9 CFR § 95.39 - Hay or straw and similar material from tick-infested areas.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s95.39"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 95.39 - Hay or straw and similar material from tick-infested areas."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "95.39"
section_name: "Hay or straw and similar material from tick-infested areas."
chapter_name: "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "EXPORTATION AND IMPORTATION OF ANIMALS (INCLUDING POULTRY) AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS"
part_number: "95"
part_name: "SANITARY CONTROL OF ANIMAL BYPRODUCTS (EXCEPT CASINGS), AND HAY AND STRAW, OFFERED FOR ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4."
regulatory_source: "28 FR 5981, June 13, 1963, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "95"
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# 95.39 Hay or straw and similar material from tick-infested areas.
Hay or straw, grass, or similar material from tick-infested pastures, ranges, or premises may disseminate the contagion of splenetic, Southern or Texas fever when imported for animal feed or bedding; therefore, such hay or straw, grass, or similar materials shall not be imported unless such material is first disinfected with a disinfectant specified in § 95.26(d).
[28 FR 5981, June 13, 1963. Redesignated at 78 FR 73003, Dec. 4, 2013]