Change in Disease Status of Germany Because of Rinderpest and Foot-and-Mouth Disease

摘要

We are proposing to declare Germany free of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease. Rinderpest has not existed in Germany since 1870 and there have been no outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease since January 1988. This proposed revision would remove the prohibition on the importation from Germany into the United States of ruminants and fresh, chilled, and frozen meat from ruminants, and would relieve restrictions on the importation from Germany of milk and milk products from ruminants. This proposal, if adopted, would not relieve restrictions on the importation from Germany of swine and fresh, chilled, and frozen meat from swine, because Germany has not been declared free of hog cholera and swine vesicular disease. We are also proposing to add Germany to a list of countries that, although declared free of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease, are subject to restrictions on the importation of their meat and other animal products into the United States. Finally, we are also proposing to add Germany to the list of countries from which the importation into the United States of llamas and alpacas is restricted.