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 U.S. DEPOSITORY 
 
 (B. A. I. Order 286) 
 
 United States Department of Agriculture 
 
 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY 
 
 REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE SANITARY HANDLING AND 
 CONTROL OF HIDES, FLESHINGS, HIDE CUTTINGS, PARINGS, 
 AND GLUE STOCK, SHEEPSKINS AND GOATSKINS AND PARTS 
 THEREOF, HAIR, WOOL, AND OTHER ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS, 
 HAY, STRAW, FORAGE, OR SIMILAR MATERIAL OFFERED FOR 
 ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES 
 
 Effective September 1, 192^ 
 
 Washington, D. C., May 29, 1924. 
 
 Under authority of the act of Congress approved September 21, 
 1922, entitled "An act to provide revenue, to regulate commerce 
 with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United 
 States, and for other purposes" (42 Stat. 858, 937), and the act of 
 Congress approved February 2, 1903, entitled "An act to enable 
 the Secretary of Agriculture to more effectually suppress and pre- 
 vent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases of livestock, 
 and for other purposes" (32 Stat. 791), the following regulations 
 are issued for the purpose of preventing the introduction of anthrax, 
 foot-and-mouth disease, and rinderpest from foreign countries into 
 the United States. 
 
 For purposes of identification these regulations are designated as 
 B. A. I. Order 286. The regulations heretofore issued by the Secre- 
 taries of Agriculture and the Treasury on this subject, under date 
 of October 15, 1917, effective January 1, 1918, and designated as 
 Joint Order No. 2, and all amendments thereto, are hereby revoked, 
 to take effect on September 1, 1924, on and after which date the 
 regulations herein prescribed shall become and be effective until 
 otherwise ordered : Provided, however, That any product specified in 
 these regulations which may be shipped from the country of exporta- 
 tion prior to September 1, 1924, shall be governed by the regulations 
 contained in the aforesaid Joint Order No. 2. 
 
 Henry C. Wallace, 
 Secretary of Agriculture, 
 
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REGULATION 1.— DEFINITIONS* 
 
 Whenever in these regulations the following words, names, or 
 terms are used they shall be construed, respectively, to mean : 
 
 Department: United States Department of Agriculture. 
 
 Bureau: The Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Depart- 
 ment of Agriculture. 
 
 Approved warehouse : A warehouse having facilities for the handling 
 and storage of hides, skins, wool, hair, bristles, or other animal by- 
 products apart from other merchandise and approved by the bureau 
 for such use. 
 
 Approved chlorinating equipment: An equipment meeting require- 
 ments of, and approved by, the bureau for the disinfection of ef- 
 fluents. 
 
 Approved sewerage system: A drainage system equipped and oper- 
 ated so as to carry and dispose of sewage without endangering live- 
 stock through the contamination of streams or fields. 
 
 Animal by-products: Hides, skins, hair, wool, glue stock, bones, 
 hoofs, horns, bone meal, hoof meal, horn meal, blood meal, meat meal, 
 tankage, or other parts or products of equines, ruminants, and swine 
 unsuitable for human consumption. 
 
 Pickled hides and skins : Hides and skins which have been pickled in 
 a solution of salt containing mineral acid and packed in barrels or 
 casks while still wet with such solution. 
 
 Hog hair: The soft and finer hair obtained from swine. 
 
 Hog bristles: The stiff hair obtained from the backs and necks of 
 swine. 
 
 Camel hair: The hair or wool obtained from camels, dromedaries, 
 alpacas, vicunas, or other animals of the family camelidae. 
 
 Glue stock: Fleshings, hide cuttings and parings, tendons, or other 
 parts of animal carcasses for use in the manufacture of glue. 
 
 Bone meal: Ground or crushed animal bones. 
 
 Blood meal : Dried blood of animals. 
 
 Meat meal or tankage : The rendered and dried carcasses or parts of 
 the carcasses of animals. 
 
 Hay and straw: Dried grasses, clovers, legumes, and similar mate- 
 rials or stalks or stems of various grains, such as barley, oats, rice, 
 rye. and wheat. 
 
 Forage: Any food suitable for domestic animals. 
 
 REGULATION 2.— COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 
 
 No animal by-products or other materials specified in these regu- 
 lations shall be imported into the United States unless there be shown 
 upon the consular invoice, or in some other manner satisfactory to 
 the chief of bureau, the name of the country of origin of such by- 
 product or other material, provided that the country of origin shall 
 be construed to mean, (a) in the case of an animal by-product, the 
 country in which such product was taken from an animal or animals, 
 and (?) in the case of other materials, the country in which such 
 materials were produced. 
 
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 REGULATION 3.— BY-PRODUCTS FROM DISEASED ANIMALS PROHIBITED 
 
 No animal by-product taken or removed from an animal affected 
 with anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, or rinderpest shall be im- 
 ported into the United States, anything hereinafter to the contrary 
 notwithstanding. 
 
 REGULATION 4.— IMPORTATIONS FROM CANADA 
 
 No requirement or condition of the following regulations shall be 
 construed to apply to animal by-products, hay, straw, or forage 
 specified in this order, originating in Canada and imported directly 
 therefrom into the United States. Animal by-products not origi- 
 nating in but imported into the Dominion of Canada from another 
 foreign country may be imported therefrom into the United States 
 without compliance with the following regulations, when accom- 
 panied by a certificate signed by a veterinarian in the employ of 
 and receiving a salary from the Canadian Government stating that 
 the products covered by the said certificate have been imported into 
 Canada in full compliance with the Canadian regulations, provided 
 such Canadian regulations are found by the bureau to be the sub- 
 stantial equivalent of those contained in this order. 
 
 REGULATION 5.— HIDES AND SKINS 
 
 Section 1. No untanned hides of cattle and buffalo, horses, or 
 other equines and no untanned calfskins, goatskins, swine skins, or 
 sheepskins shall be imported into the United States except (1) 
 in compliance with the requirements of Regulation 2 and in com- 
 pliance with the conditions or requirements specified in any one of 
 paragraphs (a) to (/) following, in which case disinfection after 
 arrival in the United States will not be required; or (2) in com- 
 pliance with the conditions or requirements specified in section 2 
 of this regulation: 
 
 (a) Hides and skins may be imported without other restriction if ac- 
 companied by a certificate signed by a United States consular officer showing 
 that the hides and skins covered by the invoice specified in said certificate 
 were taken from animals in a section of the country of origin in which, to 
 the best of his knowledge and belief, anthrax is not prevalent and neither 
 foot-and-mouth disease nor rinderpest exists; or 
 
 (&) Hard dried hides and skins may be imported without other restriction 
 if accompanied by a certificate signed by a United States consular officer 
 showing that the hides and skins covered by the invoice specified in said cer- 
 tificate were taken from animals in a section of the country of origin in which, 
 to the best of his knowledge and belief, anthrax is not prevalent ; or 
 
 (c) 1 Hides and skins consigned from a point at which there is suitable 
 equipment for their disinfection by immersion may be imported without other 
 restriction if accompanied by a certificate signed by a United States con- 
 sular officer showing that the hides and skins covered by the invoice specified 
 in said certificate have been disinfected under the supervision of a member 
 of the consular staff by any one of the methods approved or which may here- 
 after be approved by the chief of bureau ; or 
 
 (d) Abattoir hides and skins taken from animals slaughtered under na- 
 tional government inspection in a country 2 and in an abattoir in which is 
 maintained an inspection service found by the Secretary to be substantially 
 equivalent to the Federal meat-inspection service of the United States may 
 
 1 Certificates under this paragraph may be issued only at points where a sufficient 
 consular staff is stationed to supervise disinfection and is available for such work. 
 8 Names of countries of this character will be furnished upon request. 
 
be imported without other restriction if accompanied by a certificate signed 
 by a recognized official veterinary inspector of such country showing that the 
 said hides or skins were taken from animals slaughtered in such abattoir and 
 found free from anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, and rinderpest; or 
 
 (e) Hides and skins may be imported without other restriction if shown 
 upon inspection by the bureau inspector in charge at the port of entry, or 
 by certificate of the shipper or importer satisfactory to said inspector, to 
 have been pickled in a solution of salt containing mineral acid and packed in 
 barrels or casks while still wet with such solution ; or 
 
 (f) Hides and skins may be imported without other restriction if shown 
 upon inspection by the bureau inspector in charge at the port of entry, or by 
 certificate of the shipper or importer satisfactory to said inspector, to have 
 been treated with lime in such manner and for such period as to have become 
 dehaired and to have reached the stage of preparation for immediate manu- 
 facture into products ordinarily made from rawhide. 
 
 Sec. 2. No hides or skins which do not meet the conditions of 
 section 1 of this regulation shall be imported into the United States 
 except in compliance with the requirements of Eegulation 2 and 
 upon the following conditions: 
 
 (1) That they be consigned from the coast or border port of arrival to an 
 establishment discharging drainage into an approved sewerage system, or 
 having an approved chlorinating equipment adequate for the proper disinfec- 
 tion of effluents : Provided, however, That for a reasonable time following 
 the taking effect of these regulations and in order to afford tanners oppor- 
 tunity to make proper sewer connections or to install approved equipment 
 the chief of bureau may, under such circumstances, permit shipments of hides 
 and skins to tanneries not so connected or equipped, subject to disinfection 
 by such method or methods as he may prescribe : Provided, also, That, upon 
 special permission of the chief of bureau, such hides or skins may be stored 
 for a temporary period in approved warehouses under bond and under the 
 supervision of a bureau inspector: And provided further, That I. T. or in-bond 
 shipments of hides or skins may go forward under customs seals from a coast 
 or border port of arrival, with the approval of a bureau inspector at said port, 
 to another port in the United States for consumption entry subject to the 
 other provisions of this section; 
 
 (2) That they be moved from the coast or border port of arrival, or in case 
 of I. T. or in-bond shipments, mentioned in paragraph 1 of this section, from 
 the interior port, to the establishment in cars or trucks, or, when especially 
 permitted by the bureau, in vessel compartments, with no other materials 
 contained therein, sealed with seals of the department which shall not be 
 broken except by bureau inspectors or other persons authorized by the chief 
 of bureau so to do, or without sealing as aforesaid, and with other freight, 
 when packed in tight cases or unbroken casks acceptable to the bureau in- 
 spector in charge at the port of entry ; and 
 
 (3) That they be handled at the establishment under the direction of a 
 bureau inspector in a manner approved by the chief of bureau to guard 
 against the dissemination of foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest and the 
 discharge of anthrax-infected effluents. 
 
 Note. — Certificates required by this and other regulations should show kind and quan- 
 tity of merchandise, the shipping marks, and be issued in triplicate, one copy to accom- 
 pany invoice to consignee, one copy to accompany invoice to collector of customs at port 
 of entry, and one copy to accompany vessel transporting the merchandise. 
 
 REGULATION 6.— WOOL, HAIR, AND BRISTLES 
 
 Section 1. No wool, mohair, horsehair, cattle hair, camel hair, 
 goat hair, hog hair, or hog bristles shall be imported into the United 
 States, except (1) in compliance with the requirements of Regula- 
 tion 2 and in compliance with the conditions or requirements speci- 
 fied in any one of paragraphs (a) to (g) following, in which case 
 disinfection after arrival in the United States will not be required; 
 or (2) in compliance with the requirements and conditions specified 
 in. section 2 of this regulation: Provided, however, That no matted, 
 
bloodstained wool, hair, or bristles shall be imported under any con- 
 dition : 
 
 ((/) Clipped mohair or clipped wool may be imported without other restric- 
 tion if unmixed with other hair or wool of any kind ; or, 
 
 (b) Clipped horsehair originating in any country of North America or South 
 America may be imported without other restriction if free from tangled or 
 matted hair; or, 
 
 (c) Abattoir pulled wool and mohair taken from sheep or goats or hair 
 taken from cattle, or hair or bristles from swine, slaughtered under national 
 government inspection in a country 3 and in an abattoir in which is maintained 
 an inspection service found by the Secretary to be substantially equivalent 
 to the Federal meat-inspection service of the United States, may be imported 
 without other restriction if accompanied by a certificate signed by a recognized 
 official veterinary inspector of such country showing that the said wool, mohair, 
 hair, or bristles were taken from animals slaughtered in such abattoir and 
 found free from anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, and rinderpest, which cer- 
 tificate shall indicate the number of bales, marks, names, and addresses of 
 consignor and consignee, locality of origin, date of shipment, invoice number, 
 and transporting vessel ; or, 
 
 (d) Pulled wool or hair may be imported without other restriction if 
 removed from skins or hides by the liming process ; or, 
 
 (e) Scoured wool or mohair (including carbonized wool, wool waste, laps, 
 noils, and tops of wool or hair), hog hair, or hog bristles, may be imported 
 without other restriction if they shall have reached the stage of preparation 
 for immediate manufacture into yarn, textiles, or other finished products; or, 
 
 (f) Wool, hair, or bristles from a disinfecting station of a national govern- 
 ment, methods of disinfection at which have been approved by the Secretary, 
 may be imported without other restriction if accompanied by a certificate of 
 the director or other accredited official of such station showing that said wool, 
 hair, or bristles covered by the consular invoice specified in said certificate have 
 been subjected to the scouring and disinfecting process required at such station 
 for the disinfection of wool or hair ; or, 
 
 (g) Hog bristles, drawn horsehair, goat hair, cattle hair, and camel hair 
 may be imported without other restriction if shown to have been properly 
 cleaned, washed, sorted, and bunched. 
 
 Section 2. No wool, hair, or bristles which do not meet the require- 
 ments and conditions of section 1 of this regulation shall be imported 
 into the United States except in compliance with the requirements of 
 Regulation 2 and upon the following conditions : 
 
 (1) That such wool, hair, or bristles be consigned from the coast or border 
 port of arrival to an establishment discharging drainage into an approved sew- 
 erage system or having equipment adequate for the proper disinfection of 
 effluents: Provided, hoioever, That upon special permission by the chief of 
 bureau such wool, hair, or bristles may be stored for a temporary period in 
 approved warehouses under bond and under the supervision of the bureau 
 inspector ; and provided further, That I. T. or in-bond shipments of wool, hair, 
 or bristles may go forw T ard under customs seals from a coast or border port 
 of arrival, with the approval of a bureau inspector at said port, to another 
 port in the United States for consumption entry, subject to the other provisions 
 of this section; 
 
 (2) That such wool, hair, or bristles be moved from the coast or border 
 port of arrival, or in case of I. T. or in-bond shipments, mentioned in para- 
 graph 1 of this section, from the interior port, to the establishment in cars 
 or trucks, or, when especially permitted by the bureau, in vessel compart- 
 ments, with no other materials contained therein, sealed with seals of the 
 department which shall not be broken except by bureau inspectors or other 
 persons authorized by the chief of bureau so to do, or without sealing as afore- 
 said, and with other freight, when packed in tight cases acceptable to the 
 bureau inspector in charge at the port of entry ; and 
 
 (3) That such w T ool, hair, or bristles be handled at the establishment under 
 the direction of a bureau inspector in a manner approved by the chief of bureau 
 to guard against the dissemination of foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest 
 and the discharge of anthrax-infected effluents. 
 
 • Names of countries of this character will be furnished upon request. 
 
REGULATION 7.— GLUE STOCK 
 
 Section 1. No glue stock shall be imported into the United States 
 except (1) in compliance with the requirements of Regulation 2 and 
 with the requirements or conditions specified in any one of para- 
 graphs (a) to (c) following; or (2) in compliance with the re- 
 quirements and conditions specified in section 2 of this regulation: 
 Provided, however. That any bags, burlap, or other wrapping ma- 
 terial, or other containers of glue stock, which have been previously 
 used for any purpose shall be disinfected by heat or otherwise as 
 directed by the chief of the bureau before leaving the establish- 
 ment to which shipped or transported, or burned at such establish- 
 ment. 
 
 (a) Glue stock may be imported without other restriction if it be shown upon 
 inspection by the bureau inspector in charge at the port of entry or by certi- 
 ficate of the shipper or importer satisfactory to said inspector to have been 
 treated (1) by heat, (2) by acidulation, or (3) by soaking in a milk of lime 
 or a lime paste, or, 
 
 ( b ) Glue stock may be imported without other restriction if it be shown upon 
 inspection by the bureau inspector in charge at the port of entry or by certi- 
 ficate of the shipper or importer, satisfactory to said inspector, to have been 
 dried so as to render each piece of the hardness of a dried hide, or, 
 
 (c) Glue stock may be imported without other restriction if taken from 
 animals slaughtered under National Government inspection in a country * and 
 in an abattoir in which is maintained an inspection service found by the 
 secretary to be substantially equivalent to the Federal meat-inspection service 
 of the United States, and accompanied by a certificate signed by a recognized 
 official veterinary inspector of such country showing that it was taken from 
 animals slaughtered in such abattoir and found free from anthrax, foot-and- 
 mouth disease, and rinderpest. 
 
 Sec. 2. No glue stock which does not meet the conditions or 
 requirements of section 1 of this regulation shall be imported into 
 the United States except in compliance with the requirements of 
 Regulation 2 and upon the following conditions: 
 
 (1) That it be consigned from a coast or border port of arrival to an estab- 
 lishment discharging drainage into an approved sewerage system or having 
 equipment adequate for the proper disinfection of effluents: Provided, how- 
 ever, That, upon special permission by the chief of bureau, it may be stored 
 for a temporary period in approved warehouses under bond and under the 
 supervision of a bureau inspector ; and provided further, That I. T. or in-bond 
 shipments of glue stock may go forward under customs seals from a coast 
 or border port of arrival with the approval of a bureau inspector at said port 
 to another port in the United States for consumption entry subject, after arrival 
 at the latter port, to the other provisions of this section ; 
 
 (2) That it be moved from the coast or border port of arrival, or in case 
 of I. T. or in-bond shipments, mentioned in paragraph 1 of this section, from 
 the interior port, to the establishment in cars or trucks, or, when especially 
 permitted by the bureau, in vessel compartments, with no other materials 
 contained therein, sealed with seals of the department which shall not be 
 broken except by bureau inspectors or other persons authorized by the chief 
 of bureau so to do, or without sealing as aforesaid, and with other freight, 
 when packed in tight cases or unbroken casks acceptable to the bureau in- 
 spector in charge at port of entry ; and 
 
 (3) That it be handled at the establishment under the direction of a bureau 
 inspector in a manner approved by the chief of bureau to guard against the 
 dissemination of foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest, and the discharge of 
 anthrax-infected effluents. 
 
 * Names of countries of this character will be furnished upon request. 
 
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REGULATION 8.— BONES. HOOFS, AND HORNS 
 
 Section 1. No bones, hoofs, or horns shall be imported into the 
 United States except in compliance with the conditions or require- 
 ments set forth in this regulation and in Regulation 2. 
 
 Section 2. Bones, hoofs, or horns which are clean, dry, and free 
 from pieces of hide, flesh, and sinews may be imported into the 
 United States without other restriction than in Regulation 2 if in 
 bulk or in clean bags, burlap, or other containers which have not 
 been previously used. 
 
 Section 3. Bones, hoofs, or horns which are clean, dry, and free 
 from pieces of hide, flesh, and sinews, and which are in bags, 
 burlap, or containers which have been previously used, may be 
 imported without other restriction than in Regulation 2 if shipped 
 from port of entry to destination in cars or trucks as required by 
 paragraph (Z>), section 4 of this regulation, and the bags, burlap, 
 or containers disinfected or burned as required by paragraph (<?), 
 section 4 of this regulation : Provided, however^ That such bones, 
 hoofs, or horns, upon special permission of the chief of the bureau, 
 may be stored for a temporary period in approved warehouses under 
 bond and under the supervision of a bureau inspector: And provided 
 further, That I. T. or in-bond shipments of such bones, hoofs, or 
 horns may go forward under customs seals from a coast or border 
 port of arrival, with the approval of a bureau inspector at said port, 
 to another port in the United States for consumption entry subject 
 to the other provisions of this section. 
 
 Section 4. Bones, hoofs, or horns which are not clean, dry, and 
 free from pieces of hide, flesh, and sinews may be imported only 
 in compliance with the requirements of Regulation 2 and upon the 
 conditions set forth in paragraphs (<z), (6), and (c) following: 
 
 (a) That they be consigned from the coast or border port of arrival to an 
 establishment having facilities for their disinfection or their conversion into 
 products customarily made from bones, hoofs, or horns: Provided, however. 
 That I. T. or in-bond shipments of bones, hoofs, or horns may go forward under 
 customs seals from a coast or border port of arrival, with the approval of a 
 bureau inspector at said port, to another port in the United States for con- 
 sumption entry, subject to the other provisions of this section ; 
 
 (b) That they be moved from the coast or border port of arrival, or in 
 case of I. T. or in-bond shipments, mentioned in paragraph (a) of this section, 
 from the interior port, to the establishment in cars or trucks with no other 
 materials contained therein, sealed with seals of the department, which shall 
 not be broken except by bureau inspectors or other persons authorized by the 
 chief of bureau so to do, or without sealing as aforesaid and with other 
 freight when packed in tight cases or unbroken casks acceptable to the bureau 
 inspector in charge at the port of entry ; and 
 
 (c) That they be handled at the establishment under the direction of a 
 bureau inspector in a manner to guard against the dissemination of anthrax, 
 foot-and-mouth disease, and rinderpest, and the bags, burlap, or other con- 
 tainers thereof be disinfected by heat or otherwise, as directed by the chief 
 of bureau, before leaving the establishment, or burned at the establishment. 
 
 REGULATION 9.— ANIMAL FERTILIZERS 
 
 No bone meal, horn meal, meat meal, tankage, and similar products 
 for use as fertilizer shall be imported into the United States, except 
 upon compliance with the requirements of Regulation 2 and upon 
 compliance with the requirements or conditions specified in either 
 paragraph (a) or (b) following. No dried blood or blood meal shall 
 
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 be imported except upon compliance with the requirements of Regu- 
 lation 2 and upon compliance with the requirements or conditions 
 specified in paragraph (a) following: 
 
 (a) Such products shall be shown by the certificate of a United States con- 
 sular officer to have been subjected in process of manufacture to a temperature 
 of not less than 165° F. and to have been sacked at the establishment where 
 processed in new bags which have not been previously used for any purpose 
 and to have been transferred from said establishment in disinfected cars, 
 trucks, or barges directly to the vessel transporting the materials to the United 
 States, or 
 
 (b) Such products shall be forwarded from the coast or border port of 
 arrival to a fertilizer factory or other establishment having facilities for their 
 disinfection, in cars, trucks, or vessel compartments, in the manner specified 
 in paragraph (2), section 2, Regulation 5 of these regulations, for the im- 
 portation of hides and skins, and said materials and the bags or containers 
 shall be disinfected by heat or otherwise as directed by the chief of bureau 
 before leaving the establishment to which the fertilizer is consigned, or in lieu 
 of disinfection the bags or containers shall be burned at such establishment : 
 Provided, That said products may be shipped from the port of arrival to 
 another port for consumption entry or warehoused in the manner provided in 
 section 2, Regulation 7 for glue stock. 
 
 REGULATION 10.— ANIMAL MANURE 
 
 No manure of horses, cattle, sheep, other ruminants, and swine 
 shall be imported into the United States from any country without 
 permission from the chief of bureau first had and obtained and 
 subject to such restrictions as he may deem necessary in each in- 
 stance of any such importation, including compliance with the re- 
 quirements of Regulation 2: Provided, however, That manure pro- 
 duced by animals while in transit to the United States shall be 
 subject only to the requirements of the department regulations 
 governing the importation of domestic livestock and other animals 
 into the United States. 
 
 REGULATION 11.— HAY, STRAW, FORAGE, MILL FEED, AND SIMILAR MATERIALS 
 
 Section 1. Except as otherwise provided in this regulation, no 
 hay, straw, forage, mill feed, or other materials for use in the feed- 
 ing of livestock shall be imported into the United States, except 
 upon compliance with the requirements of Regulation 2 and unless 
 it has been disinfected in a manner prescribed by the chief of 
 bureau, at the expense of the owner, before being unloaded from 
 the vessel or conveyance bringing the same into any port of the 
 United States, or unless it complies strictly with any conditions 
 which may be prescribed by the chief of bureau and when unloaded 
 and landed, such materials shall be stored and held in quarantine 
 for a period of not less than 90 days at some place acceptable to 
 the chief of bureau, under such precautions as may be prescribed 
 by him. 
 
 Section 2. Hay, straw, forage, mill feed, and other materials for 
 use in the feeding of livestock may be imported without disinfec- 
 tion or the other restrictions specified in this regulation if origin- 
 ating in, and shipped directly from a country determined and de- 
 clared by the Secretary of Agriculture to be free from foot-and- 
 mouth disease and rinderpest, and if the requirements of Regula- 
 tion 2 have been met. 
 
 Section 3. Bran, middlings, and other mill feed, corn, oats, 
 wheat, rye, barley, buckwheat, and other grains, and other materials 
 
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 for use in the feeding of livestock, or susceptible of conversion into 
 food for livestock after importation into the United States, may be 
 imported from any country without disinfection or the other re- 
 strictions specified in this regulation, upon compliance with the re- 
 quirements of Regulation 2, if shown by the certificate of a United 
 States consular officer to have been sacked at a mill at the port of 
 shipment in new bags which have not been previously used for any 
 purpose, and to have been transferred from the mill in disinfected 
 cars, trucks, or barges directly to the vessel transporting the ma- 
 terials to the United States. 
 
 Section 4. Beet pulp, blood meal, gluten feed, brewers' and dis- 
 tillers' grains, meat meal, or tankage, and other materials for feed- 
 ing purposes shown by certificate of a United States consular officer 
 to have been subjected in process of manufacture to a temperature of 
 not less than 165° F., may be imported from any country without dis- 
 infection if shipped from the establishment where produced in ac- 
 cordance with all requirements of section 3 of this regulation for 
 bran, middlings, etc. 
 
 Section 5. Hay and straw used as packing material may be im- 
 ported into the United States upon compliance with the requirements 
 of Regulation 2, without other restriction if accompanied by a cer- 
 tificate of a United States consular officer in accordance with (a) 
 or (b) following, or if a certificate of the shipper as specified in (c) 
 following appears upon the consular invoice : Provided, That no hay 
 and straw used as packing material for meats shall be admitted : 
 
 (a) I hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been presented to me 
 that the I , ay > used as packing material for the merchandise covered by in- 
 voice No. has been disinfected prior to use by placing it loosely in a 
 
 tight compartment and subjecting it to the action of live steam, maintaining 
 in all parts of the compartment a temperature of not less than 185 degrees Fah- 
 renheit (85° C.) for a period of at least 10 minutes. 
 
 ( b ) I hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been presented to me that 
 
 the \ , f iay [ used as packing material for the merchandise covered by invoice 
 
 No. has been disinfected prior to use by placing it loosely in a tight com- 
 partment having a temperature of not less than 65 degrees Fahrenheit (19° C.) 
 
 and spraying over and into the wi^f 10 fluid ounces of formaldehyde solu- 
 tion (containing not less than 37% formaldehyde by weight) for each 1,000 
 cubic feet of space in the compartment, which was immediately closed in a 
 manner to prevent the escape of the formaldehyde vapor, and kept closed for not 
 less than eight hours. 
 
 (c) I hereby certify that the merchandise covered by this invoice was packed 
 at the factory or establishment of , of 
 
 (Name of manufacturer or shipping firm) 
 
 which I am , and that all / hay j uged in packing the said 
 
 (Official relation) (Straw J 
 
 merchandise was obtained from the disinfecting station at 
 
 methods of disinfection at which have been approved by the 
 
 United States Department of Agriculture. 
 
 Section 6. Hay or straw used as packing material (other than for 
 meats) which does not meet the requirements of section 5 of this 
 regulation may be admitted into the United States only upon the 
 conditions that it be burned or disinfected at the expense of the_ im- 
 porter or consignee, disinfection to be by one of the methods specified 
 in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 5 of this regulation, or by such 
 other method or methods as may be approved by the chief of bureau, 
 and that the requirements of Regulation 2 are met. 
 
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 REGULATION 12.— METHODS FOR DISINFECTION OF HIDES, SKINS, AND OTHER 
 
 MATERIALS 
 
 Hides, skins, and other materials required by these regulations to 
 be disinfected shall be subjected to disinfection by methods found 
 satisfactory and approved from time to time by the chief of bureau. 
 The chief of bureau is authorized to change or discontinue from 
 time to time any methods which have been approved by him. 
 
 REGULATION 13.— PLACARDING CARS AND MARKING BILLING 
 
 Section 1. Transportation companies shall securely affix to and 
 maintain upon both sides of all cars carrying imported hides, skins, 
 and parts thereof, hair, wool, and other animal by-products, except 
 such as are mentioned in and permitted entry into the United States 
 subject to Regulation 4; section 1, Eegulation 5 ; section 1, Regulation 
 6; section 1, Regulation 7; section 2, Regulation 8; paragraph (//). 
 Regulation 9; and Regulation 11, durable placards not less than 5% 
 by 6 inches in size, on which shall be printed with permanent black 
 ink and in boldfaced letters not less than iy 2 inches in height the 
 words "RESTRICTED IMPORT ANIMAL BY-PRODUCT/' 
 These placards shall also bear the words " CLEAN AND DISIN- 
 FECT THIS CAR." Each of the waybills, conductors' manifests, 
 memoranda, and bills of lading pertaining to such shipments shall have 
 the words " RESTRICTED IMPORT ANIMAL BY-PRODUCT, 
 CLEAN AND DISINFECT CAR," plainly written or stamped 
 upon its face. If for any reason the placards required by this 
 regulation have not been affixed to each car, or the billing has not 
 been marked by the initial or the connecting carrier, or the placards 
 have been removed, destroyed, or rendered illegible, the placards 
 shall be immediately affixed or replaced and the billing marked by 
 the initial or connecting carrier, the intention being that the billing 
 accompanying the shipment shall be marked and each car placarded 
 as herein specified from the time such shipment leaves the port of 
 entry until it is unloaded at final destination and the cars are 
 cleaned and disinfected as required by Regulation 14. 
 
 Section 2. If it is necessary to unload en route any of the by- 
 products specified in this regulation, the car from which the transfer 
 is made and any part of the premises in or upon which the by- 
 product may have been placed in the course of unloading or reload- 
 ing shall be cleaned and disinfected by the transportation company, 
 in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 14, and the trans- 
 portation company shall immediately report the matter, by telegraph, 
 to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, D. C. 
 Such report shall include the following information : (a) Nature of 
 emergency; (b) place where product was unloaded; (c) original 
 points of shipment and destination; and (d) number and initials of 
 the original car, and number and initials of the car into which the 
 product is reloaded in case original car is not used. 
 
 REGULATION 14.— DISINFECTION OF CARS, BOATS, OTHER VEHICLES, AND 
 
 PREMISES 
 
 Section 1. Cars, boats, other vehicles, yards, and premises which 
 have been used in the transportation, handling, and storing of im- 
 ported hides, skins, and parts thereof; hair, wool, and other animal 
 
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 by-products : and hay, straw, forage, or similar materials, permitted 
 entry into the United States subject to these regulations, except such 
 as are permitted entry subject to Regulation 4; section 1, Regula- 
 tion 5: section 1, Regulation 6; section 1, Regulation 7; section 2, 
 Regulation 8; paragraph (<z), Regulation 9, and Regulation 11, shall 
 be cleaned and disinfected under the supervision of the bureau at the 
 time and in the manner provided in sections 2 and 3 of this regula- 
 tion. Except as hereinafter provided in these regulations, cars, boats, 
 and other vehicles required by this regulation to be cleaned and dis- 
 infected, shall not be moved in interstate or foreign commerce until 
 they have been cleaned and disinfected under the supervision of the 
 bureau in accordance with sections 2 and 3 of this regulation. 
 
 Section 2. Cars required by these regulations to be cleaned and 
 disinfected shall be so treated by the final carrier at destination as 
 soon as possible after unloading and before the same are moved 
 from such final destination for any purpose: Provided, however, 
 That when the products are destined to points at which an inspector 
 or other duly authorized representative of the bureau is not main- 
 tained or where proper facilities can not be provided, the transporta- 
 tion compan}^ shall seal, bill, and forward the cars in which the prod- 
 ucts were transported to a point to be agreed upon between the trans- 
 portation company and the bureau, and the transportation company 
 shall there clean and disinfect the said cars under the supervision of 
 the bureau. 
 
 Section 3. Paragraph 1. Cars required by these regulations to be 
 cleaned and disinfected shall be treated in the following manner: 
 Collect all litter and other refuse therefrom and destroy by burning 
 or other approved methods, clean the exterior and interior of the cars, 
 and saturate the entire interior surface, including the inner surfaces 
 of the car doors, with a permitted disinfectant. 
 
 Paragraph 2. Boats required by these regulations to be cleaned 
 and disinfected shall be treated in the following manner : Collect all 
 litter and other refuse from the decks, compartments, and all other 
 parts of the boat used for the transportation of materials covered by 
 these regulations, and from the portable chutes or other appliances 
 or fixtures used in loading and unloading same, and destroy the litter 
 and other refuse by burning or by other approved methods, and satu- 
 rate the entire surface of the said decks, compartments, and other 
 parts of the boat with a permitted disinfectant. 
 
 Paragraph 3. Buildings, sheds, and premises required by these 
 regulations to be disinfected shall be treated in the following man- 
 ner: Collect all litter and other refuse therefrom and destroy the 
 same by burning or other approved methods, and saturate the entire 
 surface of the fencing, chutes, floors, walls, and other parts with a per- 
 mitted disinfectant. 
 
 PERMITTED DISINFECTANTS 
 
 Section 4. Paragraph 1. The substances permitted for use in dis- 
 infecting cars, boats, other vehicles, and premises are as follows : 
 
 (a) "Saponified cresol solution" at a dilution of at least 4 fluid 
 ounces to 1 gallon of water. 
 
 (b) Liquefied phenol (liquefied carbolic acid) at a dilution of at 
 least 6 fluid ounces to 1 gallon of water. 
 
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 (c) Chloride of lime (U. S. P. strength, 30 per cent available 
 chlorine) at a dilution of 1 pound to 3 gallons of water. 
 
 Paragraph 2. The use of " saponified cresol solution " as a disin- 
 fectant is permitted only when it shall conform to the following 
 requirements : 
 
 (a) The formula of the product shall employ not less than 28 
 per cent by weight of linseed oil or soybean oil or mixtures thereof, 
 or the chemically equivalent proportion of the fatty acids derived 
 from either or both of these oils. Either caustic potash, caustic soda, 
 or a mixture of caustic potash and caustic soda may be used to form 
 the soap. The cresol used must be at least 95 per cent pure, and 
 enough of this commercial grade of cresol (cresylic acid) must be 
 employed in compounding the disinfectant to bring the actual amount 
 of cresol in the finished product up to 50 per cent. 
 
 (b) The product shall remain a homogeneous liquid when cooled 
 to 32° F. It shall contain substantially no free oil, fatty acid, or 
 excess alkali. It shall be readily soluble in cold distilled water; 
 the solution shall be practically clear and shall contain no globules 
 of undissolved oil or cresylic acid. 
 
 (c) Manufacturers wishing to offer saponified cresol solution as 
 indicated above for use in official disinfection must first submit to 
 the bureau a sample of at least 8 ounces for examination, together 
 with a statement of the formula employed and a guaranty that 
 the product will be maintained of a quality uniform with the sample 
 submitted. 
 
 (d) To prevent confusion, each product must bear a distinc- 
 tive trade name or brand, together with, the name of the manu- 
 facturer or distributor. 5 There shall be no mention of the United 
 States Department of Agriculture or the Bureau of Animal Indus- 
 try on the labels, containers, or printed matter accompanying pro- 
 ducts permitted to be used in official disinfection. 
 
 REGULATION 15.— TERRITORIAL POSSESSIONS 
 
 These regulations shall be applicable to all the products and ma- 
 terials specified in this order which are offered for entry into the 
 United States from any place under the jurisdiction of the United 
 States to which the animal quarantine laws of this country do not 
 apply. 
 
 5 Employees of the bureau will be informed in Service and Regulatory Announcements 
 or otherwise of the trade names of saponified cresol solutions permitted to be used in 
 official disinfection. 
 
 WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE '. 1924