# Turtles Intrastate and Interstate Requirements
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Direct final rule. · Published 2013-07-25 · Effective 2014-01-16 · 78 FR 44878
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-17751
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 44878
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 1240
- **Publication date:** 2013-07-25
- **Effective date:** 2014-01-16
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. FDA-2013-N-0639
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations regarding the prohibition on the sale, or other commercial or public distribution, of viable turtle eggs and live turtles with a carapace length of less than 4 inches to remove procedures for destruction as FDA believes it is not necessary to routinely demand this destruction to achieve the purpose of the regulations. This action will reduce the need for investigator training and the time for the care and humane destruction of these animals.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/07/25/2013-17751/turtles-intrastate-and-interstate-requirements)
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