Change in Disease Status of The Netherlands Because of BSE
meat-poultry · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Rule · Published 1997-12-16 · Effective 1997-03-21 · 62 FR 65747
Document
Document number
97-32779
Federal Register citation
62 FR 65747
CFR reference
9 CFR 94
Type
Rule
Action
Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
Category
meat-poultry
Sub-agency
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Publication date
1997-12-16
Effective date
1997-03-21
USDA docket
Docket No. 97-034-3
Abstract
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that added The Netherlands to the list of countries where bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) exists. We took this action because BSE was detected in a cow in The Netherlands. The effect of the interim rule was to prohibit or restrict the importation of live ruminants and certain fresh, chilled, and frozen meat, and certain other animal products and animal byproducts from ruminants which have been in The Netherlands. The interim rule was necessary to reduce the risk that BSE could be introduced into the United States.