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CU-44 (Sep 5, 2008)
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Eligible/Ineligible Products
- Eligible Product
- Fresh/frozen pork and pork products.
- Fresh/frozen poultry and poultry products derived from birds raised or
processed in the States other than those indicated in B.
- Fresh/frozen beef, offal, beef products
including bovine meat ingredients from the
following countries: Argentina, Canada,
Mexico, Panama, and Uruguay.
- Fresh/frozen sheep/goat and sheep/goat products.
Note: Cuba is a restricted country requiring exporter licensing. Consult the
United States Department
of Treasury Website for further details.
- Ineligible Product
- Fresh/frozen poultry derived from birds raised or processed in the following
States is not eligible for export to Cuba:
New Jersey (effective May 16, 2006)
New York (effective July 13, 2006)
Idaho (effective September 3, 2008)*
Poultry from West Virginia is eligible if slaughtered on or after June 8, 2007.
Poultry from Virginia is eligible if slaughtered on or after September 8, 2007.
Poultry from Nebraska is eligible if slaughtered on or after October 16, 2007.
Poultry from North Carolina is eligible if
slaughtered on or after March 25, 2008.
Poultry from Arkansas is eligible if
slaughtered on or after July 14, 2008.
Documentation Requirements
- Certification of fresh/frozen beef and beef products
including liver. Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export
Certificate of Wholesomeness. Additionally, the
following statements must be provided on an FSIS
Letterhead Certificate:
- The bovine meat or organ meat derives from
animals born in the United States or imported
legally from Mexico or Canada. Bovine meat
ingredients in beef products derive from
countries considered eligible by the
government of Cuba.
Las carnes o vísceras bovinas provienen de
animales nacidos en los Estados Unidos de
América o importados legalmente desde México
o Canadá. En el caso de los productos
cárnicos, los ingredientes de carne bovina
provienen de países aprobados por Cuba.
- The United States complies with the
conditions in the Terrestrial Animal Health
Code of the OIE as a country that presents a
"controlled risk" for bovine
spongiform encephalopathy. The method of
stunning cattle does not include the use of
compressed air or gas injection in the cranial
cavity or a pithing process.
Los Estados Unidos cumplen con las condiciones
del Código de Salud de Animales Terrestres de
la OIE como un país que presenta un "riesgo
controlado" para la encefalopatía
espóngiforme bovina. El método para aturdir
el ganado no incluye el uso de inyección
intracraneal de aire o gas, ni es mediante
corte de médula.
- The fresh meat, organ meat, and meat
products were produced and handled in a manner
which ensures that these products do not
contain mechanically separated meat from the
skull and vertebral column from cattle over 30
months of age.
Las carnes y vísceras frescas y los productos
cárnicos fueron preparados y manipulados de
manera que garantiza que no contienen ni
están contaminados por carne separada por
procedimientos mecánicos del cráneo o de la
columna vertebral de bovinos de más de 30
meses de edad.
- Meat products which include bovine meat do
not contain specified risk materials and all
necessary measures were taken during
processing to ensure that these did not have
contact with specified risk materials,
including brain, eyes, trigeminal ganglia, and
spinal column (excluding the vertebrae of the
tail, the transverse processes of the thoracic
and lumbar vertebrae, and the wings of the
sacrum), and dorsal root ganglia of animals 30
months of age or older and tonsils and distal
ileum from all age animals.
Los productos cárnicos que incluyen carne
bovina, no contienen materiales de riesgo
especifico y todas las medidas fueron tomadas
durante su procesamiento para asegurar que los
mismos no tuvieron contacto con materiales de
riesgo especifico, incluyendo cerebro, ojos,
ganglio trigémino y columna vertebral (excluyendo
las vértebras de la cola, las protuberancias
transversas de las vértebras torácicas y
lumbares), y ganglios de la raíz dorsal de
vacunos de 30 meses de edad o mas meses de
edad y amígdalas e ilion distal de todas las
edades.
- The animals providing the meat products were
subjected to both ante-mortem and post-mortem
inspection and were found to be apparently
healthy, without signs of having a
transmissible disease, including brucellosis
and tuberculosis.
Los animales que suplen los productos
cárnicos fueron examinados ante-mortem y
pos-mortem y encontrados sanos, sin signos de
enfermedad transmisible, incluyendo brucelosis
y tuberculosis.
- Certification of fresh/frozen pork and pork products - Obtain FSIS
Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of
Wholesomeness. Additionally the following statements
must be provided on an
FSIS Letterhead
certificate:
- The meat was derived from animals born in the United States or Canada,
which are officially declared free of the following diseases: foot and mouth
disease, African swine fever, and swine vesicular disease.
- The animals from which the meat originates were not slaughtered as a result
of any infectious, contagious, or parasitic disease eradication program. The
animals from which the meat originates received ante- and post-mortem
inspections. These animals were found healthy and free of clinical signs of
disease, including brucellosis, tuberculosis, porcine respiratory syndrome
and all List A diseases which affect the species and may be carried through
meat. The meat is free for sale for human consumption and is deemed by the
Official Veterinary Service to not pose a risk of transmission of
brucellosis or tuberculosis.
- In the case of meat from males, the animals were castrated at least three
months prior to slaughter.
- The animals from which the meat is derived were not subjected to hormonal,
therapeutic or nutritional treatments other than those permitted in the United States.
- Based on the National Residue Program, the meat does not contain residues or
metabolites of antibiotics or any other therapeutic or prophylactic agents
in quantities exceeding established tolerance levels.
- The establishments where animals are slaughtered and processed for export are
under official supervision by USDA-FSIS.
- The animals were subject to ante- and post-mortem inspection by USDA-FSIS. No evidence of
cysticercosis was detected. The meat was treated to destroy trichinae according to U.S. regulations
in 9 CFR 318.10, with the exception of bacon.
- Certification of fresh/frozen poultry and poultry
products - Obtain FSIS
Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of
Wholesomeness. Additionally the following statements
must be provided on an FSIS
Letterhead certificate:
- The birds from which the meat was derived originated in the United
States.
- Based on the United States' National Residue Program,
the meat does not contain residues of antibiotics or their metabolites in
quantities exceeding the established tolerance levels. Growth-promoting
hormones are not approved for use in poultry in the United States.
- The farms from which the poultry originated are under the supervision of
veterinarians accredited by the Veterinary Services of USDA Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
- The United States is free highly pathogenic avian influenza, and egg drop syndrome. The
consignment of meat comes from birds which have been kept in an
establishment free from Newcastle disease and not situated in a Newcastle
disease infected zone and which have been slaughtered in an approved
abattoir not situated in a Newcastle disease infected zone and have been
inspected ante- and postmortem and did not display signs or injuries
compatible with the disease."
- The carcasses from which the meat was derived were free from clinical evidence of the following
diseases: enzootic encephalomyelitis, Marek's disease, infectious laryngotracheitis,
Gumboro disease, chronic respiratory disease, infectious bronchitis and
avian encephalomyelitis, ornithosis and avian tuberculosis.
- The birds giving origin to the product to be shipped to Cuba presented no
evidence of avian influenza.
- The product does not originate from States which have had viral activity for any form of \
avian influenza within the past 21 days. The United States is free of highly pathogenic
avian influenza.
- Poultry comes from farms which are in good standing with respect to poultry
salmonellosis according to the National Poultry Improvement Program, which is the national plan
for controlling poultry diseases.
- The birds were slaughtered and processed in an establishment approved for export.
- The slaughter establishment is under official supervision by USDA-FSIS.
- The birds received ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection and were found healthy and fit
for human consumption.
- Means of transportation were clean and sanitary.
- Product temperature requirements were met in accordance with FSIS regulations from
slaughter to loading on the designated vessel.
- Certification of fresh/frozen sheep/goat and sheep/goat products - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and
Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness. Additionally the following statements must be provided on an
FSIS Letterhead certificate:
- The animals from which the meats originate were born in the United States or were legally
imported from Canada, and come from healthy herds under State supervision for the diseases
regulated by the State or the United States Department of Agriculture.
Los animales de donde proceden las carnes nacieron en los Estados Unidos o fueron importados
legalmente desde Canadá, y proceden de hatos sanos, bajo supervisión estatal para las
enfermedades reguladas por el estado o el Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos.
- The United Status has established a system for the surveillance and monitoring of Scrapie and
any animals which are found to be affected are excluded from slaughter.
Los Estados Unidos tiene establecido un sistema de vigilancia y monitoreo para el Scrapie
y aquellos animales que resulten positivos son excluidos para su sacrificio en mataderos.
- The animals from which the meats originate were subjected to ante and post-mortem inspection
by the official veterinary service and found to be apparently healthy without signs of diseases
transmissible by meats, including tuberculosis and brucellosis.
Los animales de donde proceden las carnes fueron sometidos a inspección ante y post-mortem
por el servicio veterinario oficial y encontrados aparentemente sanos, sin signos de padecer
enfermedades transmisibles por la vía de las carnes, entre otras brucelosis y tuberculosis.
- The establishment from which the meats originate is under the supervision of the official
veterinary service.
El establecimiento de donde proceden las carnes está bajo la supervisión del Servicio
Veterinario oficial.
- Based on the National Residue Program, the meats do not contain residues or metabolites of
antibiotics, growth promoters, pesticides or prophylactic or therapeutic drugs at levels which exceed
the tolerance limits established.
Basado en el Programa Nacional de residuos, las carnes no contienen residuos o metabolitos de
antibióticos, sustancias promotoras de crecimiento, pesticidas o drogas profilácticas o terapéuticas a
niveles que excedan los límites de tolerancia establecidos.
- All certificates must be signed by an FSIS veterinarian.
Plants Eligible to Export
All Federally inspected plants are eligible for export to Cuba.
CU-44 (Sep 5, 2008)
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