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 (B. A. I. Order 318.) 
 
 Issued May, 1929 
 
 United States Department of Agriculture 
 
 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
 
 ORDER REGULATING THE IMPORTATION OF DRESSED 
 POULTRY FROM REGIONS IN WHICH RINDERPEST OR 
 FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE EXISTS 
 
 (Effective on August 1, 1929) 
 
 It having been determined by the Secretary of Agriculture that rinderpest 
 and foot-and-mouth disease, contagious and infectious diseases of animals, exist 
 in many of the countries throughout the world and to prevent the introduction 
 of the contagion of such diseases into the United States, it is ordered, under 
 authority conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture by section 2 of the act 
 of Congress approved February 2, 1903 (32 Stat. 791), that on and after August 
 1, 1929, dressed poultry offered for entry into the United States from any 
 region in which foot-and-mouth disease or rinderpest exists shall be unpacked 
 or removed from storage at the port of entry and may thereupon be allowed 
 entry — 
 
 (a) If the feet of such poultry have already been removed at a point above 
 1 lie spur or spur core ; or 
 
 (&) Upon such removal of the feet and their destruction or disinfection as 
 directed by the Chief of the Bureau of Animal industry, such removal and 
 destruction or disinfection to be accomplished by the importer or his agent 
 at his own expense. 
 
 This order, for the purpose of identification, is designated as B. A. I. Order 318. 
 
 Done at Washington this 9th day of May, 1929. 
 
 Witness my hand and the seal of the Department of Agriculture. 
 
 [seal.] Arthur M. Hyde, 
 
 Secretary of Agriculture. 
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