APHIS Clarifies Pork Import Restrictions for Brazilian State of Santa Catarina
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is correcting its final rule that was effective on December 1, 2010 in which it added the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina to the list of regions recognized as free of foot-and-mouth disease…
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(FMD), rinderpest, swine vesicular disease (SVD), classical swine fever (CSF), and African swine fever. In the final rule, APHIS neglected to add Santa Catarina to the lists of regions that are subject to certain import restrictions on pork and pork products because of their proximity to or trading relationships with SVD- and CSF-affected countries, and is now correcting that error. (See ITT's Online Archives or 11/15/10 news, 10111525, for BP summary of the original final rule.)