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Title 9: Animals and Animal Products
CHAPTER I: ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SUBCHAPTER D: EXPORTATION AND IMPORTATION OF ANIMALS (INCLUDING POULTRY) AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
PART 94: RINDERPEST, FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, EXOTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE, AFRICAN SWINE FEVER, CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER, SWINE VESICULAR DISEASE, AND BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY: PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED IMPORTATIONS
94.27 - Importation of whole cuts of boneless beef from Japan.
Notwithstanding the provisions of ? 94.18, whole cuts of boneless beef derived from cattle that were born, raised, and slaughtered in Japan may be imported into the United States under the following conditions:
(a) The beef is prepared in an establishment that is eligible to have its products imported into the United States under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the regulations in 9 CFR 327.2 and the beef meets all other applicable requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and regulations thereunder (9 CFR chapter III), including the requirements for removal of SRMs and the prohibition on the use of air-injection stunning devices prior to slaughter on cattle from which the beef is derived.
(b) The beef is derived from cattle that were not subjected to a pithing process at slaughter.
(c) An authorized veterinary official of the Government of Japan certifies on an original certificate that the above conditions have been met.
[70 FR 73918, Dec. 14, 2005, as amended at 75 FR 65432, Oct. 25, 2010]
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- US Code - Title 21: Food and Drugs - 21 USC 601 - Sec. 601. Definitions
- Code of Federal Regulations - Title 9: Animals and Animal Products - 9 CFR 327.2 - Eligibility of foreign countries for importation of products into the United States.
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