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GE-23 (Jul 25, 2011)
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Products Harmonized by the European Union
Fresh/frozen red meat and poultry, meat and poultry products, game meat, products for pet food
manufacture and pharmaceutical processing, ships' stores, and certain other products intended for export to
countries which are members of the European Union must follow the "European
Union Requirements" found elsewhere in the FSIS Export Library. The following
countries are members of the European Union: Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Products Not Harmonized by the European Union
- Transhipments of Meat/Poultry Products. See the European Union Requirements, Section XVII - Documentation - Required Certificates,
Transit Certificates.
- U.S. military requirements. Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5 and the appropriate EU
transit certificates. See the European Union Requirements, Section XVII - Documentation - Required Certificates,
Transit Certificates.
- ANUGA 2011 Food Show*
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Meat and poultry and meat and poultry products. Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5 and
FSIS letterhead
certificate entitled "Health Certificate for the
Export of Animal Products for ANUGA 2011 in Cologne,
Germany". The letterhead certificate must be
stamped with the FSIS rubber export stamp indicating
the certificate number. The signature on the
certificate and the export stamp must be in a color
other than black.*
To make the statement on the letterhead certificate
regarding BSE risk materials, the product must not contain
the following SRMs as defined by the EU:
(i) the skull excluding the mandible and including the
brain and eyes, and the spinal cord of animals aged
over 12 months;
(ii) the vertebral column excluding
the vertebrae of the tail, the spinous and transverse
processes of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar
vertebrae and the median sacral crest and wings of the
sacrum, but including the dorsal root ganglia of
animals aged over 30 months; and
(iii) the tonsils,
the intestines from the duodenum to the rectum and the
mesentery of animals of all ages.
To make the statement on the letterhead certificate
regarding trichinae, the pork/horse meat must have
been tested negative for trichinae or have received
cold treatment according to 9 CFR 318.10.
- Egg Products. Obtain FSIS Form PY-200
and FSIS letterhead certificate
entitled "Veterinary Certificate for
transit/storage of specified pathogen-free eggs, meat,
minced meat and mechanically separated meat of
poultry, ratites and wild game-bird, eggs and egg
products". This certificate is also available in
German. The letterhead
certificate must be stamped with the FSIS rubber export stamp indicating
the certificate number. The signature on the
certificate and the export stamp must be in a color
other than black.
All federally inspected establishments are eligible to
export products for the ANUGA 2011 Food Show.
GE-23 (Jul 25, 2011)
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