42 CFR § 71.41 - General provisions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s71.41"
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title: "42 CFR § 71.41 - General provisions."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "71.41"
section_name: "General provisions."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "QUARANTINE, INSPECTION, LICENSING"
part_number: "71"
part_name: "FOREIGN QUARANTINE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 215 and 311 of Public Health Service (PHS) Act. as amended (42 U.S.C. 216, 243); secs. 361-369, PHS Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 264-272)."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 1519, Jan. 11, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "71"
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# 71.41 General provisions.

Carriers arriving at a U.S. port from a foreign area shall be subject to a sanitary inspection to determine whether there exists rodent, insect, or other vermin infestation, contaminated food or water, or other insanitary conditions requiring measures for the prevention of the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable disease.