# Change in Disease Status of Costa Rica Because of Exotic Newcastle Disease
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Final rule. · Published 1997-05-22 · 62 FR 27938
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-13500
- **Category:** meat-poultry
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 27938
- **CFR reference:** 9 CFR 94
- **Publication date:** 1997-05-22
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. 96-077-2
## Abstract

We are declaring Costa Rica free of exotic Newcastle disease (END). Declaring Costa Rica free of END is appropriate because the country has had no clinical, pathological, or laboratory confirmation of END for the last 5 years. This action removes the prohibition on the importation into the United States, from Costa Rica, of live birds, game birds, poultry, and their products.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/05/22/97-13500/change-in-disease-status-of-costa-rica-because-of-exotic-newcastle-disease)
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