The Texas Animal Health Commission is accepting comments for several regulation changes:

Chapter 51.8, Entry Requirements for Cattle
Chapter 51.9, Entry Requirements
Chapter 47.2, Approved Personnel, General Requirements
Chapter 53.5. Market Regulation, Market Recordkeeping
Chapter 43.2 Tuberculosis, Subchapter A, Cattle and Bison, General Requirements
Chapter 51.3, Entry Requirement Exceptions
Chapter 51.9, Entry Requirements, Exotic Livestock and Fowl.
Chapter 51.15, Entry Requirements, Poultry
Chapter 51.13, Entry Requirements for Equine.

Comments will be accepted until July 23 for proposed regulation changes to Chapters 43 and 51. For all other proposed regulations discussed in this document, comments will be accepted until July 8.

The text of the proposed regulation changes have been published in the Texas Register
at http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archi ... index.html. If you can not access this page,
or if you would like to have the information directly emailed or faxed to you, please let me know.

The Texas Animal Health Commission's web page may be accessed at http://www.tahc.state.tx.us

A synopsis of the most recent TAHC commission meeting may be viewed at: http://www.tahc.state.tx.us/news/meetin ... ay2007.pdf
In this synopsis, a brief, unofficial description of the proposed regulation changes are provided.
HOWEVER, if you plan to make comments or would like detailed information, please refer to the Texas Register
link --or ask for the text of the proposed regulations.

To make comments on the proposed regulations:
You may email comments to Comments@...
Fax them to: 512-719-0719
Or mail them to: TAHC Comments, Box 12966, Austin, TX 78711-2966

If you have questions, please contact me by email or phone at 800-550-8242, ext 710.

Carla Everett, TAHC Public Info