: EXPORT CERTIFICATION MEAT/POULTRY/EGG PRODUCTS Food Safety and Inspection Service


REGULATORY AUTHORITY :REGULATORY AUTHORITY Federal Government regulates all food that moves from State to State and internationally Government sets national food safety policies


REGULATORY AUTHORITY :REGULATORY AUTHORITY U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has regulatory jurisdiction over meat, poultry and egg products. Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 322—Exports (meat) 381.104 – 381.107 (poultry) Part 590—Egg products


EXPORT CERTIFICATIONEligible Product :EXPORT CERTIFICATIONEligible Product There are approximately 6,000 USDA federally inspected meat or poultry slaughter/processing establishments There are approximately 80 egg products establishments All meat, poultry and egg products produced at any U.S. federally inspected establishment are eligible for export


OFFICIALMARK OF INSPECTION :OFFICIALMARK OF INSPECTION


EXPORT CERTIFICATIONEligible Product :EXPORT CERTIFICATIONEligible Product Special requirements for exporting to foreign countries are published in the FSIS Library of Export Requirements www.fsis.usda.gov/ofo/export/explib.htm


FSIS EXPORT DIRECTIVES :FSIS EXPORT DIRECTIVES FSIS DIRECTIVE 9000.1 Export Certification FSIS DIRECTIVE 9010.1 Export Products Returned to the United States


EXPORT CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES :EXPORT CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES Application for export (FSIS Form 9060-6) Eligibility of product and producing establishment verified Product staged for reinspection


EXPORT CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES :EXPORT CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES Containers marked with export stamp Health Certificate issued


EXPORT CERTIFICATION :EXPORT CERTIFICATION


EXPORT CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES :EXPORT CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FSIS inspection personnel issue ONE export certificate for each consignment Either at the time products leave the official production establishment, or Issued later, provided its identity as “inspected and passed” product is verified and product is reinspected.


U.S. EXPORT CERTIFICATES :U.S. EXPORT CERTIFICATES FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness, accompanies all consignments of edible meat and poultry products Certifies that product is from animals that received antemortem and postmortem inspection, has been “inspected and passed” provided by law and regulations of the USDA and is sound (fit for human consumption) and wholesome


Egg Products Regulatory Authority :Egg Products Regulatory Authority The term “egg” refers to shell egg of domesticated chicken, turkey, duck, goose, or guinea Regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is responsible for grading shell eggs


Egg Products Regulatory Authority :Egg Products Regulatory Authority Egg products are regulated by USDA/FSIS 9 CFR 590—Inspection of Eggs and Egg Products Includes any dried, frozen, or liquid eggs, with or without added ingredients, excepting products which contain eggs only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the egg food industry and are exempted by the Secretary


Egg Products Regulatory Authority :Egg Products Regulatory Authority Exempted Egg products Freeze-dried products Imitation egg products Egg substitutes Dietary Foods Other products containing egg products Exempt product regulated by FDA


Egg Products EXPORT CERTIFICATION :Egg Products EXPORT CERTIFICATION Export shipments accompanied with certificate PY-200—Egg Products inspection and Grading Certificate FSIS inspector at the production establishment certifies the shipment


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES :ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Food Safety and Inspection Service www.fsis.usda.gov Foreign Agricultural Service www.fas.usda.gov FAS Field Directory www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/fasfield


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES :ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Federal Register Code of Federal Regulations www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/index.html


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES :ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Technical Service Center Omaha, NE Technical Assistance and Correlation Phone: (402) 221-7400 Fax: (202) 221-7479


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES :ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Office of International Affairs Washington, D.C. Import-Export Programs Staff Phone: (202) 720-0082 Fax: (202) 720-7990