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

摘要

We are declaring Belgium free of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease. Rinderpest has not existed in Belgium since 1920 and there have been no outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease since 1976. This action removes the prohibition on the importation from Belgium into the United States of ruminants and fresh, chilled, and frozen meat from ruminants, and relieves restrictions on the importation from Belgium of milk and milk products from ruminants. This action does not relieve restrictions on the importation from Belgium of swine and fresh, chilled, and frozen meat from swine, because Belgium has not been declared free of hog cholera and swine vesicular disease. We also are adding Belgium 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 also are adding Belgium to the list of countries from which the importation into the United States of llamas and alpacas is restricted.