New APHIS Mad Cow Disease Import Rules to Take Effect in March
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will publish its final rule amending bovine spongiform encephalopathy (also known as “mad cow disease”) import regulations in the Dec. 4 Federal Register. That means the rule, which establishes a system for classifying regions based on risk of BSE and sets conditions on importation based on the risk level, in accordance with international standards (see 13110403), will take effect March 4.
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APHIS also said it intends to adopt Organization for Animal Health (OIE) BSE risk classifications for 14 regions, in a Federal Register notice (here) being published alongside its final rule. APHIS said it “intends to concur” with the following OIE risk classifications:
Negligible risk: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, and Slovenia.
Controlled risk: Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Nicaragua, and Taiwan.