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Volume 16, Issue 216
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
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USDA Proposes to Revise Info Collection on Import and Export of Meat and Poultry Products
The Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service is seeking comments by Dec. 28 on an information collection addressing paperwork requirements related to the exportation, transportation and importation of meat and poultry products.
FSIS requires that meat and poultry establishments exporting product to foreign countries complete an export certificate in order to certify to the importing countries that FSIS inspectors have inspected the product and have found it sound and wholesome. Meat and poultry products not marked with the mark of inspection and shipped from one official establishment to another for further processing must be transported under USDA seal to prevent such unmarked product from entering into commerce. To track product shipped under seal, FSIS requires shipping establishments to complete a form that identifies the type, amount and weight of the product.
Foreign countries exporting meat and poultry products to the U.S. must establish eligibility for importation of product into the U.S. and must annually certify that their inspection systems are equivalent to the U.S. inspection system. Additionally, meat and poultry products intended for import into the U.S. must be accompanied by a certificate, signed by an official of the foreign government, stating that the products have been produced by certified foreign establishments. Official import inspection establishments or brokers wishing to import product into the United States must complete a form that specifies the type, amount, originating country and destination of the meat and poultry product. Additionally, FSIS has established procedures that allow import facilities importing product to stamp such product with the inspection legend prior to FSIS inspection if they receive prior FSIS approval. Import facilities wishing to pre-stamp must submit a letter to FSIS requesting approval. Import facilities must also keep a log of information concerning each lot of product they have pre-stamped.
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