Agriculture Department, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are amending the regulations governing the importation of certain animals, meat, and other animal products by removing Uruguay from the list of regions considered free of rinderpest and foot-and- mouth disease. We are also removing Uruguay from the list of regions that are declared to be free of these diseases, but that are subject to certain restrictions because of their proximity to or trading relationships with regions affected with rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease. We are taking this action because the existence of foot-and- mouth disease has been confirmed in 18 departments in Uruguay. The effect of this action is to prohibit or restrict the importation of any ruminant or swine and any fresh (chilled or frozen) meat and other products of ruminants or swine into the United States from Uruguay.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 9 CFR Part 94 [Docket No. 00-111-2] AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Interim rule and request for comments. SUMMARY: We are amending the regulations governing the importation of certain animals, meat, and other animal products by removing Uruguay from the list of regions considered free of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease. We are also removing Uruguay from the list of regions that are declared to be free of these diseases, but that are subject to certain restrictions because of their proximity to or trading relationships with regions affected with rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease. We are taking this action because the existence of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed in 18 departments in Uruguay. The effect of this action is to prohibit or restrict the importation of any ruminant or swine and any fresh (chilled or frozen) meat and other products of ruminants or swine into the United States from Uruguay. DATES: This interim rule is effective retroactively to April 2, 2001. We invite you to comment on this docket. We will consider all comments that we receive by September 11, 2001. ADDRESSES: Please send four copies of your comment (an original and three copies) to: Docket No. 00-111-2, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Suite 3C03, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. 00-111-2. You m…
Citation: 66 FR 36695
