Notice2025-00939
Addition of Guatemala and Honduras to the List of Regions Affected With Screwworm
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Published
January 16, 2025
Effective
November 1, 2024
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Abstract
We are advising the public that we have added Guatemala and Honduras to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) list maintained on the APHIS website of regions considered affected with screwworm. We took this action because of the confirmation of screwworm in these regions.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 4714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00939]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2024-0066]
Addition of Guatemala and Honduras to the List of Regions
Affected With Screwworm
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have added Guatemala and
Honduras to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) list
maintained on the APHIS website of regions considered affected with
screwworm. We took this action because of the confirmation of screwworm
in these regions.
DATES: Guatemala was added to the list of regions considered affected
with screwworm effective November 1, 2024. Honduras was added to the
list of regions considered affected with screwworm effective October
25, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Amber Kerk, APHIS Veterinary
Services, Regionalization Evaluation Services, 920 Main Campus Drive,
Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606; phone: (608) 662-0625; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5514263e0730323c3a3b34393c2f34213c3a3b15202631347b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="69281a023b0c0e00060708050013081d000607291c1a0d08470e061f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in 9 CFR part 93 (referred
to below as the regulations) prohibit or restrict the importation of
certain animals into the United States to prevent the introduction of
communicable diseases and pests of livestock. Subparts C, D, E, and F
of the regulations govern the importation of horses, ruminants, swine,
and dogs, respectively.
Horses, ruminants, swine, and dogs may be imported into the United
States from the regions where screwworm is considered to exist only if
they are inspected and, if necessary, treated for screwworm according
to the conditions outlined in the regulations for each type of animal.
The requirements for horses are set out in Sec. 93.308(a)(3) and
include not only pre-embarkation and post-arrival inspection and
treatment requirements, but also quarantine in the United States for 7
days after arrival, and examination by a veterinarian before release
from quarantine. The requirements for ruminants and swine are set out
in Sec. Sec. 93.405(a)(3) and 93.505(b), respectively, and are the
same as for horses, other than the 7-day quarantine and final
examination of the animal. The requirements for dogs are set out in
Sec. 93.600 and require that all dogs from affected regions be
inspected and, if necessary, treated before importation.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) maintains a
list of regions it considers affected with screwworm on its 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 will add a region to the list upon determining that screwworm
exists in the region based on reports we receive of detections of the
pest from veterinary officials of the exporting country, from the World
Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), or from other sources the
Administrator determines to be reliable.
On October 29, 2024, WOAH received a report from Guatemala
documenting an outbreak of New World screwworm (Cochliomyia
hominivorax) in cattle with no recent import history. Accordingly, on
November 1, 2024, APHIS added Guatemala to the list of regions APHIS
considers affected with screwworm.
On September 16, 2024, WOAH also received a report from Honduras
documenting an outbreak of New World screwworm in illegally imported
horses in that country. APHIS responded by adding Honduras to the
Temporary Restrictions list for the import of animal commodities from
or transiting Honduras. Soon after, Honduras reported further
detections of screwworm in livestock, including cattle and swine, to
WOAH on October 25, 2024. Therefore, on October 25, 2024, APHIS added
Honduras to the list of regions APHIS considers affected with
screwworm.
As a result, horses, ruminants, swine, and dogs from Guatemala and
Honduras are subject to APHIS import restrictions designed to mitigate
risk of screwworm introduction into the United States. This notice
serves as an official record and public notification of these actions.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 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 10th day of January 2025.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-00939 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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