---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 94.18"
title: "9"
number: "94.18"
heading: "Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; importation of edible products derived from bovines."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/94.18"
---

# §94.18. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; importation of edible products derived from bovines.

- (a) The importation of meat, meat products, and other edible products derived from bovines is prohibited with regard to BSE, except as provided in this section and in §§ [94.19](/cfr/9/94.19.md), [94.20](/cfr/9/94.20.md), [94.21](/cfr/9/94.21.md), [94.22](/cfr/9/94.22.md), and [94.23](/cfr/9/94.23.md).
- (b) The following commodities derived from bovines may be imported into the United States without restriction regarding BSE, provided that all other applicable requirements of this part are met:
  - (1) Milk and milk products;
  - (2) **Boneless skeletal muscle meat (excluding mechanically separated meat) that—**
    - (i) Is derived from bovines that were not, prior to slaughter, subjected to a pithing process or to stunning with a device injecting compressed air or gas into the cranial cavity, and that passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection;
    - (ii) Has been prepared in a manner to prevent contamination with SRMs; and
    - (iii) Is accompanied to the United States by an original certificate stating that the conditions of paragraphs [(b)(2)(i)](#b-2-i) and [(b)(2)(ii)](#b-2-ii) of this section have been met. The certificate must be issued and signed by a full-time salaried veterinary officer of the national government of the exporting region or signed by a person authorized to issue such certificates by the veterinary services of the national government of the exporting region.

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 72998, Dec. 4, 2013, as amended at 86 FR 68862, Dec. 3, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701-7772, 7781-7786, and 8301-8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

### Amendments

[78 FR 72998, Dec. 4, 2013, as amended at 86 FR 68862, Dec. 3, 2021]