Control of Communicable Diseases; Restrictions on African Rodents, Prairie Dogs, and Certain Other Animals
public-health · Food and Drug Administration · Rule · Published 2008-09-08 · Effective 2008-09-08 · 73 FR 51912
Document
Document number
E8-20779
Federal Register citation
73 FR 51912
CFR reference
21 CFR 16
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
public-health
Sub-agency
Food and Drug Administration
Publication date
2008-09-08
Effective date
2008-09-08
HHS docket
Docket No. FDA-2003-N-0427
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is removing its regulation that established restrictions on the capture, transport, sale, barter, exchange, distribution, and release of African rodents, prairie dogs, and certain other animals. We are removing the restrictions because we believe they are no longer needed to prevent the further introduction, transmission, or spread of monkeypox, a communicable and potentially fatal disease, in the United States.