9 CFR 53.5
§ 53.5 Disinfection or destruction of materials.
United States · 9 CFR — Animals and Animal Products · Status: effective
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- 9 CFR 53.5, § 53.5 Disinfection or destruction of materials, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/33243
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(a) In order to prevent the spread of disease, materials contaminated by or exposed to disease shall be disinfected: Provided, however, That in all cases in which the cost of disinfection would exceed the value of the materials or disinfection would be impracticable for any reason, the materials shall be destroyed, after appraisal as provided in § 53.3.
(b) The disinfection or destruction of materials under this section shall be under the supervision of an APHIS employee who shall prepare and transmit to the Administrator a certificate identifying all materials which are destroyed, showing the disposition thereof.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.