plant-animal-health · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Rule · Published 1998-01-26 · Effective 1998-02-10 · 63 FR 3638
Document
Document number
98-1775
Federal Register citation
63 FR 3638
CFR reference
9 CFR 93
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
plant-animal-health
Sub-agency
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Publication date
1998-01-26
Effective date
1998-02-10
USDA docket
Docket No. 96-052-3
Abstract
We are amending the regulations regarding the importation of horses from Mexico to remove the requirement that such horses be quarantined for not less than 7 days in vector-proof quarantine facilities before being imported into the United States. This action is warranted because Mexico has reported no cases of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE) in more than a year, and we have determined that horses imported into the United States from Mexico without a 7-day quarantine will not pose a risk of transmitting VEE to horses in the United States.