APHIS Proposes To Apply Uniform Set of Import Regulations to Swine Products from EU-15, Etc
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a proposed rule which would amend 9 CFR Parts 93, 94, and 98 on the importation of swine and swine products from the European Union (EU).
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The following are "highlights" of APHIS' proposed rule:
EU-15 would be a single low-risk region for CSF. APHIS is proposing to consider the EU-15 as a single region at low-risk for classical swine fever (CSF). This region would consist of all of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Pork, pork products, live swine, & swine semen from EU-15 would be subject to uniform set of import requirements. APHIS is proposing to apply a uniform set of importation requirements related to CSF to the EU-15.
APHIS states that the conditions for pork, pork products, and live swine would be set forth in a revised 9 CFR 94.24, and the conditions for swine semen would be set forth in a revised 9 CFR 98.38. APHIS notes that the mitigation measure requirements established in an April 2003 final rule would apply to the EU-151.
If CSF outbreak occurs or CSF is detected in wild boar, imports from EU restricted zones would be prohibited for specified period. APHIS is proposing that imports of swine and swine products from a restricted zone established because of an outbreak of CSF in domestic swine would be prohibited for at least six months following the depopulation of swine and the cleaning and disinfection of the last infected premises in the zone.
In addition, APHIS is proposing that imports of swine and swine products from a restricted zone established because of the detection of CSF in wild boar would be prohibited until the restricted zone status of the area is removed by the competent veterinary authority of the EU-15 member state.
Required certificates would be presented to authorized inspector. APHIS is proposing that the certificates, which are required under 9 CFR 94.24 to be presented by the importer of swine and swine products at the port of arrival, be presented to an authorized inspector. According to APHIS, this change would reflect that, for some imports, it is an APHIS employee (rather than a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer) who accepts the certificate at the port of arrival.
1See ITT's Online Archives or 04/23/03 news, 03042399 4, for BP summary on APHIS' April 2003 final rule which allowed for the importation of swine products from a certain region of the EU under certain conditions. See ITT's Online Archives or 05/03/04 news, 04050399 6, for BP summary on APHIS' final rule which added France and Spain to that region.
- comments due by June 7, 2005
APHIS contact - Chip Wells (301) 734-4356
APHIS proposed rule (D/N 02-046-1, FR Pub 04/08/05) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-7013.pdf