  Test.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter B - IMPORTATION OF CATTLE, GOATS AND BUFFALO › Section 3.23 - Tuberculosis requirements

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(a) Test
				  eligible animals shall be cattle and buffalo over 15 months (450 days) of
				  age.
(b) A test will not be
				  required if the animals originate from and are members of an accredited
				  tuberculosis free herd.
(c) Test
				  eligible cattle and buffalo-except those for immediate slaughter-shall be test
				  negative within 60 days of entry.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter B - IMPORTATION OF CATTLE, GOATS AND BUFFALO › Section 3.24 - Exhibition requirements for cattle and buffalo

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(a) Cattle and buffalo to be imported for
				  exhibition purposes shall meet the requirements of Subchapter A (relating to
				  general provisions).
(b) Tests will
				  not be required if the animal originates from a certified brucellosis free and
				  accredited tuberculosis free herd. Animals originating from a brucellosis free
				  state may enter without prior brucellosis tests.
(c) Test eligible animals originating from
				  brucellosis Class A, B and C states shall be brucellosis test negative within
				  60 days of the opening date of the show.
(d) Test eligible animals shall be tuberculin
				  test negative within 60 days of the opening date of the show.
(e) Animals imported for exhibition and sale
				  shall meet the same requirements as for animals imported for dairy or breeding
				  purposes.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter B - IMPORTATION OF CATTLE, GOATS AND BUFFALO › Section 3.25 - Import requirements for goats

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Goats for importation will be exempt from test for
					 tuberculosis and brucellosis but shall meet Subchapter A (relating to general
					 provisions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter B - IMPORTATION OF CATTLE, GOATS AND BUFFALO › Section 3.26 - Cattle, goats and buffalo for immediate slaughter

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(a) Cattle, goats and buffalo may be imported
				  for immediate slaughter without an interstate health certificate if they are
				  consigned to a slaughter market or recognized slaughter
				  establishment.
(b) Those animals
				  imported for slaughter shall be accompanied by a waybill and be slaughtered
				  within 10 days after arrival in this Commonwealth, and may not be sold or used
				  for other purpose.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter B - IMPORTATION OF CATTLE, GOATS AND BUFFALO › Section 3.27 - Disease-free cattle, goats and buffalo

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Imported cattle, goats and buffalo approved for entry as
					 free from tuberculosis or brucellosis or any other infectious or contagious
					 disease shall be assembled, hauled or confined in public livestock marketing
					 agencies where they are properly segregated in thoroughly cleaned and
					 disinfected pens to prevent their exposure to infected cattle or
					 premises.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter B - IMPORTATION OF CATTLE, GOATS AND BUFFALO › Section 3.28 - Cattle, goats and buffalo from infected herds

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(a) Animals that originate in a herd in which
				  tuberculosis infection has been disclosed may not be eligible for importation
				  into this Commonwealth unless the herd has passed two tuberculin tests at
				  intervals of at least 60 days and one additional test after 6 months. The herd
				  shall also be released from quarantine.
(b) Animals that originate in a herd in which
				  brucellosis infection has been disclosed may not be eligible for importation
				  into this Commonwealth unless the herd has passed two consecutive negative
				  blood tests, the first administered 30 days after removal of reactors, followed
				  by a second test conducted 90 days after the first test and the release of the
				  herd from quarantine.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter C - IMPORTATION OF DOGS › Section 3.91 - Interstate health certificate required

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It shall be unlawful to bring a dog into this Commonwealth
					 without a certificate of health prepared by a licensed graduate veterinarian,
					 which certificate shall accompany the dog while in this Commonwealth. The
					 certificate shall state that the dogs show no signs or symptoms of infectious
					 or communicable disease; did not originate within an area under quarantine for
					 rabies; and, as ascertained by reasonable investigation, have not been exposed
					 to rabies within 100 days of importation. A dog over 3 months and under 1 year
					 of age shall have been vaccinated against rabies with an approved rabies
					 vaccine. A dog over 1 year of age shall have been vaccinated or revaccinated
					 against rabies after 1 year of age. The vaccination to prevent rabies shall be
					 valid for a period of 3 years for dogs vaccinated at more than 1 year of age
					 with an approved 3-year MLV vaccine or inactivated vaccine and for a period of
					 1 year for other approved inactivated vaccines. The name of the vaccine
					 manufacturer, the date of administration and the rabies tag number shall appear
					 on health certificates prepared by a licensed graduate
					 veterinarian.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter C - IMPORTATION OF DOGS › Section 3.92 - Show dogs exempt for 30 days

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A person may bring or cause to be brought into this
					 Commonwealth, for a period not to exceed 30 days, one or more dogs for show,
					 trial, breeding, other demonstration purposes or as a household pet without
					 securing a Commonwealth license or an approved interstate health certificate. A
					 person holding a nonresident hunting license may, without securing a
					 Commonwealth dog license, bring or cause to be brought into this Commonwealth
					 one or more dogs for the purpose of hunting game during a hunting season when
					 hunting with dogs is permitted by law; if, and only if, a similar exemption
					 from the necessity of securing dog licenses is afforded for hunting purposes to
					 residents of this Commonwealth by the state of the person seeking exemption in
					 this Commonwealth. The 30-day exemption is valid provided that each dog is
					 equipped with a collar bearing a name plate giving the name and address of the
					 owner.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												3.3 (relating to requirements for
						importation).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter D - IMPORTATION OF HORSES, MULES, ASSES AND OTHER EQUIDAE › INTERSTATE HEALTH CERTIFICATE › Section 3.101 - Interstate health certificate required

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(a) An approved interstate health certificate
					 is required for equidae imported into this Commonwealth. The certificate shall
					 be issued within 30 days of date of arrival in the Commonwealth. The
					 certificate shall specify the results of tests conducted, along with the date
					 of administration of the tests and the product used for vaccines
					 administered.
(b) A copy of the
					 certificate shall be forwarded to the Department immediately upon approval by
					 the chief animal official of the state of origin.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
													5.51 (relating to entry of equidae
						  into this Commonwealth).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter D - IMPORTATION OF HORSES, MULES, ASSES AND OTHER EQUIDAE › EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA › Section 3.102 - Dangerous transmissible disease

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Equine infectious anemia, commonly known as "swamp
						fever," and caused by a virus which is infectious in nature, is hereby
						considered by the Department to be a dangerous transmissible
						disease.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
													5.51 (relating to entry of equidae
						  into this Commonwealth).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter D - IMPORTATION OF HORSES, MULES, ASSES AND OTHER EQUIDAE › EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA › Section 3.103 - Test methods

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(a)
Testing required
. Equidae imported into this Commonwealth for
					 other than immediate slaughter shall be negative to either of the following:
(1) An official agar gel immunodiffusion
					 blood test (commonly called the Coggins Test), conducted by a Federally
					 approved laboratory within 12 months prior to date of entry.
(2) An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test
					 (commonly called the ELISA Test), conducted by a Federally approved laboratory
					 within 12 months prior to date of entry.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter D - IMPORTATION OF HORSES, MULES, ASSES AND OTHER EQUIDAE › EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA › Section 3.104 - Import for slaughtering purposes

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Equidae imported for slaughter shall be consigned to a
						horse slaughter establishment or to an animal market. They shall be accompanied
						by either a waybill or an owner or shipper statement listing the number,
						description and destination of each animal.