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Regulation 16. Reports 266 



Regulation 17. Animals 267 



Regulation 18. Hog-cholera virus 274 



Regulation 19. Anti-hog-cholera serum 282 



Regulation 20. Bacterins, vaccines, toxins, etc. . . . 295 

 Regulation 21. Admission of viruses, serums, tox- 

 ins, and analogous products 296 



The virus-serum-toxin law 296 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, 

 Washington, D. C., August 1, 1919. 



Under authority of the act of Congress approved 

 March 4, 1913, entitled "An act making appropriations 

 for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1914" (37 Stat., 832), the following 

 regulations are hereby issued for the purpose of en- 

 forcing the provisions of said act governing the prepara- 

 tion, sale, barter, exchange, shipment, and importation 

 of viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products in- 

 tended for use in the treatment of domestic animals. 

 These regulations, which for the purpose of identification 

 are designated as B. A. I. Order 265, shall become and 

 be effective on and after September 1, 1919, except that 

 stocks of approved labels on hand may be used until 

 December 31, 1920. 



D. F. HOUSTON, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 



REGULATION 1. DEFINITIONS 



SECTION 1. Paragraph 1. For the purpose of these 

 regulations the following words, phrases, names, and 

 terms shall be construed respectively to mean: 



Paragraph 2. The virus-serum-toxin act of 1913 : "An 

 act making appropriations for the Department of Agri- 



