Notice2025-15829
Notice of Availability of Assessment of the Newcastle Disease Status of the Cantons of Zürich and Jura of Switzerland
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Published
August 20, 2025
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Agriculture DepartmentAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Abstract
We are advising the public of our intention to reinstate the animal health status of the Cantons of Z[uuml]rich and Jura in Switzerland as free of Newcastle disease. This recognition is based on an assessment we have prepared in connection with this action, which we are making available for review and comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 40558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15829]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2024-0033]
Notice of Availability of Assessment of the Newcastle Disease
Status of the Cantons of Z[uuml]rich and Jura of Switzerland
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public of our intention to reinstate the
animal health status of the Cantons of Z[uuml]rich and Jura in
Switzerland as free of Newcastle disease. This recognition is based on
an assessment we have prepared in connection with this action, which we
are making available for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
October 20, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Enter APHIS-2024-0033 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab,
then select the Comment button in the list of documents.
<bullet> Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2024-0033, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, 5601 Sunnyside Ave., #AP760, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> or in our reading room, which is located
in room 1620 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is
there to help you, please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Rebecca Gordon, Import Risk
Analyst, Regionalization Evaluation Services, Strategy & Policy,
Veterinary Services, APHIS, USDA, 920 Main Campus Drive, Suite 200,
Raleigh, NC 27606; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7435071f2611131d1b1a15181d0e15001d1b1a34010710155a131b02"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e1a0928ab38486888e8f808d889b8095888e8fa194928580cf868e97">[email protected]</span></a>; (919) 855-7741.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in 9 CFR part 94 govern the
importation of animal products into the United States in order to
ensure that the products do not introduce or spread diseases or pests
of livestock. Section 94.6 contains regulations governing the
importation of carcasses, meat, parts or products of carcasses, and
eggs (other than hatching eggs) of poultry, game birds, or other birds
from areas in which Newcastle disease (ND) is known to exist. The
section provides that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) will maintain a list on the internet of regions in which ND is
not known to exist. It further provides that, should a region be
removed from the list due to an outbreak, APHIS will reinstate the
region to the list in accordance with the procedures in 9 CFR 92.4.
Section 92.4 provides that after removing disease-free status from
all or part of a region, APHIS may reassess the disease situation in
that region to determine whether it is necessary to continue import
prohibitions or restrictions. When reassessing the region's disease
status, APHIS considers the standards of the World Organization for
Animal Health for reinstatement of disease-free status, as well as all
relevant information obtained through publicly available means or
collected by or submitted to APHIS through other means. Prior to
removing import prohibitions or restrictions, APHIS makes the
information regarding its assessment of the region's disease status
available to the public for comment through a notice published in the
Federal Register.
APHIS previously issued import alerts on February 7, 2022, and
March 23, 2022, notifying trade partners that the Cantons of
Z[uuml]rich and Jura in Switzerland, which had previously been
considered to be regions in which ND is not known to exist, were now
affected with ND. In accordance with the regulations in Sec. 94.6,
concurrent to these determinations, APHIS placed restrictions on the
importation of poultry products for commodities from the two cantons.
APHIS completed a Report for Reassessment of Cantons Z[uuml]rich
and Jura in Switzerland as Free of Newcastle Disease in November 2023.
This document presents the results of APHIS' reassessment of the ND
status of the Cantons of Z[uuml]rich and Jura. As a result of this
reassessment, APHIS concludes that Switzerland has effectively
controlled and eradicated ND in its domestic poultry population in the
Cantons of Z[uuml]rich and Jura and that competent veterinary
authorities of the cantons have adequate disease control measures in
place to rapidly identify, control, and eradicate the disease should it
be reintroduced into Switzerland. Based on the results of the
reassessment, APHIS recommends reinstating the Cantons Z[uuml]rich and
Jura onto the list of regions in which ND is not known to exist.
The report may be viewed on the Regulations.gov website or in our
reading room. (Instructions for accessing Regulations.gov and
information on the location and hours of the reading room are provided
under the heading ADDRESSES at the beginning of this notice). The
document is also available by contacting the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Information submitted in support of this
notice is also available by contacting the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
After reviewing any comments we receive, we will announce our
decision regarding the disease status of the Cantons of Z[uuml]rich and
Jura with respect to ND in a subsequent notice.
(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.
Sarah Helming,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-15829 Filed 8-19-25; 8:45 am]
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