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LIST OF USDA-RECOGNIZED ANIMAL HEALTH STATUS OF
COUNTRIES/AREAS REGARDING SPECIFIC LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY 
DISEASES

July 28, 2004


Free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) and Rinderpest
Classical Swine Fever (CSF)
Free of Swine Vesicular Disease (SVD)
Affected with African Swine Fever (ASF)
Free of Exotic Newcastle Disease (END)
Affected with Contagious Equine Metritis
Affected with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Free of Scrapie
Affected with African Horse Sickness
 
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:

(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.

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   *Greece
*Austria   Iceland
*Belgium   Isle Of Man
Canada   *Italy(except for the Regions of Emilia-Romagna, Piemonte, and Sardegna)
**Chile    
Denmark   **Mexican States of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa
England   *Netherlands
Fiji   New Zealand
Finland   Northern Ireland
*France   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)   *Portugal
  Scotland
  *Spain
  Sweden
  The Republic of Ireland
  Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands
  Wales
     
   

* 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  

*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.

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]  

*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:
(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.

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.


Andorra Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Albania Monaco
Bosnia-Herzegovina Republic of San Marino
Bulgaria Norway
Croatia Romania
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sweden
Hungary  

*****   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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