Notice2021-22773
Addition of the Republic of Mali to the List of Regions Affected With Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
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October 19, 2021
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We are advising the public that we added the Republic of Mali to the list of regions that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service considers to be affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). These actions follow our imposition of HPAI-related restrictions on avian commodities originating from or transiting the Republic of Mali, as a result of the confirmation of HPAI in the Republic of Mali.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22773]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2021-0033]
Addition of the Republic of Mali to the List of Regions Affected
With Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we added the Republic of Mali
to the list of regions that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service considers to be affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza
(HPAI). These actions follow our imposition of HPAI-related
restrictions on avian commodities originating from or transiting the
Republic of Mali, as a result of the confirmation of HPAI in the
Republic of Mali.
DATES: The Republic of Mali was added to the list of regions APHIS
considers to be affected with HPAI on April 22, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding HPAI
in the Republic of Mali, contact Dr. Michael T. Ray, Regionalization
Evaluation Services, Strategy and Policy, APHIS Veterinary Services,
920 Main Campus Drive, Venture II, Raleigh, NC 27606; phone: (919) 855-
7225; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b6a7860794e4c4244454a4742514a5f4244456b5e584f4a054c445d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="efaebca4bd8a888680818e8386958e9b868081af9a9c8b8ec1888099">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred
to below as the regulations) govern the importation of certain animals
and animal products into the United States to prevent the introduction
of various animal diseases, including Newcastle disease and highly
pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The regulations prohibit or restrict
the importation of live poultry, poultry meat, and other poultry
products from regions where these diseases are considered to exist.
Section 94.6 of the regulations contains requirements governing the
importation into the United States of carcasses, meat, parts or
products of carcasses, and eggs (other than hatching eggs) of poultry,
game birds, or other birds from regions of the world where HPAI exists
or is reasonably believed to exist. HPAI is an extremely infectious and
potentially fatal form of avian influenza in birds and poultry that,
once established, can spread rapidly from flock to flock. The Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) maintains a restrictions
list of regions it considers affected with HPAI of any subtype on the
APHIS website at <a href="https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-and-animal-product-import-information/animal-health-status-of-regions">https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-and-animal-product-import-information/animal-health-status-of-regions</a>.
APHIS receives notice of HPAI outbreaks from veterinary officials
of the exporting country, from the World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE),\1\ or from other sources the Administrator determines to be
reliable.
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\1\ The World Organization for Animal Health internationally
follows a British English spelling of ``organisation' in its name;
also, it was formerly the Office International des Epizooties, or
OIE, an acronym still in usage.
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On April 15, 2021, the veterinary authorities of the Republic of
Mali reported to the OIE an HPAI occurrence in that country. On April
22, 2021, after confirming that the HPAI occurred in commercial birds
or poultry, APHIS added the Republic of Mali to the list of regions
where HPAI exists. On that same day, APHIS issued an import alert
notifying stakeholders that effective April 1, 2021, APHIS imposed
restrictions on the importation of poultry, commercial birds, other
types of birds (research, performing), ratites, any avian hatching
eggs, unprocessed avian products and byproducts, and certain fresh
poultry products from the Republic of Mali to mitigate risk of HPAI
introduction into the United States.
With the publication of this notice, we are informing the public
that we added the Republic of Mali to the list of regions APHIS
considers affected with HPAI of any subtype, effective April 22, 2021.
This notice serves as an official record and public notification of
this action.
Congressional Review Act
Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs designated this action
as not a major rule, as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701-7772, 7781-7786, and 8301-8317; 21
U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of October 2021.
Mark Davidson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-22773 Filed 10-18-21; 8:45 am]
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