Importation of Fetal Bovine Serum

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 89-174-2]

Importation of Fetal Bovine Serum

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period for our proposed rule that

would remove the prohibition on the importation into the United States

of fetal bovine serum from countries in which foot-and-mouth disease or

rinderpest exists, and would establish conditions under which fetal

bovine serum from those countries can be imported without presenting a

significant risk of introducing disease into this country. This

extension will provide interested persons with additional time to

prepare comments on the proposed rule.

DATES: Consideration will be given only to comments on Docket No. 89-

174-1 that are received on or before June 27, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to

Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, USDA, room 804,

Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782. Please

state that your comments refer to Docket No. 89-174-1. Comments

received may be inspected at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th

Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Persons wishing to

inspect comments are requested to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to

facilitate entry into the comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John H. Gray, Senior Staff

Veterinarian, Import-Export Products Staff, National Center for Import-

Export, Veterinary Services, APHIS, USDA, room 756, Federal Building,

6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-7885.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On February 25, 1994, we published in the Federal Register (59 FR

9142-9146, Docket No. 89-174-1) a proposal to remove the prohibition on

the importation into the United States of fetal bovine serum from

countries in which foot-and-mouth disease or rinderpest exists, and to

establish conditions under which fetal bovine serum from those

countries can be imported without presenting a significant risk of

introducing disease into this country.

Comments on the proposed rule were required to be received on or

before April 26, 1994. We have received a request from a major

distributor of fetal bovine serum to extend the period during which

comments will be accepted. In response, we are extending the comment

period on Docket No. 89-174-1 for an additional 60 days. This action

will allow the requestor and other interested persons additional time

to prepare and submit comments.

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111, 136, and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR

2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(d).

Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of April 1994.

Lonnie J. King,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 94-9128 Filed 4-14-94; 8:45 am]

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