Change in Disease Status of the Republic of Korea Because of Rinderpest and Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Résumé

We are declaring the Republic of Korea free of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease. There have been no outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in the Republic of Korea since 1934, and we have determined that rinderpest has never existed there. We are also adding the Republic of Korea to a list of countries that, although declared free of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease, are subject to special restrictions on the importation of their meat and other animal products into the United States. This revision will remove the prohibition on the importation into the United States, from the Republic of Korea, of live ruminants and fresh, chilled, and frozen meat from ruminants, and will relieve restrictions on the importation, from the Republic of Korea, of milk and milk products from ruminants. The Republic of Korea is not declared to be free of hog cholera and swine vesicular disease. Therefore, the importation from the Republic of Korea of swine and fresh, chilled, and frozen meat from swine will continue to be restricted because of these diseases. We are also adding the Republic of Korea to the list of countries whose importation into the United States of llamas and alpacas is restrict