Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 22.12.1994

Importation of Certain Cattle From Mexico; Identification Requirements

We are amending the animal importation regulations to require that certain spayed heifers imported into the United States from Mexico be marked with a permanent, legible ``M x'' on the right hip, and that certain steers imported into the United States from Mexico be marked with a permanent, legible ``M'' on the right hip, rather than on the jaw. These marking requirements are necessary to ensure that all steers and spayed heifers imported into the United States from Mexico, except those imported directly to slaughter or in-bond for feeding and return to Mexico, are clearly identifiable as being of Mexican origin. These marking requirements will facilitate the disease surveillance and traceback activities conducted in the United States under the National Cooperative State-Federal Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Program.