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Export Requirements for Colombia
CO-39 (Sep 11, 2008)
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Eligible/Ineligible
Products
- Eligible
- Pork and pork products.
- Protein-free tallow (0.15% maximum insoluble
impurities), products derived from protein-free tallow and
gelatin and collagen exclusively obtained from hides and
skins.
- Poultry and poultry products, except as indicated in
B. Ineligible.
- Uncooked poultry from West Virginia slaughtered on
or after March 12, 2008 is eligible.
- Beef and beef products. The vertebral column
(including the transverse process of the thoracic and
lumbar vertebrae, the wings of the sacrum, and the
vertebrae of the tail) must be removed from animals 30
months of age and older. Also, the meat cannot be derived
from animals imported from Canada for immediate slaughter.
Eligible beef and beef products must be produced under an
approved AMS Export Verification (EV) program for beef to
Colombia. Veal is not subject to an approved EV program;
however, an EV program is necessary if the facility also
handles non-conforming product in which case the EV
program is required to ensure control of the
non-conforming product. Information about the EV program
for Colombia and a list of EV approved establishments can
be obtained from
AMS' Web site.
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
Rendered beef fat is not subject to the EV Program.
- Ineligible
- Goat and sheep and by-products.
- Poultry, poultry products and egg products, from the
States of Idaho and Oregon, effective September 9,
2008.*
Labeling Requirements
- In addition to U.S. labeling requirements, the following
information must appear in Spanish on the carton. If
not in Spanish on the carton, the English text of the label
must be translated into Spanish on the exporter's letterhead
and be presented at the time of importation into Colombia.
- Name of the product
- List of ingredients (if a multi-ingredient product)
- Net weight (in metric units. May be in English only)
- Producer name and address (May be in English only)
- Origin country
- Lot number (May be in English only)
- Expiration date (day/month/year format). (May be in
English only)
- Conditions of storage
- Date of packaging
Packaging
Requirements
- Meat and poultry products must be packaged
according to U.S. requirements.
- Shipping containers must be sealed; commercial
seals are acceptable.
Documentation
Requirements
- Meat and meat products - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5
(7/19/01), Meat and Poultry Certificate of Wholesomeness.
- Poultry and poultry products- Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat
and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness.
Additonally, the following statements must be typed in the
"Remarks" section or provided on an FSIS
letterhead certificate:
- The meat comes from poultry that were hatched and
raised in the United States or Canada. / La carne
procede de aves nacidas, criadas, y cebadas en EE.UU. o
Canadá.
- The United States meets the World Organization for
Animal Health (OIE) standards for avian influenza
surveillance, and the poultry farms have demonstrated
the absence of infection with notifiable avian influenza
through a verifiable system of serological surveillance.
/ EE.UU. cumple con los estándares de la Organización
Mundial de Sanidad Animal (OIE) sobre vigilancia de
influenza aviar y las granjas avícolas han demostrado
la ausencia de infección de influenza aviar notificable
por un sistema verificable de vigilancia serológica.
- The poultry meat or poultry meat products were derived
from a State free of velogenic Newcastle disease and
notifiable avian influenza in poultry (as defined by the
OIE). / La carne de aves de corral o los productos de
carne de aves de corral provienen de un Estado libre de
la enfermedad de Newcastle velogénico y de influenza
aviar notificable en aves de corral (tal como las define
la OIE).
- The poultry meat was derived from federally certified
slaughter and processing facilities operating under the
permanent inspection of the Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS). / La carne de ave se origina en plantas
de sacrificio y procesamiento certificadas federalmente
que operan bajo la inspección permanente del Food
Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
- The conditions of transport, handling, and loading of
the products comply with the hygiene requirements of the
United States, including the necessary precautions to
avoid product contamination. / Las condiciones de
transporte, manipulación y almacenamiento, de los
productos cumplen con los requerimientos de higiene de
EE.UU., incluyendo las precauciones necesarias para
evitar la contaminación del producto.
- The product has been packed and labeled with the
official establishment number of the plant where the
product was processed and officially inspected. / El
producto ha sido empacado y rotulado con el número
oficial de la planta en la cual el producto fue
procesado y oficialmente inspeccionado.
- The meat is fit for human consumption./ La carne es
apta para el consumo humano.
- If cooked, the poultry products have been heat
processed in a manner sufficient to destroy notifiable
avian influenza and velogenic Newcastle disease
viruses by cooking to a core temperature of 70 degrees
C for 5 seconds. / Si son productos de carne cocida,
estos han sido procesados térmicamente de forma
suficiente para destruir los virus de influenza aviar
notificable y de la enfermedad de Newcastle
velogénico, por cocción a una temperatura interna
central de 70 grados C por 5 segundos.
- Rendered Beef Fat - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and
Poultry Certificate of Wholesomeness. Additionally,
the following statements must be typed in the "Remarks"
section of the FSIS Form 9060-5 or provided on FSIS
Letterhead certificate:
- The product consists of de-proteinized fat, and
the content of non soluble impurities does not exceed
0.15% its weight;
- The processing plant that manufactured this
product is under permanent official sanitary
inspection;
- A representative sampling of the product was taken
for microbiological testing with negative results;
- The manufacturing process of this product is
sufficient to destroy pathogenic bacteria, and the
packaging of the product is designed to prevent
contamination; and
- The product doesn't represent any risk for animal
and human health and is used without any restrictions in
the country of origin.
- Pork Lard and/or Pork Tissues - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5,
Meat and Poultry Certificate of Wholesomeness.
Additionally, the following statements must be typed in the
"Remarks" section of the FSIS Form 9060-5 or provided on FSIS
Letterhead certificate:
- The origin country is free from Foot and Mouth
Disease, swine vesicular disease, African swine fever,
Teschen Disease, and hog cholera./EL PAIS DE ORIGEN ES
LIBRE DE AFTOSA, ENFERMEDAD VESICULAR PORCINA, FIEBRE
PORCINA AFRICANA, ENFERMEDAD DE TESCHEN Y COLERA PORCINA.
- The product was obtained from animals born, raised
and fed in the United States or Canada./El PRODUCTO
PROVIENE DE ANIMALES NACIDOS, CRIADOS Y CEBADOS EN LOS
ESTADOS UNIDOS O CANADA.
- The slaughtered animals came from holdings that
are not under official quarantine or restrictive
movement of animals for control or eradication of
livestock diseases affecting swine./LOS ANIMALES
SACRIFICADOS PROVINIERON DE ESTABLECIMIENTOS QUE NO
ESTAN EN CUARENTENA OFICIAL O RESTRINGIDOS EN EL
MOVIMIENTO DE ANIMALES PARA CONTROL O ERRADICACION DE
ENFERMEDADES PECUARIAS QUE AFECTEN A LOS PORCINOS.
- The product was obtained from animals given both
ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection and found that
they were in good health conditions./El PRODUCTO SE
OBTUVO DE ANIMALES QUE RECIBIERON INSPECCION ANTE-MORTEM
Y POST-MORTEM Y EN AMBOS SE HALLO QUE ESTABAN EN BUENAS
CONDICIONES DE SALUD.
- The product was produced in a process whose
temperatures exceed 100 degrees Celsius./EL PRODUCTO SE
PROCESO A TEMPERATURAS QUE EXCEDEN 100 GRADOS
CENTIGRADOS.
- The processing plant is under official sanitary
control./LA PLANTA DE PROCESAMIENTO ESTA BAJO CONTROL
SANITARIO OFICIAL.
- Microbiological tests done on dehydrated
representative samples of the product showed negative to
pathogens./LAS PRUEBAS MICROBIOLOGICAS HECHAS A MUESTRAS
REPRESENTATIVAS DESHIDRATADAS DEL PRODUCTO FUERON
NEGATIVAS A PATOGENOS.
- This product is consumed without restrictions in
the exporting country and therefore it does not
represent a risk (of infection) for human and animal
health./ESTE PRODUCTO SE CONSUME SIN RESTRICCIONES EN EL
PAIS EXPORTADOR Y POR LO TANTO, NO REPRESENTA UN RIESGO
(DE INFECCION) PARA LA SALUD HUMANA Y ANIMAL.
A Spanish translation of these statements must
also accompany the health certificate.
- Pork Casings - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-7, Animal Casings
Export Certificate for Countries Requiring Ante-mortem,
Post-mortem, and Fit for Human Food Statements.
Additionally, a FSIS Letterhead Certificate must accompany the
product certifying the following:
- The pork casings come from animals
slaughtered in the United States / Las tripas
de cerdo provienen de animales sacrificados en
los Estados Unidos.
- The United States is free of Foot-and-Mouth
Disease, Classic Swine Cholera, Porcine
Vesicular Disease, and African swine fever /
Estados Unidos es libre de fiebre Aftosa,
Peste Porcina Clásica, Enfermedad Vesicular
Porcina y Fiebre Porcina Africana.
- The pork casings have been pickled (salted)
for a minimum of 60 days prior to shipping /
Las tripas han estado en salmuera (saladas)
por un mínimo de 60 días antes del embarque.
- The pork casings originate at federally
certified slaughterhouses and processing
plants that operate under continuous
inspection by the Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) / Las tripas se originan en
plantas de sacrificio y procesamiento
certificadas federalmente que operan bajo la
inspección permanente del Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS).
- That the animals have been subject to
ante mortem and post mortem inspection by a
veterinarian from the official animal health
service / Que los animales han sido
sometidos a inspección ante y post mortem
por un médico veterinario del servicio de
sanidad animal official.
- The processing plant is located within
a zone where there has not occurred any
outbreak of infectious disease epidemic that
affects the species in the six (6) months
prior to slaughter / La planta de
procesamiento (o degüello) esta localizada
en una zona donde no ha ocurrido ningún
brote epidémico de enfermedades infecciosas
que afecten la especie, en los (6) meses
anteriores al sacrificio.
- That the manufacturing, packing,
transportation, handling, and storage
processes for the products comply with the
hygiene requirements of the U.S.A. including
the precautions required to prevent
contamination of the product / Que el
proceso de elaboración, empaque, transporte,
manipulación y almacenamiento, de los
productos cumplen con los requerimientos de
higiene de EE.UU., incluyendo las
precauciones necesarias para evitar la
contaminación del producto.
- That the product is fit for human
consumption / Que el producto es apto para
consumo humano.
- The label will contain the FSIS plant
number, and production date / El rotulo
contiene el numero FSIS de la planta y la
fecha de producción.
- The trucks and containers have been
properly washed and disinfected with
approved chemicals as authorized by the official animal
health service of the United States / Se ha
lavado y desinfectado apropiadamente los
camiones y contenedores con productos
autorizados por el servicio oficial de
sanidad animal de los Estados Unidos.
- Fresh/frozen pork and pork meat products - Obtain FSIS
Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of
Wholesomeness. Additionally, the following statements must
be typed in the "Remarks" section of the FSIS Form 9060-5 or
provided on an FSIS letterhead
certificate:
- The meat was derived from animals which were at
least three (3) months in the U.S. or Canada or since
birth in the case of animals less than three months old. /
La carne proviene de animales que han estado al menos tres
(3) meses en los Estados Unidos o Canada, o desde su
nacimiento en caso de animales con menos de 3 meses de
edad.
- The slaughtered animals come from holdings which
are not under official quarantine or restrictive movement
of animals for control or eradication of livestock
diseases. / Los animales sacrificados provienen de
establecimientos que no estan en cuarentena oficial o con
movimiento restringido de animales con el proposito de
controlar o erradicar enfermedades del ganado.
- The means of transport, handling and loading
conditions meet the hygiene requirements of the U.S. / Las
condiciones de manejo, cargue y transporte reunen los
requerimientos higienicos de los Estados Unidos.
- The animals have been slaughtered under hygienic
conditions, and the carcasses have been refrigerated to
2-6 degrees Celsius (32-42 degrees Fahrenheit) prior to
cutting. / Los animales fueron sacrificados en condiciones
higienicas y las canales se refrigeraron a temperaturas
entre 2 y 6 grados centigrados (32-42 grados Fahrenheit)
antes de su procesamiento.
- The meat or meat packages are marked with the
establishment number of the producing establishment. / La
carne o los paquetes estan identificados con el numero del
establecimiento que los produjo.
- The meat was produced according to the U.S.
Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Systems regulation. / La carne se
produjo de acuerdo con las normas del sistema de los
Estados Unidos para la reduccion de patogenos/HACCP
(Analisis de Riesgo y Control de Puntos Criticos).
- The meat was received from the slaughter and
processing of clinically healthy swine, which originate
from premises and localities free from infectious animal
diseases, including swine vesicular disease and African
swine fever. / La carne provino del sacrificio y
procesamiento de cerdos clinicamente sanos que se
originaron en granjas y localidades libres de enfermedades
animales infecciosas, incluidas la enfermedad vesicular
del cerdo y la fiebre porcina africana.
- The products were subject to a freezing process or
other process that guarantees the destruction of the
parasite (Trichinella spiralis). / Los productos fueron
sometidos a proceso de congelamiento u otros procesos que
garantizan la destruccion del parasito (Trichinella
spiralis).
- Beef and beef products - In completing the FSIS Form
9060-6, Application for Export, the following statement must
be included: "The product meets EV requirements for Colombia." Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5,
Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness. The following statements must
be provided on a FSIS
letterhead certificate.
- The United States has an active BSE surveillance
program which meets or exceeds international standards
established by the World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE). / Que los Estados Unidos tiene un programa activo
de vigilancia de EEB que cumple o excede los estandares
internacionales establecidos por la Organizacisn Mundial
de Sanidad Animal (OIE).
- The meat or meat products were derived from
animals that were officially given an ante and post mortem
inspection by Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
inspection officials. / Que la carne y sus productos
fueron derivados de animales que fueron inspeccionados
ante mortem y post mortem por un inspector oficial del
Servicio de Inocuidad e Inspeccisn de los Alimentos
(FSIS).
- The meat or meat products were produced and
handled in a manner which ensures that such products do
not contain and are not contaminated with the following
specified risk materials: for cattle 30 months of age and
older, the brain, skull, eyes, trigeminal ganglia, spinal
cord, vertebral column, and dorsal root ganglia; and for
cattle regardless of age, the tonsils and distal ileum of
the small intestine. / Que la carne y sus productos fueron
producidos y manipulados de manera tal que asegura que
dichos productos no contienen y no han sido contaminados
con los siguientes materiales especmficos de riesgo: para
bovinos de 30 meses de edad y mayores, encifalo, craneo,
ojos, ganglio trigimino, midula espinal, columna vertebral
y ganglios de la ramz dorsal; y para bovinos de cualquier
edad, las ammgdalas y el mleon distal del intestino
pequeqo.
- The meat or meat products were produced and
handled in a manner which ensures that such products do
not contain and are not contaminated with mechanically
separated meat from the skull and vertebral column from
cattle over 30 months of age. / Que la carne y sus
productos fueron producidos y manipulados de manera tal
que asegura que dichos productos no contienen y no han
sido contaminados con carne mecanicamente separada del
craneo y de la columna vertebral de bovinos mayores de 30
meses de edad.
- The meat or meat products were derived from
federally certified slaughter or processing facilities,
operating under the supervision of the FSIS. / Que la
carne y sus productos provienen de plantas de sacrificio o
de procesamiento certificadas por las autoridades
federales, que operan bajo la supervisisn del FSIS.
- The slaughter or processing plant where the meat
was processed has a HACCP system in place. / Que la planta
de sacrificio o de procesamiento donde se process la carne
tiene establecido un Sistema de Analisis de Peligros y
Puntos Crmticos de Control (HACCP).
- The meat or meat products are fit for human
consumption. / Que la carne y sus productos son aptos para
el consumo humano.
- The meat or meat products were packed in
authorized containers bearing the mark of inspection that
includes the number of the facility, and labeled to
include the name of the product, lot number, net weight,
and date of packing. / Que la carne y sus productos fueron
empacados en contenedores autorizados que tienen el sello
de inspeccisn que incluye el nzmero de la planta, y una
etiqueta que incluye el nombre del producto, el nzmero del
lote, el peso neto y la fecha de empaque.
- The meat or meat products are transported in
containers or thermo refrigerated vehicles that are
monitored to assure that they maintain appropriate
refrigerated or frozen temperatures. / Que la carne y sus
productos son transportados en contenedores o vehmculos
termo refrigerados que son monitoreados para asegurar que
se mantienen temperaturas apropiadas de refrigeracisn o de
congelacisn.
- Trucks and containers have been properly washed
and disinfected. / Que los camiones y contenedores han
sido lavados y desinfectados en forma apropiada.
- The feeding of ruminants with ruminant origin
meat-and-bone meal and greaves is prohibited in the United
States, and this prohibition has been effectively
enforced. / Que la alimentacisn de los rumiantes con
harinas de carne y hueso y chicharrones de origen rumiante
esta prohibida en Estados Unidos y esta prohibicisn ha
sido efectivamente implementada.
- The meat or meat products were obtained from
cattle that 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. /
Que la carne y sus productos provienen de bovinos que no
fueron aturdidos antes de ser sacrificados mediante
inyeccisn de aire o gas comprimido en la bsveda craneana,
ni mediante corte de midula.
- The meat or meat products were not derived from
animals imported from Canada for immediate slaughter. /
Que la carne y sus productos no son derivados de animales
importados de Canada para sacrificio inmediato.
- Additional certification requirements:
- The following statement must be provided by
the exporter or agent on company letterhead:
"The containers or transportation vehicles have been washed and disinfected."
- All FSIS export certificates accompanying the
product must be signed by an FSIS veterinarian. The
veterinary degree (DVM or equivalent) must be indicated
after the signature.
Note: An import license may
be required, depending on the product and the point of
entry. Exporters are advised to check with their
importing agent regarding this issue.
Plants Eligible to
Export
At this time, all Federally inspected
establishments are eligible to export to
Colombia.
CO-39 (Sep 10,
2008)
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