NCIE - Import Products
Veterinary Services
National Center for Import-Export
Products Program
LIST OF USDA-RECOGNIZED ANIMAL HEALTH
STATUS OF
COUNTRIES/AREAS REGARDING SPECIFIC LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY
DISEASES
July 28, 2004
Countries/Areas Free of
FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE (FMD) AND RINDERPEST
9 CFR 94.1
*Austria |
*Hungary |
Australia |
Iceland |
*Bahama Islands |
*Northern Ireland |
Barbados |
*Republic of Ireland |
*Belgium |
*Italy |
Bermuda |
Jamaica |
Belize (British Honduras) |
*Japan |
Canada |
*Luxemborg |
*Channel Islands |
Mexico |
*Chile |
*Netherlands |
Costa Rica |
*New Caledonia |
*Czech Republic |
New Zealand |
*Denmark |
Nicaragua |
Dominican Republic |
*Norway |
El Salvador |
Panama |
*Estonia |
Panama Canal Zone |
Fiji |
*Papua New Guinea |
*Finland |
*Poland |
*France |
*Portugal |
*Germany |
*Spain |
*Great Britain
(England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man) |
*Sweden |
*Greece |
*Switzerland |
Greenland |
Territory of St. Pierre
and Miquelon |
Guatemala |
Tobago |
Haiti |
Trinidad |
Honduras |
Trust Territories of the
Pacific Islands |
*Special categories CFR 94.11 (meat imports/land borders)
*SPECIAL CATEGORY REGARDING RINDERPEST AND FMD BECAUSE, EVEN
THOUGH THE COUNTRY/AREA HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE USDA TO
BE FREE OF RINDERPEST AND FMD, ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
CONDITIONS OCCUR:
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(1) They supplement their national meat supply through
the importation of fresh, chilled, or frozen meat of ruminants or
swine from countries/areas that are NOT designated in Title 9, CFR,
Part 94.1(a) (hereafter known as The Regulations) as free of rinderpest
or FMD; or
(2) They have a common land border with countries/areas
that are NOT
designated in The Regulations as free of rinderpest or FMD; or
(3) They import ruminants or swine from countries/areas
that are NOT designated in The Regulations as free of rinderpest
or FMD under conditions less restrictive than would be acceptable
for importation into the United States.
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Countries/areas free of RINDERPEST:
Greece
Republic of South Africa
Countries/Areas free of Classical Swine Fever
(CSF)
9 CFR 94.9 and 94.10
Australia |
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*Greece |
*Austria |
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Iceland |
*Belgium |
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Isle Of Man |
Canada |
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*Italy(except for the Regions of Emilia-Romagna,
Piemonte, and Sardegna) |
**Chile |
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Denmark |
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**Mexican States of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua,
and Sinaloa |
England |
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*Netherlands |
Fiji |
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New Zealand |
Finland |
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Northern Ireland |
*France |
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Norway |
*Germany (except for the Kreis
Uckermark in the Land of Bradenburg; the Kreis Oldenberg, the
Kreis SoltauFallingbostel, and the Kreis Vechta in the Land of
Lower Saxony; the Kreis Heinsberg and the Kreis Warendorf in
the Land of Northrhine-Westphalia: the Kreis Bernkastel-Wittlich,
the Kreis Bitburg-Prm, the Kreis Donnersbergkreis, the Kreis
RhienHunsrche, the Kreis Sdliche Weinstrasse, the Kreis TrierSaarburg
in the Land of Rhineland Palatinate; and the KreisAltmarkkreis
in the Land of Saxony-Anhalt) |
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*Portugal |
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Scotland |
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*Spain |
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Sweden |
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The Republic of Ireland |
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Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands |
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Wales |
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* Exports Limited to Breeding Swine, Swine Semen and Pork and Pork
Products Subject to Restrictions in CFR 94.23 and 98.38
** SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS UNDER 9 CFR 94.24 FOR LIVE SWINE, PORK,
AND PORK PRODUCTS BECAUSE, EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTRY/AREA HAS BEEN DETERMINED
BY THE USDA TO BE FREE OF CSF, ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS
OCCUR: (1) They supplement their pork supplies with fresh (chilled or frozen) pork imported from regions designated in §§ 94.9 and 94.10 as being affected by CSF; or
(2) They supplement their pork supplies with pork from CSF-affected
regions that is not processed in accordance with the requirements
of part 94; or
(3) They share a common land border with CSF-affected regions; or
(4) They import live swine from CSF-affected regions under conditions less
restrictive than would be acceptable for importation into the United States.
Countries/areas of countries NOT recognized free of Classical
Swine Fever,
but permitted to export fresh, chilled, or frozen pork to the United
States under
specific conditions:
CFR 94.20
States of Sonora and Yucatan, Mexico
Countries/Areas free of SWINE VESICULAR DISEASE
(SVD)
9 CFR 94.12
*Austria |
*Italy (regions of Fruili Liguria Marche, and Valle d’ Aosta) |
Australia |
Iceland |
*Bahama Islands |
*Ireland, Republic of |
*Belgium |
*Luxembourg |
*Bulgaria |
Mexico |
Canada |
*The Netherlands |
Central American Countries (Costa Rica, Guatemala, El
Salvador, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras) |
New Zealand |
*Chile |
Norway |
*Denmark |
Panama |
Dominican Republic |
*Portugal |
Fiji |
Romania |
Finland |
*Spain |
*France |
Sweden |
*Germany |
*Switzerland |
*Greece |
Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands |
Greenland |
*United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales,
The Isle of Man, and Northern Ireland) |
Haiti |
*Yugoslavia |
*Hungary |
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*Special category due to imports 9 CFR 94.13
*SPECIAL CATEGORY REGARDING SVD BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTRY/AREA
HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY USDA TO BE FREE OF SVD, ONE OR MORE OF THE
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS OCCUR: |
(1) They supplement their national pork supply by the importation
of fresh, chilled, or frozen pork from countries/areas where
SVD is considered by the USDA to exist; or
(2) They have a common land border with such countries/areas;
or
(3) They have trade practices that are less restrictive
than are acceptable to the United
States.
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Countries/areas affected with
AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF)
9 CFR 94.8
Africa-all countries on the continent |
Brazil |
Cuba |
Haiti |
Island of Sardinia,
(Mainland Italy is considered FREE) |
Malta |
Countries/areas free of EXOTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE
(END)
9 CFR 94.6
Australia |
Iceland |
Canada |
Ireland, Republic of |
Chile |
Luxembourg |
Costa Rica |
*Mexican States of Campeche, Quinatana Roo, and
Yucatan. |
Fiji |
New Zealand |
Finland |
Spain |
France |
Sweden |
Greece |
Switzerland |
Great Britain [England, Scotland, Wales, & Isle
of Man] |
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*SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS UNDER 9 CFR 94.25 FOR IMPORTATIONS OF LIVE
POULTRY, POULTRY MEAT, AND OTHER POULTRY PRODUCTS BECAUSE, EVEN
THOUGH THE COUNTRY/AREA HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE USDA TO BE
FREE OF EXOTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE (END), ONE OR MORE OF THE
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS OCCUR:
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(1) They supplement their meat supply by the importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) poultry meat from regions designated in 94.6 as regions where END is considered to exist; or
(2) They share a common land border with regions where END is considered to exist; or
(3) They import live poultry from regions where END is considered to exist under conditions less restrictive than would be acceptable for importation into the United States.
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Countries/Areas of Countries NOT
recognized free of EXOTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE,
but permitted to export
fresh poultry meat or other poultry products under specific conditions:
9 CFR 94.22
States of Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico
Countries/areas affected with CONTAGIOUS
EQUINE METRITIS
9 CFR 94.22
Member States of the European Union
(includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark,Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands,Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom [England,
Scotland,Wales, Isle of Man, & Northern Ireland])
Countries of former Yugoslavia
(includes Bosnia, Croat, Herzegovina, Macedonian, &
Serbia)
Czech Republic
Guinea Bissau
Japan
Slovakia
Slovenia
Switzerland
Countries/areas affected with BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY(BSE)
9 CFR 94.18
Austria |
Italy |
Belgium |
Japan |
Canada |
Liechtenstein |
Czech Republic |
Luxembourg |
Denmark |
Netherlands |
Finland |
Oman |
France |
Poland |
Germany |
Portugal |
Greece |
Slovakia/Slovenia |
Ireland, Republic of |
Spain |
Israel |
Switzerland |
United Kingdom (U.K.) [includes Great
Britain (England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man), Ireland,
Northern Ireland, and the Falklands] |
Countries that are considered to have a substantial risk associated
with BSE due to: |
(1) Lack of implementation of an adequate surveillance program, or
(2) Potential for disease exposure/introduction, or
(3) Uncertainty of status because insufficient
information is
available to conduct a full risk assessment.
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Andorra |
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
Albania |
Monaco |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Republic of San Marino |
Bulgaria |
Norway |
Croatia |
Romania |
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
Sweden |
Hungary |
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***** NON-CFR DISEASE RECOGNITION *****
Countries/areas free of SCRAPIE
Australia
New Zealand
Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands
Countries/areas affected with AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS
Africa-all countries on the continent EXCEPT Morocco
Arabian Peninsula Countries, EXCEPT United Arab Emirates
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