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Regulation Updates

Lab Animal volume 32, pages 16–17 (2003)Cite this article

On 11 August, the Department of Transportation issued a final rule amending 14 CFR Part 119 to “require air carriers that provide scheduled passenger air transportation to submit monthly reports on the loss, injury or death of an animal during air transport to the Secretary of Transportation, through APHIS. The rule specifies the type and manner of information that air carriers must submit to APHIS to comply with Section 41721(a). APHIS will process the reports and forward the relevant information to the Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (APE) for monthly publication in the Air Travel Consumer Report5.” This amendment to the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act of the 21st Century (AIR-21) followed public concerns about commercial airline animal transportation. The lawmakers conceded to airlines that sought to minimize the requirements, and to the National Association for Biomedical Research and others who asked to exempt animals used in research. Section 119.72(c)(2) now defines 'animal' as “any warm or cold blooded animal which, at the time of transportation, is being kept as a pet in a family household in the United States5.”

In an attempt to protect wildlife from exposure to toxic euthanasia solutions, the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) added on 21 July an environmental warning to two FDA approved pentobarbital-containing euthanasia solutions6. CVM initiated this label revision in response to reports of wildlife dying as a result of barbiturate intoxication. To help prevent or alleviate future injury to wildlife, CVM is requiring that manufacturers revise labels of pentobarbital-containing euthanasia solutions to include the following warning: “ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD: This product is toxic to wildlife. Birds and mammals feeding on treated animals may be killed. Euthanized animals must be properly disposed of by deep burial, incineration, or other method in compliance with state and local laws, to prevent consumption of carcass material by scavenging wildlife6.”

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  5. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration. Final Rule. Reports by carriers on incidents involving animals during air transport. Federal Register 68, 47797–47800 (11 August 2003).

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Shalev, M. Regulation Updates. Lab Anim 32, 16–17 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban1103-16b

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