CDC regulations for the importation of animals and animal products (Proceedings)

Objectives

     • Provide an overview of the CDC Zoonoses Team

     • Explain current CDC animal importation regulations

     • Describe proposed CDC regulatory revisions

Zoonoses team mission

Prevent the introduction of diseases of public health significance from imported live animals and animal products through:

     • Surveillance

     • Inspections

     • Investigatiosn

     • Regulations of animal movement

Reasons for animal importation

     • Incidental and/or accidental

     • Exhibition at zoos

     • Education and research

     • Scientific conservation programs

     • Use as food and other products

     • Tourism and immigration

     • Personal pets

     • Commercial pet trade

CDC regulatory authority for the importation of animals and animal products

     • 42 Code of Federal Regulations 71 – Foreign Quarantine

     • Subpart F – Importations

          o 71.41 – Dogs and cats

          o 71.42 – Turtles, tortoises and terrapins

          o 71.53 – Nonhuman Primates

          o 71.54 Etiologic agents, hosts, and vectors

          o 71.56 – African rodents

     • Subpart D – Health Measures at U.S. Ports: Communicable Diseases

          o 71.32(b) – Persons, carriers, things

CDC authority on animal importations summary

     • Dogs

          o Required to have proof of valid rabies vaccination

          o Subject to inspection and veterinary exam if ill

     • Cats

          o Subject to inspection and veterinary exam if ill

     • Turtles <4 inch shell length (7 or more)

          o Cannot be brought in for commercial purposes no matter the number

          o Can be brought in for science, educational, or exhibition purposes with CDC permit

     • Nonhuman primates (NHPs)

          o Cannot be brought in as pets

          o Cannot be brought in for commercial purposes

          o Only imported by registered importers

     • NHP Importation Requirements

          o Minimum 31-day quarantine required

          o Testing for infectious diseases required

          o M. tuberculosis

     • African Rodents

          o May only be brought in for science, educational or exhibition purposes

          o Must have permission from CDC Zoonoses Team

     • Etiologic agents, hosts, and vectors include

          o Bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc.

          o Bats

          o Can only be brought in for science, education or exhibition

          o Must have a CDC etiologic agent permit

          o NHP trophies

     • Persons, carriers or things include

          o Civets

          o May only be brought in for science, educational or exhibition purposes

          o Must have permission from CDC Zoonoses Team

          o Haitian goat skin products (e.g., drums)

Relevant websites

     • www.cdc.gov/animalimportation/

     • www.cdc.gov/od/eaipp/

     • www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_welfare/awr.shtml

     • www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/animals/animal_import/animal_imports.shtml

     • www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/basic_trade/

     • www.fws.gov/