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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 15.11.11.03" title_num="15" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="11" heading="Imported Poultry.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Diseased Poultry.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as provided under §A(2) of this regulation, a person may not import poultry into Maryland if that person knows or has reason to know that poultry are infected with pullorum, typhoid, or Salmonella serotype enteritidis.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If poultry are known to be infected with pullorum, typhoid, or Salmonella serotype enteritidis, a person may ship them into Maryland only if they are:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Being shipped to an official establishment for immediate slaughter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Labeled to show that they are infected.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Health Restrictions on Imported Poultry.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>This section does not apply to poultry moved for immediate slaughter to an official establishment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A person may not import chickens into Maryland for producing eggs for human consumption unless the official state agency of the exporting state certifies that they meet the standards of Regulation .05A.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Unless poultry originate from U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean or equivalent flocks, a poultry importer shall have the poultry tested for pullorum and typhoid within 90 days before the poultry's arrival in Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Health Restrictions on Importing Hatching Eggs. A person may not import hatching eggs into Maryland:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Unless the eggs originate from U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean or equivalent flocks;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For raising chickens to be used to produce eggs for human consumption, unless the official state agency of the exporting state certifies that the flock from which the eggs immediately originate meets the requirements of Regulation .05B or C.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>