U.S. Department of Agriculture Issues Technical Amendment to Animal Byproducts Import Regulations

Summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a technical amendment to its regulations regarding the importation of animal byproducts, including swine hides and skins, bird trophies, and ruminant hides and skins, to clarify conditions for importing deer and other ruminant hides and skins from Mexico to protect U.S. livestock from bovine babesiosis. The amendment corrects a previous error in the final rule published on December 15, 2009, which was effective on January 14, 2010.