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§ 466. Imports
(a) Compliance with standards and regulations; status after importation
(b) Rules and regulations; destruction and exportation of refused imports
(c) Storage, cartage and labor charges for imports refused admission
(d) Domestic standards and processing facilities applicable; enforcement
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all poultry, or parts or products of poultry, capable of use as human food offered for importation into the United States shall—
(A) be subject to inspection, sanitary, quality, species verification, and residue standards that achieve a level of sanitary protection equivalent to that achieved under United States standards; and
(B) have been processed in facilities and under conditions that achieve a level of sanitary protection equivalent to that achieved under United States standards.
(2)
(A) The Secretary may treat as equivalent to a United States standard a standard of an exporting country described in paragraph (1) if the exporting country provides the Secretary with scientific evidence or other information, in accordance with risk assessment methodologies determined appropriate by the Secretary, to demonstrate that the standard of the exporting country achieves the level of sanitary protection achieved under the United States standard. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “sanitary protection” means protection to safeguard public health.
(B) The Secretary may—
(i) determine, on a scientific basis, that the standard of the exporting country does not achieve the level of protection that the Secretary considers appropriate; and
(ii) provide the basis for the determination in writing to the exporting country on request.
(3) Any such imported poultry article that does not meet such standards shall not be permitted entry into the United States.
(4) The Secretary shall enforce this subsection through—
(A) random inspections for such species verification and for residues; and
(B) random sampling and testing of internal organs and fat of carcasses for residues at the point of slaughter by the exporting country, in accordance with methods approved by the Secretary.
(Pub. L. 85–172, § 17, Aug. 28, 1957, 71 Stat. 448; Pub. L. 99–198, title XVII, § 1701(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1633; Pub. L. 103–182, title III, § 361(e), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2123; Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, § 431(k), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4969.)