9 C.F.R. § 98.35 Declaration, health certificate, and other documents for animal semen.
Title 9 - Animals and Animal Products
(a) The certificates, declarations, and affidavits required by the regulations in this subpart shall be presented by the importer or his or her agent to the collector of customs at the port of entry, upon arrival of animal semen at such port, for the use of the veterinary inspector at the port of entry. (b) For all animal semen offered for importation, the importer or his or her agent shall first present two copies of a declaration which shall list the port of entry, the name and address of the importer, the name and address of the broker, the origin of the animal semen, the number, breed, species, and purpose of the importation, the name of the person to whom the animal semen will be delivered, and the location of the place to which such delivery will be made. (c) All animal semen intended for importation into the United States shall be accompanied by a health certificate issued by a full-time salaried veterinary officer of the national government of the region of origin, or issued by a veterinarian designated or accredited by the national government of the region of origin and endorsed by a full-time salaried veterinary officer of the national government of the region of origin, representing that the veterinarian issuing the certificate was authorized to do so. (d) The health certificate must state: (1) The name and address of the place where the semen was collected; (2) The name and address of the veterinarian who supervised the collection of the semen; (3) The date of semen collection; (4) The identification and breed of the donor animal; (5) The number of ampules or straws covered by the health certificate and the identification number or code on each ampule or straw; (6) The dates, types, and results of all examinations and tests performed on the donor animal as a condition for importing the semen; (7) The seal number on the shipping container; (8) The names and addresses of the consignor and consignee; and (9) That the semen is being imported into the United States in accordance with subpart C of 9 CFR part 98. (e) The certificate accompanying sheep or goat semen intended for importation from any part of the world shall, in addition to the statements required by paragraph (d) of this section, state that: (1) The semen donor has not been in any flock or herd nor had contact with sheep or goats which have been in any flock or herd where scrapie has been diagnosed or suspected during the 5 years prior to the date of collection of the semen; (2) The semen donor showed no evidence of scrapie at the time the semen was collected; and (3) The parents of the semen donor are not, nor were not, affected with scrapie. (f) All shipping containers carrying animal semen for importation into the United States must be sealed with an official seal of the national veterinary service of the region of origin. The health certificate must show the seal number on the shipping container. The semen must remain in the sealed container until arrival in the United States and, at the U.S. port of entry, an inspector determines that either: (1) The seal numbers on the health certificate and shipping container match; or (2) The seal numbers on the health certificate and shipping container do not match, but an APHIS representative at the port of entry is satisfied that the shipping container contains the semen described on the health certificate, import permit, declaration, and any other accompanying documents. [55 FR 31558, Aug. 2, 1990. Redesignated at 56 FR 55809, Oct. 30, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 37644, July 13, 1993; 61 FR 15184, Apr. 5, 1996; 61 FR 17242, Apr. 19, 1996; 62 FR 56026, Oct. 28, 1997; 65 FR 56777, Sept. 20, 2000]
Title 9: Animals and Animal Products
PART 98—IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN ANIMAL EMBRYOS AND ANIMAL SEMEN
Subpart C—Certain Animal Semen
§ 98.35 Declaration, health certificate, and other documents for animal semen.
