# Import Regulations for Horses; Technical Amendments
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Final rule; technical amendments. · Published 2024-04-08 · Effective 2024-04-08 · 89 FR 24339
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-07370
- **Category:** trade
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 24339
- **CFR reference:** 9 CFR 93
- **Publication date:** 2024-04-08
- **Effective date:** 2024-04-08
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. APHIS-2016-0033
## Abstract

In a final rule published in the Federal Register on September 14, 2023, and effective on October 16, 2023, we amended the regulations governing the importation of equines to better align our regulations with international standards, as well as to clarify existing policy or intent, and correct inconsistencies or outdated information. However, in amending the regulations for horses that are refused entry, we neglected to account for rare and specific situations in which an imported horse's death during travel can be determined to be unrelated to foreign animal disease risk. Additionally, in aiming to improve the readability of the regulations governing equines imported from Canada, we inadvertently changed the regulations to incorrectly read that certificates for horses from Canada must be issued and endorsed, rather than issued or endorsed, by a salaried veterinarian of the Canadian Government. This document corrects those errors.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/08/2024-07370/import-regulations-for-horses-technical-amendments)
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