[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR71.7]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 71_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 71.7  Means of conveyance, facilities, premises, and cages and other equipment; methods of cleaning and disinfecting.

    (a) Railroad cars, trucks, aircraft, or other means of conveyance, 
except boats, required by the regulations in this subchapter to be 
cleaned and disinfected shall be treated in the following manner: Remove 
all litter and manure from all portions of the conveyance, including any 
external ledges and framework; clean the exterior and interior of the 
conveyance; and saturate the entire interior surface, including the 
inner surface of the doors of the conveyance, with a permitted 
disinfectant specified in Sec. Sec. 71.10 through 71.12.
    (b) Boats required by the regulations in this subchapter to be 
cleaned and disinfected shall be treated in the following manner: Remove 
all litter and manure from the decks and stalls, and all other parts of 
the boat occupied or traversed by any poultry or other animals and from 
the portable chutes or other appliances or fixtures used in loading and 
unloading the animals, and saturate with a permitted disinfectant the 
entire surface of the deck, stalls, or other parts of the boat occupied 
or traversed by any animals or with which they may come in contact or 
which have contained litter or manure.
    (c) Yards, pens, chutes, alleys, cages, and other equipment required 
by the regulations in this subchapter to be disinfected shall be treated 
in the following manner: Empty all troughs, racks, or other feeding or 
watering appliances; remove all litter and manure from the floors, 
posts, or other parts; and saturate the entire surface of the fencing, 
troughs, chutes, floors, walls, and other parts with a permitted 
disinfectant specified in Sec. Sec. 71.10 through 71.12.

[34 FR 15642, Oct. 9, 1969, as amended at 61 FR 56883, Nov. 5, 1996]