# 9 CFR § 71.6: Carrier responsible for cleaning and disinfecting of railroad cars, trucks, boats, aircraft or other means of conveyance > Federal · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.6 ## Section - **Citation:** 9 CFR § 71.6 - **Heading:** Carrier responsible for cleaning and disinfecting of railroad cars, trucks, boats, aircraft or other means of conveyance - **Jurisdiction:** Federal - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** September 22, 2026 - **Source:** Publisher's official text - **Location:** Title 9—Animals and Animal Products > CHAPTER I—ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE > SUBCHAPTER C—INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS (INCLUDING POULTRY) AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS > PART 71—GENERAL PROVISIONS ## Text (a) Railroad cars, trucks, boats, aircraft, and other means of conveyance which have been used in the interstate transportation of cattle, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, or other animals affected with, or carrying the infection of, any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease of livestock or poultry, other than slight unopened cases of actinomycosis or actinobacillosis (or both), atrophic rhinitis, bovine foot rot, brucellosis, ram epididymitis, ringworm, infectious keratitis, and arthritis (simple lesions only), shall be cleaned and disinfected under APHIS supervision in accordance with §§ 71.7 and 71.10 through 71.12 at the point where the animals are unloaded and the final carrier shall be responsible for such cleaning and disinfecting: Provided, That when APHIS supervision is not available at such point, the means of conveyance may be cleaned and disinfected under the supervision of a State representative or an accredited veterinarian. (b) No railroad car, truck, boat, aircraft or other means of conveyance from which poultry or other animals affected with an infectious, contagious or communicable disease of livestock or poultry, other than those specified in § 71.4(b), have been unloaded shall thereafter be used in connection with the interstate movement of animals, including poultry, or be moved interstate until it has been cleaned and disinfected by the final carrier under the supervision of an APHIS or State representative or an accredited veterinarian in accordance with §§ 71.7 and 71.10 through 71.12. (c) If APHIS supervision or other supervision as required by paragraph (a) or (b) of this section or proper cleaning and disinfecting facilities are not available at the point where the animals are unloaded, upon permission first received from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the means of conveyance may be forwarded empty to a point at which such supervision and facilities are available, and there be cleaned and disinfected under supervision in accordance with §§ 71.7 and 71.10 through 71.12. [34 FR 15641, Oct. 9, 1969, as amended at 37 FR 25337, Nov. 30, 1972; 39 FR 4465, Feb. 4, 1974; 55 FR 11156, Mar. 27, 1990; 55 FR 15320, Apr. 23, 1990; 62 FR 27934, May 22, 1997; 74 FR 14709, Apr. 1, 2009] ## Nearby sections - [9 CFR § 71.1 § 71.1 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.1.md) - [9 CFR § 71.2 § 71.2 Secretary to issue rule governing quarantine and interstate movement of diseased animals, including poultry.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.2.md) - [9 CFR § 71.3 § 71.3 Interstate movement of diseased animals and poultry generally prohibited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.3.md) - [9 CFR § 71.4 § 71.4 Maintenance of certain facilities and premises in a sanitary condition required; cleaning and disinfection, when required; animals classed as “exposed.”](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.4.md) - [9 CFR § 71.5 § 71.5 Unsanitary railroad cars, trucks, boats, aircraft or other means of conveyance; interstate movement restricted.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.5.md) - [9 CFR § 71.6 § 71.6 Carrier responsible for cleaning and disinfecting of railroad cars, trucks, boats, aircraft or other means of conveyance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.6.md) - [9 CFR § 71.7 § 71.7 Means of conveyance, facilities, premises, and cages and other equipment; methods of cleaning and disinfecting.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.7.md) - [9 CFR § 71.10 § 71.10 Permitted disinfectants.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.10.md) - [9 CFR § 71.11 § 71.11 Cresylic disinfectant as permitted disinfectant; specifications.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.11.md) - [9 CFR § 71.12 § 71.12 Sodium orthophenylphenate as permitted disinfectant for premises infected with tuberculosis.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.12.md) - [9 CFR § 71.13 § 71.13 Inspection of shipments in transit by APHIS representative.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.13.md) - [9 CFR § 71.14 § 71.14 Slaughter of poultry or other animals to prevent spread of disease; ascertainment of value and compensation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.14.md) - [9 CFR § 71.15 § 71.15 Movement from quarantined to free area and shipment therefrom; conditions under which permitted.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.15.md) - [9 CFR § 71.16 § 71.16 Inspection and certification of poultry or other animals for interstate movement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.16.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-9-71.6. 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