Change in Disease Status of Luxembourg Because of BSE

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that added Luxembourg to the list of regions where bovine spongiform encephalopathy exists. We took this action because bovine spongiform encephalopathy was detected in a cow in Luxembourg. The effect of the interim rule was to prohibit the importation of ruminants that have been in Luxembourg and meat, meat products, and certain other products of ruminants that have been in Luxembourg. The interim rule was necessary to reduce the risk that bovine spongiform encephalopathy could be introduced into the United States.