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Export Requirements for Taiwan
TW-84 (Sep 12, 2008)
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Eligible/Ineligible Products
- Eligible product.
- Fresh/frozen boneless beef derived
from animals under 30 months of age. Eligible boneless beef must be produced
under an approved AMS Export
Verification (EV) program for beef to
Taiwan. Information about the EV
program for Taiwan and a list of BEV approved establishments can be
obtained from AMS' Web
site.
The restriction on beef derived from cattle imported
from Canada for
immediate slaughter has been removed effective with
cattle slaughtered after 5:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
on July 12, 2007.
If FSIS inspection personnel
become aware of concerns that an AMS approved EV
establishment is not properly executing
its EV program, export
certification should not be issued for
the product in question and AMS
should be notified at
ARCBranch@usda.gov. Inspection personnel should
include their immediate supervisor on messages to AMS. The following
information should be included in the
message:
- Establishment name,
address, and establishment number
- Product type,
product code, and quantity of product
- Date of production,
lot number, and shift
- Date and nature of
observation
- Name of country
product is intended for export
- Export certificate
number (if applicable)
- Any other
information to verify claim
- Name of inspection
official
- Protein-free beef tallow. This
product does not have to be produced under an EV program.
- Fresh/frozen poultry and poultry
products. See
State restrictions in
Ineligible Product section
below.
- Pork and pork products, including
pork uteri prepared under sanitary conditions and eligible to bear the
mark of inspection.
- Pork suckling pigs up to 8 kilograms
(fresh/chilled/frozen) with head,
skin, ears, tail and feet but with no
entrails are eligible for export to
Taiwan.
- Poultry offal including testes
(fries)
- Duck carcasses without offal
- Product imported from third
countries may be exported to Taiwan provided
that the original country of origin is
eligible to export to Taiwan and a
copy of the original export certificate
accompanies FSIS certification.
- Ineligible Product
- Ruminant products other than
fresh/frozen boneless beef,
protein free tallow, and gelatin and
collagen derived from skins and
hides.
- Poultry and poultry products
slaughtered or
processed in the states below must be produced and
shipped prior to the effective dates below. Poultry
and poultry products may not transit the states below
unless sealed:
Pennsylvania - Poultry and poultry
products
originating from Pennsylvania are eligible if produced
on or after January 16, 2007. Products produced prior
to that date are ineligible.
New York - Effective November 16,
2006, all poultry
and poultry products originating from New York are
ineligible.
West Virginia - All poultry and
poultry products originating from West Virginia are
eligible if produced on or after January 23, 2008. Products produced prior to that date are
ineligible.
Minnesota - All poultry and
poultry products originating from Minnesota are
eligible if produced on or after October 15, 2007.
Products produced prior to that date are
ineligible.
South Dakota - All poultry and
poultry products originating from South Dakota are
eligible if produced on or after May 29, 2008.
Products produced prior to that date are
ineligible.
Nebraska - Poultry and poultry
products originating from Nebraska are eligible if
produced on or after April 2, 2008. Products produced
prior to that date are ineligible.
Virginia - All poultry and poultry
products originating from Virginia are eligible
if produced on or after January 23, 2008. Products
produced prior to that date are ineligible.
New Jersey - All poultry and poultry
products produced
on or after February 20, 2008 are ineligible. Poultry
products produced prior to February 20, 2008 are
eligible.
Arkansas - All poultry and poultry products
produced
on or after June 6, 2008 are ineligible. Poultry
products produced and shipped prior to June 6, 2008
are
eligible.
New Hampshire – All poultry and poultry produced on
or after August 15, 2008, are ineligible. Poultry
products produced and shipped prior to August 15,
2008, are eligible.
Idaho – All poultry and poultry
produced on or after September 8, 2008, are
ineligible. Poultry products produced and shipped
prior to September 8, 2008, are eligible.
Notes:
- Other meat products
such as chicken meat, offal products, and game meat are
subject to entrance providing
the importer has obtained a license from
Taiwan's council of
Agriculture.
- Taiwan monitors meat and
poultry products for the presence of E. Coli,
Salmonella, and Listeria.
Although product is not held based on the results
of microbiological testing, the
testing may cause occasional delays in the
movement of product.
- Taiwan does not restrict commercially sterile
(canned product) made in or made with raw material
sourced from states restricted for LPAI.
Certification may be issued for these products.*
Labeling Requirements
- Packing dates (including year, month and
day) must appear on all shipping
container (i.e., box) labels of product exported
to Taiwan.
- All import shipments of pre-packaged
(consumer ready) foods will need to have
a Chinese language label before applying for
import inspection. Exporters are
advised to work with their importer prior to
shipping product to Taiwan to
avoid unnecessary delays. Chinese language
labeling is not required for
sample product, but samples must be identified
on the label and in the
"Remarks" section of FSIS Form 9060-5
as "Samples - Not for Sale"
- Labeling that shows a country of destination
other than Taiwan may cause the product to be
detained at the port of entry.
Documentation Requirements
- Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5. All FSIS
certificates must be dated and
signed by an FSIS veterinarian.
- Obtain Certificate for Export to
Taiwan--FSIS form 9285-1 (04/11/2000),
Certificate for Export to Taiwan for all
products exported to Taiwan.
- Complete one FSIS Form 9285-1
(04/11/2000) for each establishment
producing product listed on FSIS Form
9060-5.
- Indicate species for
each item.
- List
all species represented in a product in
the Species
column, e.g., franks made with pork and
chicken,
"pork" and "chicken" would be
listed in the
Species column.
- Indicate the
date (or range ) of slaughter, manufacture, or
processing for each
item.
- Slaughter dates are required for all fresh/frozen products.
- Manufacturing or packing date is required for each prepared cut
or
by-product (including primal parts, PD (S) FT and freeze dried
products) or processed products
- Slaughter and manufacturing (or packing) dates must include the
month,
day and year. To avoid confusion, the month should be spelled
out or
abbreviated. If dates cover several days within one single
month,
listing a hyphenated date such as January 15-23, 1994 is
acceptable. However, if the time period covers more than one month,
the
dates should be listed separately such as, for example,
January 28-31
and February 1-3, 2000.
Note: FSIS
Form 9285-1 (04/11/2000) contains a block at the
bottom of the form to be completed by the exporter or shipper. The
FSIS veterinarian may sign the
certificate without this block
completed and the exporter is
responsible for its accuracy.
Failure to complete this
block may result in detained product.
- Boneless beef
- The export applicant must
provide information about the consignment that
includes specific product
identification information, production date, number
of boxes, manufacturer, and the
statement "Product meets EV Program
requirements for Taiwan" in
Block 14 of FSIS Form 9060-6.
- Slaughter dates
(month/day/year) must be included on FSIS 9285-1. Product
must be derived from cattle
slaughtered on or after the approval date on the
AMS BEV approved establishment
list.
- In addition to FSIS 9060-5 and FSIS 9285-1, obtain an
FSIS letterhead
certificate with the following
certification statements:
- The boneless
beef was derived from cattle under the age of thirty months
slaughtered in
the United States.
- The feeding
of ruminants with meat and bone meal and greaves derived from
ruminants has
been banned and the ban has been effectively enforced.
- Antemortem
inspection is carried out on all bovines.
- Cattle from
which the meat originates were not subjected to a stunning
process, prior
to slaughter, with a device injecting compressed air or gas into
the cranial
cavity or to a pithing process.
- The
following material was excluded from products prepared for export to
Taiwan: brain,
skull, eyes, trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, vertebral column
(excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the transverse processes of the thoracic
and lumbar
vertebrae, and the wings of the sacrum), dorsal root ganglia, the
tonsils and the
distal ileum of the small intestine.
- The exported
beef to Taiwan fulfilled all of the required conditions
described in the
Export Verification Program. The exported beef to Taiwan has
been handled at
an establishment with an approved EV Program in such a way as
to prevent
contamination with ineligible specified risk materials.
Exporters are advised to
work with their importers to assure that copies of completed
and signed FSIS 9060-5, FSIS
9285-1, and the FSIS letterhead certificate for
boneless beef are distributed as
necessary to facilitate clearance in Taiwan.
- Protein-free beef tallow - The following statement
must be in the remarks section of FSIS Form 9060-5. The
statement should be based upon laboratory results for the consignment indicating an
insoluble impurities level
below 0.15% by weight.
"The maximum content of insoluble impurities in the tallow
does not exceed 0.15 percent in weight."
- Effective immediately, the additional statement
regarding avian
influenza ("The poultry products originated from a state where
no
avian influenza has been diagnosed within the last 12 months")
is
not required by Taiwan and should not be included on FSIS
certificates.
- Poultry exported to Taiwan and subsequently
re-exported to Japan must include
the following statement, upon request by the
exporter, in the "Remarks"
section of FSIS Form 9060-5 or on an FSIS letterhead
certificate (which is
signed by the same FSIS veterinarian signing the
export certificate),
providing that the poultry complies:
"There have been no outbreaks of fowl pest
(fowl plaque) for at least 90
days in the United States. Further, in the area where
birds for export (meat)
were produced (such an area being within a minimum
radius of 50 kilometers
from the production farm), Newcastle disease, fowl
cholera, and other serious
infectious fowl diseases, as recognized by the United
States, have not
occurred for at least 90 days."
- Additional Statements for Ostrich and Emu. The
following statements must be
placed in the remarks section of FSIS Form 9060-5 for
ostrich and Emu
products destined for Taiwan (Republic of China):
"The ostrich meat originated from ostriches
which were born in the United
States and raised for more than 28 days on a farm
prior to slaughter."
"The United States is free of foot-and mouth
disease, rinderpest, contagious
bovine pleuropneumonia, African swine fever and highly pathogenic avian
influenza."
Prior to importing ostrich and/or Emu meat, the
importer must obtain a
license from Taiwan's Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT)
and prior approval from
the Council of Agriculture (COA).
- Casings
- Casings Originating and Processed in
the U.S. - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-7
(7/87), Animal Casings Export
Certificate for Countries Requiring
Ante-Mortem, Post-Mortem, and Fit for
Human Consumption Statements.
- Casings Originating in the U.S. and
Processed in Mexico - The following
conditions must be met:
- Casings must
originate from animals slaughtered in the U.S.
- Casings must be
processed in one of the following Mexican
Establishments
TIF # 46
DeWied International, S.A. de C.V.
Piedras Negras,
Coah.
TIF # 130
Empaques M.C.H., S.A. de
C.V.
Zaragoza, Coah.
- When returned from
Mexico, the casings must be accompanied by an
official Mexican
certificate (Form 27) issued at one of the
establishments listed
above. The certificate must indicate that casings
originated from animals
slaughtered in the U.S.
- Obtain FSIS Form
9060-17 (1/98), Animal Casings Export Certificate for
Countries Requiring
Ante-Mortem, Post-Mortem, and Fit for Human
Consumption Statements
(For Casings Processed in Mexico).
- The grade label (e.g., "U.S.
Choice" or "U.S. Prime") of beef graded
USDA Choice or higher must be indicated on FSIS
Form 9060-5 as part of the product
description or in the "Remarks Section".
- Inedible Meat and Poultry Product - Export
certification of inedible products, other
than technical animal fat (9 CFR 351) and
certified pet food (9 CFR 355), is no longer
provided by FSIS. Exporters should contact
APHIS field offices to obtain information
about certification of inedible products. A
list of APHIS offices is available at
http://www.ap
his.usda.gov/vs/ncie/iregs/products/vsavic.pdf.
See FS
IS Notice 17-05 for additional information.
Plants Eligible to
Export
All Federally inspected establishments are eligible to
export to Taiwan. However, establishments
producing boneless beef must participate in an AMS EV
program. The list of AMS
EV approved
establishments can be accessed at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
Plants Not Eligible to Export
Boneless beef products from the following establishment are not
eligible for export to Taiwan until further
notice. Replacement certificates may be issued for product certified
prior to the date of suspension.
Plants Relisted for Export
Est. 86M, Cargill Meat Solutions, Schuyler, NE is
relisted for export of product with a "Date of Slaughter,
Manufacture or Packing" as entered on FSIS Form 9285-1 of
January 3, 2008, or after. Bill of Lading date (loaded-on-board
date) may be no earlier than January 7, 2008.
Est. 86K, Cargill Meat Solutions, Dodge City, KS is
relisted for export of product with a "Date of Slaughter,
Manufacture or Packing" as entered on FSIS Form 9285-1 of
January 4, 2008, or after. Bill of Lading date (loaded-on-board
date) may be no earlier than January 7, 2008.
Est. 969, Swift and Company, Greeley, CO is
relisted for export of
product with a "Date of Slaughter, Manufacture or Packing"
as entered on FSIS Form 9285-1 of December 19, 2007, or after. Bill
of Lading date (loaded-on-board date) may be no earlier than
December 24, 2007.
Est. 969G, Swift and Company, Grand Island, NE is
relisted for
export of product with a "Date of Slaughter, Manufacture or
Packing" as entered on FSIS Form 9285-1 of December 28, 2007,
or after. Bill of Lading date (loaded-on-board date) may be no
earlier than January 3, 2008.
Est. 245L, Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., Lexington, NE
is relisted for
export of product with a "Date of Slaughter, Manufacture or
Packing" as entered on FSIS Form 9285-1 of January 15, 2008, or
after. Bill of Lading date (loaded-on-board date) may be no earlier
than January 17, 2008.
TW-84 (Sep 12,
2008)
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