Control of Communicable Diseases; Restrictions on African Rodents, Prairie Dogs, and Certain Other Animals
public-health · Food and Drug Administration · Rule · Published 2003-11-04 · Effective 2003-11-04 · 68 FR 62353
Document
Document number
03-27557
Federal Register citation
68 FR 62353
CFR reference
21 CFR 16
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule; opportunity for public comment.
Category
public-health
Sub-agency
Food and Drug Administration
Publication date
2003-11-04
Effective date
2003-11-04
HHS docket
Docket No. 2003N-0400
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are issuing this interim final rule to amend their regulations to establish new restrictions and modify existing restrictions on the import, capture, transport, sale, barter, exchange, distribution, and release of African rodents, prairie dogs, and certain other animals. We are taking this action to prevent the spread of monkeypox, a communicable disease, in the United States.