(B. A. I. Order 366) 
 
 Issued May 27, 1938 
 
 United States Department of Agriculture 
 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY 
 
 ORDER TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE UNITED STATES 
 OF RINDERPEST AND FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE 
 
 Effective on June 1, 1938 
 
 Pursuant to title III, section 306 (a) of the act of Congress approved June 
 17, 1930 (46 Stat. 689), notice is hereby given that I, H. A. Wallace, Secretary 
 of Agriculture, have determined that, the contagious and communicable disease 
 of rinderpest or of foot-and-mouth disease exists in the following foreign coun- 
 tries : All countries on the Continent of Africa, Albania, Arabia, Argentina, 
 Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Chosen (Korea), Czechoslo- 
 vakia, Danzig (Free City), Denmark, Ecuador, Federated Malay States, France, 
 Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indochina, Iran (Persia), 
 Iraq, Italy, Luxumbourg, Netherlands, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippine 
 Islands, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Siam, Spain, Straits Settlements, Sweden, 
 Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russia), 
 Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Ceylon, the islands of the Malay Archipelago, and the 
 various islands of the Mediterranean ; and I have so officially notified the 
 Secretary of the Treasury. Wherefore, by said section 306 (a) i$ie importation 
 into the United States of cattle, sheep, or other domestic ruminants or swine 
 (including the entry into any port of the United States of any vessel having 
 on board as sea stores such animals from the above-named countries) or of 
 fresh, chilled, or frozen beef, veal, mutton, lamb, or pork, from the countries 
 above named, is prohibited. 
 
 Under authority of title III, section 306 (c) of said act of Congress, it is 
 hereby ordered that all cattle, sheep, and other domestic ruminants, and swine, 
 and all fresh, chilled, or frozen beef, veal, mutton, lamb, or pork, offered for 
 entry and refused admission into the United States from the countries men- 
 tioned above shall be exported by the consignees thereof within 48 hours or in 
 the event the said animals or products shall not be so exported they shall be 
 destroyed in accordance with the directions of the Chief of the Bureau of 
 Animal Industry. 
 
 Under authority conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture by section 2 
 of the act of Congress approved February 2, 1903 (32 Stat. 791), it is ordered 
 that no garbage derived from fresh or frozen meat which has originated in 
 any country in which either of the said diseases exists shall be unloaded from 
 any vessel in the United States or within the territorial waters thereof : 
 Provided, however, That such garbage, when contained in tight receptacles, 
 may be so unloaded for incineration or proper disposal otherwise as directed 
 by the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, or it may be so unloaded under 
 the direction of an inspector for transportation beyond said territorial waters 
 for the purpose of dumping. 
 
 It is further ordered, under the authority of said act of February 2, 1903 
 (supra), that dressed poultry offered for importation into the United States 
 from any country in which either of the said diseases exists shall not be allowed 
 entry unless — 
 
 (a) The feet of such poultry have already been removed at a point above 
 the spur or spur core ; or 
 
 (o) The feet are removed and destroyed or disinfected as directed by the 
 Thief of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Such removal and destruction or 
 disinfection shall be accomplished by the importer or his agent at his own 
 expense. 
 
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 This order, which for the purpose of identification is designated B. A. I. 
 Order 366, shall become effective on June 1, 1938, and shall supersede B. A. I 
 Order 353 and all amendments thereto. 
 
 Done at Washington this 27th day of May 1938. 
 Witness my hand and the seal of the Department of Agri- 
 culture. 
 
 (Signed) H. A. Wallace, 
 
 Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
 APPENDIX 
 
 EXTRACTS OF LAW UNDER WHICH THE FOREGOING ORDER IS ISSUED 
 
 AX ACT TO enable the Secretary of Agriculture to more effectually suppress and prevent 
 the spread of contagious and infectious diseases of livestock, and for other purposes 
 Approved February 2, 1903 (32 Stat. 791). 
 
 Sec. 2. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall have authority to make such 
 regulations and take such measures as he may deem proper to prevent the 
 introduction or dissemination of the contagion of any contagious, infectious, 
 or communicable disease of animals from a foreign country into the United 
 States or from one State or Territory of the United States or the District of 
 Columbia to another, and to seize, quarantine, and dispose of any hay, straw, 
 forage, or similar material, or any meats, hides, or other animal products 
 coming from an infected foreign country to the United States, or from one 
 State or Territory or the District of Columbia in transit to another State or 
 Territory or the District of Columbia whenever in his judgment such action is 
 advisable in order to guard against the introduction or spread of such contagion. 
 
 AN ACT TO provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage 
 the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes 
 Approved June 17, 1930 (46 Stat. 689). 
 
 Sec. 306 (a) Rinderpcsi and Foot-and-Mouth Disease. — If the Secretary of 
 Agriculture determines that rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease exists in any 
 foreign country, he shall officially notify the Secretary of the Treasury and give 
 public notice thereof, and thereafter, and until the Secretary of Agriculture 
 gives notice in a similar manner that, such disease no longer exists in such 
 foreign country, the importation into the United States of cattle, sheep, or 
 other domestic ruminants, or swine, or of fresh, chilled, or frozen beef, veal, 
 mutton, lamb, or pork, from such foreign country, is prohibited. 
 
 (c) Regulation ^.-^The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make rules 
 and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section, and in such rules and 
 regulations the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe the terms and conditions 
 for the destruction of all cattle, sheep, and other domestic ruminants, and swine, 
 and of all meats, offered for entry and refused admission into the United States, 
 unless such cattle, sheep, domestic ruminants, swine, or meats be exported by 
 the consignee within the time fixed therefor in such rules and regulations. 
 
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