Pre-export inspection.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 9

(a) All livestock intended for export by air or sea must receive a visual health inspection from an APHIS veterinarian within 48 hours prior to embarkation, unless the importing country specifies otherwise. The purpose of the inspection is to determine whether the livestock are sound, healthy, and fit to travel. The APHIS veterinarian will reject for export any livestock that he or she finds unfit to travel. The owner of the animals or the owner's agent must make arrangements for any livestock found unfit to travel. Livestock that are unfit to travel include, but are not limited to: (1) Livestock that are sick, injured, weak, disabled, or fatigued; (2) Livestock that are unable to stand unaided or bear weight on each leg; (3) Livestock that are blind in both eyes; (4) Livestock that cannot be moved without causing additional suffering; (5) Newborn livestock with an unhealed navel; (6) Livestock that have given birth within the previous 48 hours and are traveling without their offspring; (7) Pregnant livestock that would be in the final 10 percent of their gestation period at the planned time of unloading in the importing country; and (8) Livestock with unhealed wounds from recent surgical procedures, such as dehorning. (b) The APHIS veterinarian must conduct the inspection at the export inspection facility associated with the port of embarkation of the livestock; at an export isolation facility, when authorized by the Administrator in accordance with paragraph (c) of this sec

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 9:§ 91.7