Notice2025-10802
Addition of El Salvador and Belize to the List of Regions Affected With Screwworm
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Published
June 13, 2025
Effective
December 17, 2024
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Abstract
We are advising the public that we added El Salvador and Belize to the list of regions Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) considers affected with screwworm. We took these actions because of the confirmation of screwworm in these regions.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 113 (Friday, June 13, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25017-25018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10802]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2025-0009]
Addition of El Salvador and Belize 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 added El Salvador and
Belize to the list of regions Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS)
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considers affected with screwworm. We took these actions because of the
confirmation of screwworm in these regions.
DATES: El Salvador and Belize were added to the list of regions APHIS
considers affected with screwworm, effective respectively on December
17, 2024, and January 7, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. C. Aaron Monroy, APHIS Veterinary
Services, Regionalization Evaluation Services, Strategy and Policy, 920
Main Campus Drive, Venture II, Raleigh, NC 27606; phone: (919) 855-
7207; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c1d2f370e393b3533323d3035263d283533321c292f383d723b332a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4607352d1423212f2928272a2f3c27322f2928063335222768212930">[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 APHIS considers affected with screwworm on its website
at <a href="http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animalhealth/disease-status-of-regions/">http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animalhealth/disease-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 December 14, 2024, WOAH received a report from El Salvador
documenting an outbreak of New World screwworm (Cochliomyia
hominivorax) in cattle. Accordingly, on December 17, 2024, APHIS added
El Salvador to the list of regions APHIS considers affected with
screwworm.
On January 3, 2025, WOAH received a report from Belize documenting
an outbreak of New World screwworm in cattle. Accordingly, on January
7, 2025, APHIS added Belize to the list of regions APHIS considers
affected with screwworm.
As a result, horses, ruminants, swine, and dogs from El Salvador
and Belize 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 9th day of June 2025.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-10802 Filed 6-12-25; 8:45 am]
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