known and recorded purebred ancestry of the particular breed involved, issued by the Canadian National Live Stock Records, is submitted for such animal.

(2) Holstein-Friesian cattle in Canada (Code 1215). The Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada, Brantford, Ontario, Canada, of which G. M. Clemons is secretary and editor, is recognized for the Holstein-Friesian breed registered in the Holstein-Friesian Herd Book of that Association.

(3) Dogs in Canada (Code 7009). The Stud Book of the Canadian Kennel Club, Incorporated (Canadian National Live Stock Records) is recognized for all the breeds of dogs registered therein: Provided, That no dog so registered shall be certified under the act as purebred unless a pedigree certificate showing three complete generations of known and recorded purebred ancestry of the particular breed involved, issued by the Canadian Kennel Club, Incorporated, is submitted for such dog.

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(4) Standardbred horses in Canada (Code 2231). The Canadian Standard Bred Stud Book kept by the Canadian Standard Bred Horse Society, Brown's Line, Toronto 14, Ontario, Canada, is recognized for all Standardbred horses registered therein: Provided, That no Standardbred so registered shall be certified under the act as purebred unless a pedigree certificate showing three complete generations of known and recorded purebred Standardbred ancestry, issued by the Canadian Standard Bred Horse Society, is submitted for each such horse.

[23 F.R. 10104, Dec. 23, 1958, as amended at 24 F.R. 2644, Apr. 4, 1959; 24 F.R. 6950, Aug. 27, 1959; 26 F.R. 1112, Feb. 7, 1961; 27 F.R. 881, Jan. 31, 1962; 32 F.R. 19158, Dec. 20, 1967; 36 F.R. 13988, July 29, 1971; 36 F.R. 24928, Dec. 24, 1971]

§ 151.10 Recognition

of additional

breeds and books of record.

Before a breed or a book of record shall be added to those listed in this part, the custodian of the book of record involved shall submit to Veterinary Services a complete copy of the book of record, consisting of any published printed volumes and any microfilm records issued by the registry association up to date of application, together with a copy of all rules and forms in force on said date affecting the registration of animals in said book. [24 F.R. 2644, Apr. 7, 1959, as amended at 36 F.R. 24928, Dec. 24, 1971]

§ 151.11 Form of books of record.

(a) If a registry association has not published its book of record in printed form, a record in approved microfilm form which the Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services finds provides a system for determining the recorded ancestry of the animals identified therein will be acceptable. When a registry association which has published its book of record in printed form ceases such publication and in lieu thereof publishes a microfilm record, the microfilm record shall commence with the first pedigree recorded by the association which is not in the printed volumes and shall otherwise be in approved form.

(b) A microfilm record will be approved under this part only if it is 16 mm. non-perforated safety film exposed at a reduction ratio not to exceed 24 diameters. All information on the original document shall be reproduced onto the microfilm so that it is clearly readable. The microfilm carton shall be indexed to state the numbers of the pedigree certificates on the roll of film it contains.

[24 F.R. 2644, Apr. 7, 1959, as amended at 36 F.R. 24928, Dec. 24, 1971]

§ 156.1 Meaning of words.

Words used in this part in the singular form shall import the plural, and vice versa, as the case may demand.

§ 156.2 Definitions.

For the purposes of this part, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean:

(a) Department. The United States Department of Agriculture.

(b) Administrator. The Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department, or any officer or employee of the Department to whom authority has heretofore been delegated, or to whom authority may hereafter be delegated to act in his stead.

(c) Deputy Administrator. The Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services unit of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department, or any officer or employee of the Department to whom authority has heretofore been delegated, or to whom authority may hereafter be delegated, to act in his stead.

(d) Inspector. Any officer or employee of the Department of cooperating agency authorized to perform any duties under a cooperative agreement at any plant furnished service under this part.

(e) Inspector in charge. An inspector of the Department assigned by the Deputy Administrator to supervise, review, and perform official work pertaining to a plant furnished service under this part.

(f) Person. Any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, or other form of organization.

(g) Applicant. Any person who requests service under this part.

(h) Animal byproducts. Any inedible part, or combination of inedible parts, of carcasses of livestock or poultry, processed by cooking, curing, drying, or other methods acceptable to the trade, including but not limited to tankage, blood meal, bones, bone meal, hides, skins, wool, and hair.

An

(i) Cooperative agreement. agreement, between the Department and some other Federal or State agency, board of trade, chamber of commerce, or other agency, association, organization, person, or corporation as provided for in section 205 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U. S. C. 1624), to

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conduct cooperatively service under this part.

§ 156.3 Kind of service; records.

Laws, regulations or other requirements of foreign countries and specifications of contracts for the purchase and sale of animal byproducts, on occasion require vendors of such byproducts to furnish official certificates concerning the class, quality, quantity, or condition of such byproducts to be imported into such countries or to be delivered under the contracts. The service under this part, shall consist of the inspection of the processing, handling, and storage of the byproducts at any plant at which service is furnished and the certification, on the basis of such requirements of foreign countries or such contract specifications, of the class, quality, quantity, or condition of such of the byproducts as are found to conform to such requirements or specifications as the case may be. Processing procedures will be actually supervised. The operator of the plant shall fully inform the inspector with respect to, and the inspector shall actually observe, the processing procedures, handling, and storage of the byproducts intended for certification. The inspector shall keep such records of the temperatures reached, the duration of time the temperatures are maintained, and the pounds of pressure under which the byproducts are cooked in the course of processing, and such other information, as are needed to justify the issuance of the certificates required.

§ 156.4 Application for service.

Any person who is eligible under a cooperative agreement to receive service under this part may apply therefor to the Deputy Administrator, upon an application form which will be furnished by the Deputy Administrator upon request. The application form shall require the applicant to state, among other things, the forms of certificates desired.

§ 156.5 Availability of service.

Subject to § 156.8, service under this part will be furnished, upon application, within the limits of available Department personnel and facilities, at any plant the operator of which applies for or endorses the application for the service if the Deputy Administrator finds that: the forms of certificates desired by the applicant require the certification of class, quality, quantity, or condition; the plant and its methods of processing, handling and storage of the byproducts intended

The inspector shall sign and issue certificates in forms approved by the Deputy Administrator for animal byproducts inspected in accordance with this part, if he finds that the requirements as stated in the certification have been met. The original and one copy of each certificate shall be furnished to the applicant, and one copy of each certificate shall be retained by the Department until disposal is authorized in accordance with law. Additional copies may be furnished the applicant at his request upon payment of the fees prescribed in § 156.7. Copies of the certificates may be furnished without charge to other properly interested Federal agencies or under compulsory process.

Fees and charges for service (including travel and other expenses incurred in connection with the furnishing of service) under this part shall be paid by the applicant in accordance with the terms of the cooperative agreement under which service is furnished and in accordance with this section which shall be deemed to be incorporated in such agreement. If required by the Administrator, the fees and charges shall be paid in advance. Since the fees and charges are for the purpose of reimbursing the Department for all costs incurred in connection with the furnishing of service under this part, the appropriate fees and charges to cover any such costs shall be paid even though service is withheld pursuant to § 156.8.

§ 156.8

Refusal of service; denial or withdrawal of service.

(a) Service under this part will be refused if the conditions stated in §§ 156.5 and 156.6 are not met.

(b) Service under this part may be withdrawn from, or denied to, any applicant by the Administrator, for such period as the Administrator may prescribe, when the Administrator is satisfied, after opportunity for hearing before a proper official has been accorded the applicant, that the applicant or other operator of the plant where service has been or would be furnished under the application, or the agent or employee

of such applicant or operator within the scope of his employment, has persistently failed to give the inspector full and correct information with respect to the processing procedures, handling, and storage of animal byproducts intended for certification or certified; or has given to any employee of the Department false information in connection with service under this part; or has altered or imitated any certificate, mark, or device provided for under this part; or has used any such certificate, mark, or device without authority from the Deputy Administrator, or any imitation of any such certificate, mark, or device, on or with respect to any animal byproducts; or has knowingly and without promptly notifying the Deputy Administrator retained possession of any such device or imitation thereof or altered or imitation certificate or of any animal byproducts marked with any such device without authority from the Deputy Administrator or marked with any imitation of such device; or has given or attempted to give, for any purpose whatsoever, any money, favor, or other thing of value, to any employee of the Department authorized to perform any function under this part; or has interfered with or obstructed, or attempted to interfere with or to obstruct, any employee of the Department in or with respect to the performance of his duties under this part by intimidation, threats, assaults, or any other improper means. The inspector assigned to any plant may suspend service at such plant for any of the reasons set forth in this paragraph, without hearing, and in that event shall report his actions to the Deputy Administrator, and the Deputy Administrator may continue such suspension or otherwise deny or suspend service at any plant for any of such reasons, without hearing, pending final disposal of the matter under this paragraph.

(c) All final orders in any proceeding to deny or withdraw the service for any of the reasons set forth in paragraph (b) of this section (except orders required for good cause to be held confidential and not cited as precedents) shall be filed with the Hearing Clerk of the Department and be available to public inspection.

NOTE: The reporting and record keeping requirements contained herein have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with the Federal Reports Act of 1942.

(a) Veterinary Services. The Veterinary Services unit of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

(b) Deputy Administrator. The Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services, or any other official of Veterinary Services to whom authority has heretofore been delegated or may hereafter be delegated to act in his stead.

(c) State. Any State, Territory, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(d) Accredited Veterinarian.1 A veterinarian approved by the Deputy Administrator in accordance with the provisions of Part 161 of this subchapter to perform functions specified in Subchapters B, C, and D of this chapter.

(e) Veterinarian-in-Charge. The veterinary official of Veterinary Services who is assigned by the Deputy Administrator to supervise and perform the official work of Veterinary Services in the State where the veterinarian concerned is accredited or wishes to be accredited.

(1) State Animal Health Official. The animal health official responsible for the livestock and poultry disease control and eradication programs of the State in which the veterinarian is accredited or wishes to be accredited.

(28 Stat. 32, as amended; 58 Stat. 734, as amended; 65 Stat. 693; 26 Stat. 417; 32 Stat. 791, 792, as amended; 33 Stat. 1265, as amended; 34 Stat. 1263, 1264; 41 Stat. 241; 41 Stat. 699; 76 Stat. 130, 132; 21 U.S.C. 80-86, 89, 96, 105, 111-113, 114, 1148, 114a-1, 115, 116, 120, 121, 125, 134b, 1341) [32 F.R. 20839, Dec. 28, 1967]

1 The provisions of Subchapters B, C, and D of this chapter authorize Federal and state veterinarians and accredited veterinarians to perform specified functions. Full time Federal (including military) and state veterinary employees are authorized to perform such functions without specific accreditation under the provisions of this subchapter.

PART 161-REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITED VETERINARIANS AND SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF SUCH ACCREDITATION 1

Sec.

161.1 161.2 161.3

Requirements for accreditation.
Standards for accredited veterinarians.
Suspension or revocation of veterinary
accreditation.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 161 issued under 23 Stat. 32, as amended; 58 Stat. 734, as amended; 65 Stat. 693; 26 Stat. 417; 32 Stat. 791, 792, as amended; 33 Stat. 1265, as amended; 34 Stat. 1263, 1264; 41 Stat. 241; 41 Stat. 699; 76 Stat. 130, 132; 21 U.S.C. 80-86, 89, 96, 105, 111-114a, 114a-1, 115, 116, 120, 121, 125, 134b, 134f.

SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 161 appear at 32 F.R. 20839, Dec. 28, 1967; 36 F.R. 24928, Dec. 24, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

§ 161.1 Requirements for accreditation.

(a) The Deputy Administrator is hereby authorized to accredit a veterinarian when he determines that such veterinarian (1) is a graduate of a college of veterinary medicine; (2) is licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the State in which he wishes to be accredited; (3) has made formal application for accreditation on Form 1-36A. "Application for Veterinary Accreditation"; (4) has passed an examination administered by Veterinary Services; and (5) has been jointly recommended by the State Animal Health Official and the Veterinarianin-Charge in the State in which the veterinarian wishes to be accredited.