---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 98.12"
title: "9"
number: "98.12"
heading: "General prohibitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/98.12"
---

# §98.12. General prohibitions.

- (a) Ruminant and swine embryos may not be imported from regions where foot-and-mouth disease exists except in accordance with this subpart.
- (b) Ruminant and swine embryos may not be imported into the United States from any region other than the region in which they were conceived and collected.

## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 55809, Oct. 30, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 15183, Apr. 5, 1996; 62 FR 56025, Oct. 28, 1997; 83 FR 15494, Apr. 11, 2018]

### Source

Source: 56 FR 55809, Oct. 30, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 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

[56 FR 55809, Oct. 30, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 15183, Apr. 5, 1996; 62 FR 56025, Oct. 28, 1997; 83 FR 15494, Apr. 11, 2018]