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Export Requirements for Mexico
MX-181 (Sep 2, 2008)
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Eligible/Ineligible Products
- Eligible Products
- Fresh/frozen meat and meat products including only those beef and beef meat products identified
below.
- Fresh/frozen beef meat and beef meat products,
including bone-in and boneless beef products,
further processed products, tripe, trimmings,
hearts, kidneys, lips, diaphragms, tongue and cheek
meat derived from animals less than 30 months of age
and produced under an approved Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) Export Verification (EV)
program. Veal, bone-in and boneless derived from
animals less than 36 weeks of age 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. Edible tallow and livers may be derived
from animals of any age and do not have to be
produced under the AMS, EV program. Edible beef
plasma and beef blood may be derived from animals of
any age and do not have to be produced under the AMS,
EV program. In some cases, these eligible products
may be limited to specific ports of entry which are
further defined in the Documentation Section. In all
cases producing establishments, with the exception
of veal (as defined above), edible tallow and
livers, and edible beef plasma and beef blood, must
be on an AMS approved list in order to be eligible
to export. In addition, boneless beef (excluding
trimmings), tongue, and tripe imported from
establishments in Canada are eligible for export.
Beef and beef products containing beef imported from
establishments in Australia and New Zealand are also
eligible for export. These imported products must be
processed in U.S. plants with an approved AMD, EV
program for Mexico only if the facility also handles
non-conforming product in which case the EV program
would be required to ensure control of the
non-conforming product. Information about the EV
program 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, 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
- Fresh/frozen sheep meat, carcass and viscera
derived from animals less than 12 months of age and
produced under an AMS EV program.
- Fresh/frozen sheep meat imported from Australia
and New Zealand.
- Fresh/frozen goat meat, carcass and viscera
derived from animals less than 12 months of age and
produced under an AMS EV program
- Canned cooked beef from Brazil.
- Cooked poultry and poultry products.
- Cooked poultry meat, pre-cooked or smoked, whole or cuts.
- Fresh/frozen poultry meat for further processing including mechanically de-boned meat (which may also be cured),
carcass frames, viscera, and offal product.
- Fresh/frozen poultry meat including mechanically de-boned meat (which may also be cured), viscera and offal
product.
- Chicken meat including mechanically de-boned meat and offal in brine.
- Poultry products or products containing poultry
ingredients that have been subjected to a heat
treatment of 60 degrees C for at least 10 minutes
subject to state restrictions indicated in the
Ineligible Products section below.
- Effective July 20, 2007, all restrictions on the
following counties in Texas have been removed:
Gonzales, Guadalupe, Galdwell, Bastrop, Fayette, La
Vaca, De Witt, Karnes, Wilson, Comal and Hays.
- For products from Arkansas only:
Raw/uncooked poultry meat for further processing,
including mechanically separated meat (MSD/MDM) and
only boneless product, chicken and turkey, fresh,
refrigerated/frozen, except products from Washington
County; products should be originated from birds
slaughtered prior to May 10 or after July 14, 2008.
Note for exporter information: the destination plant
in Mexico for raw poultry meat for further
processing must be a TIF plant.
- For products from Arkansas only: Imports of
raw poultry meat originating from other states and
stored in Arkansas are permitted as long as the
storage facilities are not located in Washington
County.
- Ineligible products
- For products from Arkansas: All
Fresh/Refrigerated/Frozen (uncooked/raw) poultry
meat, chicken and turkey, whole, cuts, boneless
and bone-in product from Washington County,
Arkansas. All uncooked/raw poultry meat, chicken
and turkey, whole, cuts, boneless and bone-in
product, if birds were slaughtered between May 10
and July 14. All Fresh/Refrigerated/Frozen
(uncooked/raw) bone-in poultry meat, chicken and
turkey, is also banned.
- Beef meat products containing advanced meat recovery, mechanically separated meat and ground meat.
- Veal imported from Canada.
- Uncooked poultry and poultry products with the exception of those products listed as "Eligible
Products".
Labeling Requirements
- Shipping Container Labels - Bilingual labels are required both by the Mexican Tariff Schedule published
in 1994 on fresh/frozen meat and poultry and was further extended to all boxed product by Article 24 of the
Animal Health Law published June 12, 2002 with an effective date of October 6, 2002. The Mexican Tariff
Schedule requirements do not apply to carcasses and Article 24 does not refer to carcass product. A bilingual
shipping container label is now required for all boxed products with the following information indicated below:
- For fresh/frozen meat and poultry:
- Country of origin (Spanish/English)
- Name, establishment number, and physical location of the producing establishment
(Same as the establishment number identified on the boxes).
- Specific destination¹ - (Suggest using name and city of consignee entered on the
health certificate)
- Name of product (according to the tariff classification) (Spanish/English)
- "Keep Refrigerated" or "Keep Frozen", as applicable (Spanish/English).
Products labeled both "Keep Refrigerated"
and "Keep Frozen" are not permitted by Mexico.
- Net Weight (Metric)¹
- Slaughter date¹ (Use format described for slaughter date as indicated in
DOCUMENTATION)
- Slaughter establishment number¹
- Pack date¹ - (Use format described for packing date as indicated in DOCUMENTATION)
- Lot number¹
- A 3 X 8 cm space so that the stamp of approval or rejection, as appropriate, can be applied
to the box.
¹ = The above information may appear on the label in English only
- This section has been revised to reflect that slaughter dates are no longer required for processed
products. For processed products, include the following. Items a-i are required upon entry into Mexico.
Exporters are advised to check with their importers to see if items j-r apply to the product being
exported.
- Country of origin (Spanish/English)
- Name, establishment number, and physical location of the producing establishment (Same as the
establishment number identified on the boxes).¹
- The importer's name and address¹
- Slaughter establishment number(s)¹
- Processing dates¹ (Use the same format as that described for slaughter and packing dates under
DOCUMENTATION).
- Packing date(s)¹ (Use format described for packing date as indicated in DOCUMENTATION).
- Expiration date¹
- Lot number(s)¹
- Importer's Ministry of Finance Taxation number.
- Name of manufacturer.
- The product's commercial name.
- The trademark of commercial name brand.
- Description of raw material involved.
- Instructions for use and care.
- Product description whenever the product is packed such that it is not visible.
- A generic description in Spanish.
- A generic description in English
¹ The above information can appear in English only.
- This information can be applied using pressure sensitive labels, or may be either printed or stamped
on the box prior to issuance of the export certificate. It is not required that the additional
information be applied in the presence of the official inspection legend. It is considered additional
information to satisfy the labeling requirements of Mexico therefore does not require FSIS sketch
approval if placed on containers with labeling that meets FSIS requirements.
- Though product registry in Mexico has not
been in effect since September 1991, strict
enforcement of mandatory labeling features
occurs. U.S. exporters are advised to work
with an importing agent/representative in
Mexico to assure proper labeling of their
products. Under certain conditions, product
may be allowed entry into Mexico with
labeling deviations. Export certification can
be provided in these situations, however,
exporters requesting certification of product
without the required labeling are responsible
for assuring product entry into Mexico.
- Additional information on labels for food products can be obtained from: Direccion General de Regulacion
Sanitaria de Alimentos, Secretaria de Salud, Donceles 39, Centro, 06000 Mexico, D. F. Phone: 011-52-5-518-3696.
- Prepackaged Products - Prepackaged meat and poultry and meat and poultry products intended for export to Mexico
must comply with Official NOM-51 - General Specifications for Labeling prepackaged Foods and Nonalcoholic
Beverages.
The following mandatory information must appear on the labels of prepackaged products:
- Name of the products.
- List of ingredients.
- Net content.
- Name and address of the manufacturer or company responsible for its manufacture. Imported products
must show the importer's name and address. This information may be applied on prepackaged products in
Mexico after Custom's clearance, but prior to marketing the product.
- Country of origin.
- Batch or lot number.
- Expiration Date - Any special conditions required for preservation must also be indicated if the
validity of the date depends on these conditions. For example, "Keep Frozen",
"Keep refrigerated", etc.
- Nutritional Information - Nutritional information is only mandatory when a qualitative statement is
made regarding a nutritional property.
¹This information must be in Spanish. If other languages are also used, Spanish must be at least of the
same size and typographic proportions and in an equally obvious manner.
Under certain conditions, prepackaged product may be allowed entry into Mexico without the required
labeling. Exporters should consult with their importer to determine the conditions for such exports.
Exporters requesting export certification of prepackaged products without the required labeling are
responsible for assuring correct labeling of the product in Mexico.
- Unscalded beef stomachs. Shipping containers must be prominently marked: "Unscalded Beef Stomachs
for Export to Mexico Only".
- Fresh Pork ham should be labeled "uncured pork ham" or "uncured pork leg" on
labeling for export to Mexico to avoid confusion of the term "fresh" with the common meaning of
"chilled."
Documentation Requirements
- Meat/Poultry
- Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5 - Export Certificate of Wholesomeness.
This certificate is accepted by the Mexican Department of
Health as a certificate of free sale for U.S. processed meat
and poultry products.
- FSIS Form 9060-5 shall include the species of livestock
from which the product was derived. If not already part
of the product name, this information should be placed
in parentheses immediately preceding the name of the product
in the "PRODUCT AS LABELED" column.
- Mexico requires that the "PRODUCT EXPORTED FROM:" column of FSIS Form 9060-5
identify both the city and state location of the exporting plant.
- The importer must obtain a license/permit from the Mexican
Department of Commerce for importation of meat and poultry
products. Appropriate labeling and processing requirements
will be included with this permit.
- Slaughter, Packing and Processing Dates: The exporter is
required to provide slaughter and packing dates for all fresh/frozen
meat and poultry and all meat and poultry products with the
exception of cooked and processed product. Slaughter dates
are not required for cooked or processed products; however,
packing and processing dates are required for cooked or processed
products. The dates should be entered in the "Remarks"
section of FSIS Form 9060-5. The date should be in the day/month/year
(dd/mm/yyyy) format. For example, "Slaughter dates 15-03-2001
to 15-04-2001" would indicate a slaughter date range
of March 15, 2001 to April 15, 2001. "Packing dates 18-04-2001
to 23-04-2001" would include a packing date range from
April 18, 2001 to April 23, 2001. Date ranges are acceptable.
- Lot numbers must be typed in the "Remarks" section
of FSIS Form 9060-5. For example, "Lot No. 25" would
indicate a single lot; "Lot nos. 14-25" would indicate
sequential lot numbers 14 through 25; and "Lot nos. 14,22,17"
would indicate non-sequential lot numbers, 14, 22, and 17.
Lot numbers are designated by the shipper and can be any unique
identifier for the lot.
- Expiration date (plant and product determined) is required
to be typed in the "Remarks" section of FSIS Form
9060-5 for all cooked meat and poultry products.
- As of January 28, 2005, shipments of frozen chicken leg
quarters and edible animal offal products will not be allowed
to enter Mexico at the Reynosa border crossing.
- Additional statements for all poultry products:
- For cooked poultry meat, pre-cooked or smoked, whole
or cut, as described under "Eligible Products",
the following must be typed in the "Remarks"
section of FSIS Form 9060-5, or on a letterhead
certificate:*
- "That the product originates from the country
indicated in this document.
- That it comes from healthy animals inspected
ante and post mortem in establishments under official
control.
- The product is free of Velogenic Newcastle disease.
- The raw materials were submitted to a cooking
process not less than 60 degrees Celcius for not less
than 10 minutes or a pasteurization or commercial
sterilization indicating temperature and time or that
the product was subject to a cooking process reaching
an internal temperature of not less than 68 degrees
Celcius."
- That in the elaboration of the product no
proteins of ruminant origin except milk and milk
proteins were used."
- For cooked poultry meat, pre-cooked or smoked, whole
or cut, derived from Canada, a copy of the health
certificate issued by Canada must accompany the shipments.
In addition, at the exporter's request, CFIA will issue an Annex A-12 that
will include the following certification statements which are also required
by Mexico:
- "Canada is the country of origin of the
product.
- The product comes from healthy animals inspected
ante and post mortem in establishments under official
control.
- Canada is free of Velogenic Newcastle disease.
- The product was subjected to a cooking process
at a temperature of no less than 60 degrees Celcius
for a minimum of 10 minutes or a pasteurization or
commercial sterilization -----------1 or
that the product was subject to a cooking process
reaching an internal temperature of not less than
68 degrees Celcius."
1 Indicate the time in minutes and the temperature
in degree Celicius at which the products were cooked.
The FSIS Form 9060-5 accompanying this product must include the
statements provided by CFIA on the Annex A-12. These statements may be provided
in the "Remarks" section. In addition, the FSIS Form 9060-5
accompanying the product must include the following statement in the "Remarks"
Section:
"This product was derived from Canada."
- For raw poultry meat, carcass, mechanically de-boned
meat (which also may be cured), viscera and offal product,
including meat for further processing, as defined under
"Eligible Products", the following statements
must be included in the "Remarks" section of
FSIS Form 9060-5, or on a letterhead
certificate:
- "That the product originates from the country
indicated in this document.
- That it comes from healthy animals inspected
ante and post mortem in establishments under official
control.
- The United States is free of Velogenic Newcastle
Disease.
- That the product has been approved for human
consumption.
- That the product comes from flocks/farms from
which 59 serological samples have been taken and tested
for avian influenza using the double Agar Gel Immunodiffusion
(AGID) test or the ELISA test according to OIE standards,
with negative results to AI or that the flock and/or
farm of origin is registered in the National Poultry
Improvement Plan.
- The product does not come from birds and storage
facilities originating in or coming from
Washington County, Arkansas.
- That the product is freely transported and marketed
within the United States.
- During slaughter and processing, this meat was
not mixed with birds, meat, offal or viscera, which
had not met the foregoing requirements.
- That the product has been packed in new boxes.
- That the vehicles and containers that
transport the meat, offal or viscera were cleaned
and disinfected previous to the shipment." (Note:
See Section A.8. for further instructions.)
- For chicken meat in brine, as described under "Eligible
Products", the following must be typed in the "Remarks"
section of FSIS Form 9060-5, or on a FSIS letterhead
certificate:
- "That the product originates from the country
indicated in this document.
- That the product comes from healthy animals
inspected ante and post mortem in establishments under
official control.
- The process of elaboration specifying the additives
used and quantities are attached.
- That the product is freely transported and marketed
within the United States.
- The United States is free of Velogenic Newcastle
Disease.
- That the product comes from flocks/farms from
which 59 serological samples have been taken and tested
for avian influenza using the double Agar Gel Immunodiffusion
(AGID) test or the ELISA test according to OIE standards,
with negative results to AI or that the flock and/or
farm of origin is registered in the National Poultry
Improvement Plan.
- That the product was packed in new boxes.
- That the trucks and containers where meat is
transported have been cleaned and disinfected previous
to shipment. (Note: See Section A.8. for further
instructions.)
- That the product comes from a plant approved
by SAGARPA."
NOTE: The packages of the product should
indicate the processing plant of origin, date of processing,
and expiration date.
- The avian influenza statement is required for all raw
poultry presented for importation on or after April 1,
2006. The exporter must indicate in in Block 14 of the
FSIS 9060-6 that "the product comes from flocks/farms
from which 59 serological samples were taken and tested
for AI using the double Agar Gel Immunodiffusion (AGID)
test or the ELISA test with negative results" or
"the flock/farm of origin is registered in the National
Poultry Improvement Plan". NPIP registered complexes
can be obtained from the following website:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/poultry/downloads/npip_exporters.pdf.
Two listings are provided (broilers and turkeys) on the
website. Each listing is organized by State, Plant Number
and NPIP Number. Questions about a listing should be be
directed to NPIP at (770) 922-3496.
- Certification required for all raw poultry by company veterinarian
- A veterinarian employed by the establishment or corporation
must certify on company letterhead that trucks and containers
used to transport raw poultry product to Mexico have been
cleaned and disinfected:
"Trucks and plastic containers have been cleaned
and disinfected"
Note: The veterinarian employed by the establishment
or corporation must sign the letterhead certificate issued
by the company. The veterinarian may be a veterinarian employed
directly by the establishment or corporation or any other
private sector veterinarian hired or contracted for the service
and need not be located at or associated with an FSIS inspected
establishment. This veterinarian should NOT be employed by
FSIS. The letterhead certification can be based on direct
observation or on assurances from the requesting plant. The
letterhead certification applies to the vehicle carrying the
product from the slaughter or processing plant to the Mexican
border or to any U.S. cold storage facility which may then
forward such product to Mexico. Mexican authorities will perform
visual inspection to assure that containers carrying the product
are new and/or clean. Mexican authorities may document violations.
In some instances, this certification is required on the FSIS
Form 9060-5 or on the letterhead certificate accompanying
the product. In this case, the company letterhead must be
presented to the FSIS inspection official in order for the
statement to be included on the export certificate.
- Additional statements for all fresh/frozen and processed
products derived from ruminant animals (e.g., bovine, ovine,
or caprine. The following statements must be typed in the
"Remarks" section of FSIS 9060-5 or on a letterhead
certificate:
- The animals from which the product was obtained
were not fed ruminant origin meat and bone meal.
- In the country of origin, there are animal health
regulations that forbid the feeding of ruminant origin
meat and bone meal to ruminant animals. Note:
The above statements can be made based on FDA feed regulations
which prohibit the feeding of ruminant origin meat and
bone meal to ruminants.
- Additional statement for all meat products (not required
for poultry products):
"The meat is fit for human consumption"
- Additional statements for all beef products certified by
FSIS:
- For bone-in beef and bone-in beef products derived from
animals less than 30 months of age, if the slaughter establishment
and all subsequent processing establishments are on AMS'
list of "EV for Mexico" approved establishments
and the export applicant certifies on FSIS Form 9060-6 that "The product
was produced under a Export Verification (EV) program
that was audited and approved by the United States Department
of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service",
the following statements should be provided on an FSIS
letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S. establishments
can be found at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm. Also, this
product is only authorized to enter Mexico at the following
ports of entry: Agua Prieta, Son.; Cd. Camargo, Tamps.;
Cd. Juarez, Chih.; Cd. Reynosa, Tamps.; Colombia, N.L.;
Lazaro Cardenas, Mich.; Manzanillo, Col.; Matamoros, Tamps.;
Mazatlán, Sin.; Mexicali, B.C.; Nogales, Son.;
Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.; Piedras Negras, Coah.; Puerto Morelos,
Q.Roo.; San Luis Rio Colorado, Son.; Tijuana, B.C.; Tuxpan,
Ver.; and Veracruz, Ver.
- That the product is of U.S. origin from plants
approved by the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock,
Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations authorized
by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
and are dedicated exclusively to the slaughter of
animals under the age of 30 months or that the plant
has acceptable procedures for complete segregation
that permits the official from USDA to identify and
select the products to be exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals of
less than 30 months of age, determined by means of
records that demonstrate the age or through the postmortem
inspection in which it must be verified that the animals
from which the product was obtained have two incisive
permanent teeth or less.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exists animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal and greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were not stunned before slaughtering by means
of compressed air or gas injection in the cranial
cavity or cutting of the spinal cord (by laceration
of the central nervous tissue by means of introducing
a sharp cutting instrument into the cranial cavity).
- That from the slaughtered bovines from where
the product was obtained the risk materials (brain,
eyes, spinal cord, skull, tonsils and small intestine)
were eliminated.
- That the spinal cord was eliminated from the
carcass employing a method approved by the United
States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS).
- That the product to be exported does not contain
meat (trimmings), meat from advanced meat recovery,
mechanically separated meat, nor ground meat.
- That the product is fit for human consumption.
- That the product comes from ruminants slaughtered
after February 1, 2006.
- For boneless beef and boneless beef products derived
from animals less than 30 months of age, if the slaughter
establishment and all subsequent processing establishments
are on AMS' list of "EV for Mexico" approved
establishments and the export applicant certifies on
FSIS Form 9060-6 that
"The product was produced under a Export Verification
(EV) program that was audited and approved by the United
States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing
Service", the following statements should be provided
on an FSIS letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S. establishments
can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
Also, this product is only authorized to enter Mexico
at the following ports of entry: Agua Prieta, Son.; Cd.
Juarez, Chih.; Cd. Reynosa, Tamps.; Colombia, N.L.; Manzanillo,
Col; Matamoros, Tamps.; Mexicali, B.C.; Nogales, Son.;
Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.; Piedras Negras, Coah.; Puerto Morelos,
Q. Roo.; San Luis Rio Colorado, Son.; Tijuana, B.C.; and
Tuxpan, Ver.
- "That the product is of U.S. origin from
plants approved by the Secretariat of Agriculture,
Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations authorized
by the Department of Agriculture of the United States
(USDA) and are dedicated exclusively to the slaughter
of animals under the age of 30 months or that the
plant has acceptable procedures for complete segregation
that permits the official from USDA to identify and
select the products to be exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 30 months of age, determined by means of records
that demonstrate the age or through the postmortem
inspection in which it must be verified that the animals
from which the product was obtained have two incisive
permanent teeth or less.
- That In the country of origin of the product
there exists animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal and greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from with the product was obtained
were not stunned by means of gas injection in the
cranial cavity or cutting of the spinal cord (by laceration
of the central nervous tissue by means of introducing
a sharp cutting instrument in the cranial cavity).
- That from the slaughtered ruminants from where
the product was obtained, the specific risk materials
(tonsils and small intestine) were eliminated.
- That the product to be exported does not contain
advanced meat recovery, mechanically separated meat
nor ground meat.
- That the meat used in the elaboration of the
product comes from ruminants slaughtered on or after
March 5, 2004.
- That the product was submitted to a deboning
process."
- For boneless beef and boneless beef products (excluding
trimmings) derived from Canada, a copy of the health certificate
issued by Canada must accompany the shipments. In addition,
at the exporter's request, CFIA will issue an Annex A-9
that will include the following certification statements
which are also required by Mexico:
- "The product originated from Canada from establishments
approved by the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock,
Rural Development, Fish and Food.
- the animals from which the product was obtained,
were slaughtered at a CFIA inspected facility
that either slaughters only animals under 30 months
of age or has acceptable procedures of complete
segregation, that allow the CFIA official to identify
the products eligible for export.
- the product was obtained from animals less than
30 months of age, determined by means of records
that demonstrate the age or through the postmortem
inspection in which it must be verified that the
animals from which the product was obtained have
two incisive permanent teeth or less.
- in Canada there are animal health regulations
in force that prohibit the feeding of ruminants
with meat and bone meal and greaves of ruminant
origin.
- the animals from which the product was obtained
were not stunned by means of gas injection in
the cranial cavity or cutting of the spinal cord
(by laceration of the central nervous tissue by
means of introducing a sharp cutting instrument
in the cranial cavity).
- the product was submitted to a deboning process.
OR
- may contain beef legally imported from Australia
or New Zealand and originated from establishments
approved by the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock,
Rural Development, Fish and Food."
The FSIS Form 9060-5 accompanying this product must include
the statements provided by CFIA on the Annex A-9. These statements may be
provided in the “Remarks” section or on an FSIS
letterhead certificate.
This product is authorized to enter Mexico at the following
ports of entry: Tuxpan, Veracruz; Puerto Morelos, Q.Roo.;
Nogales, Son.; Manzanillo, Col.; Mexicali, B.C.; Nuevo
Laredo, Tamps.; Cd. Reynosa, Tamps.; San Luis Rio Colorado,
Son.; Tijuana, B.C.; Colombia, N.L.; Cd. Juarez, Chih.;
and Matamoros, Tamp.
- For prepared beef products derived from animals less
than 30 months of age, if the slaughter establishment
and all subsequent processing establishments are on AMS'
list of "EV for Mexico" approved establishments
and the export applicant certifies on FSIS Form 9060-6 that "The product
was produced under a Export Verification (EV) program
that was audited and approved by the United States Department
of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service",
the following statements should be provided on an FSIS
letterhead certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S.
establishments can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
- "That the product is of origin from the
country indicated in this document.
- That the product is approved for human consumption.
- That the meat used in the elaboration of the
product is of the origin from the country indicated
in this document as the origin.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations authorized
by the Department of Agriculture of the United States
(USDA) and are dedicated exclusively to the slaughter
of animals under the age of 30 months or that the
plant has acceptable procedures for complete segregation
that permits the official from USDA to identify and
select the products to be exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 30 months of age, determined by means of records
that demonstrate the age or through the postmortem
inspection in which it must be verified that the animals
from which the product was obtained have two incisive
permanent teeth or less.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exists animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the bovines from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection
in the cranial cavity or cutting of the spinal cord
(by laceration of the central nervous tissue by means
of introducing a sharp cutting instrument in the cranial
cavity), or that the meat used in the elaboration
of the product was legally imported from Australia
or New Zealand.
- That in the elaboration of the product to be
exported does not contain meat from advanced meat
recovery, mechanically separated meat and ground meat.
- That from the slaughtered ruminants from where
the product was obtained, the specific risk materials
(tonsils and small intestine) were eliminated.
- That the raw material of ruminant origin used
in the elaboration of the products do not correspond
to specific risk materials (tonsils and small
intestine).
- That the product was processed at an establishment
under official control.
- That the meat used in the elaboration of the
product comes from ruminants slaughtered on or after
March 5, 2004."
- For prepared beef products (marinated or others) derived
from animals less than 30 months of age, if the slaughter
establishment and all subsequent processing establishments
are on AMS' list of "EV for Mexico" approved
establishments and the export applicant certifies on
FSIS Form 9060-6 that
"The product was produced under a Export Verification
(EV) program that was audited and approved by the United
States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing
Service", the following statements should be provided
on an FSIS letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S. establishments
can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
Also, this product is only authorized to enter Mexico
at the following ports of entry: Agua Prieta, Son.; Cd.
Juarez, Chih.; Cd. Reynosa, Tamps.; Colombia, N.L.; Manzanillo,
Col.; Mexicali, B.C.; Nogales, Son.; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.;
Piedras Negras, Coah.; Puerto Morelos, Q. Roo.; San Luis
Rio Colorado, Son.; Tijuana, B.C.; and Tuxpan, Ver.
- "That the raw material used to elaborate
the product is of U.S. origin from plants approved
by the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural
Development, Fisheries and Food.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations authorized
by the Department of Agriculture of the United States
(USDA) and are dedicated exclusively to the slaughter
of animals under the age of 30 months or that the
plant has acceptable procedures for complete segregation
that permits the official from USDA to identify and
select the products to be exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 30 months of age, determined by means of records
that demonstrate the age or through the postmortem
inspection in which it must be verified that the animals
from which the product was obtained have two incisive
permanent teeth or less.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection
in the cranial cavity or cutting of the spinal cord
(by laceration of the central nervous tissue by means
of introducing a sharp cutting instrument in the cranial
cavity).
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exist animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or greaves of ruminant origin.
- That from the slaughtered ruminants from where
the product was obtained, the specific risk materials
(tonsils and small intestine) were eliminated.
- That the product to be exported does not contain
meat from advanced meat recovery, mechanically separated
meat and ground meat.
- That the product was processed at an establishment
authorized by the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock,
Rural Development, Fisheries and Food, to export to
Mexico.
- That the product is distributed and sold freely
in the country of origin or source.
- That the product is approved for human consumption.
- That the meat used in the elaboration of the
product comes from ruminants slaughtered on or after
March 5, 2004."
- For prepared beef products (meat preparations) derived
from animals less than 30 months of age, if the slaughter
establishment and all subsequent processing establishments
are on AMS' list of "EV for Mexico" approved
establishments and the export applicant certifies on FSIS
Form 9060-6 that
"The product was produced under an Export Verification (EV)
program that was audited and approved by the United States
Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing
Service", the following statements should be provided on
an FSIS letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved
U.S. establishments can be found at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm. Also, this
product is only authorized to enter Mexico at the
following ports of entry: Agua Prieta, Son.; Cd. Juarez,
Chih.; Manzanillo, Col.; Matamoros, Tamps.; Mazatlan,
Sin.; Mexicali, B.C.; Nogales, Son.; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.;
Piedras Negras, Coah.; Cd. Reynosa, Tamps.; San Luis Rio
Colorado, Son.; Cd. Hidalgo, Chis.; Tijuana, B.C.; Tuxpan,
Veracruz; Veracrus, Ver.; Lazaro Cardenas, Mich.; Puerto
Morelos, Q.R.; Colombia, N.L.; and Cd. Camargo, Tamps.
- "That the product is from the country of origin
as indicated in this document.
- That the product is approved for human
consumption.
- That the meat used in the elaboration of the
product originates from the country indicated in
this document.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations
authorized by the Department of Agriculture of the
United States (USDA) and are dedicated exclusively
to the slaughter of animals under the age of 30
months or that the plant has acceptable procedures
for complete segregation that permits the official
from USDA to identify and select the products to be
exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 30 months of age, determined by means of
records that demonstrate the age or through the
postmortem inspection in which it must be verified
that the animals from which the product was obtained
have two incisive permanent teeth or less.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exists animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the bovines from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection
in the cranial cavity, or cutting of the spinal cord
by laceration of the central nervous tissue, by
means of introducing a sharp cutting instrument in
the cranial cavity.
- That in the elaboration of the product to be
exported, no ground beef or meat obtained by
advanced meat recovery, nor mechanically separated
meat, was included.
- That from the slaughtered ruminants from where
the raw material was obtained the specific risk
materials (tonsils and small intestine) were
eliminated.
- That the raw materials of ruminant origin used
in the elaboration of the products do not correspond
to specific risk materials (brain, skull, eyes,
trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, vertebral column,
dorsal root ganglia, osseous marrow, tonsils and
small intestine).
- That the product was processed at an
establishment under official control.
- That the raw materials employed in the
elaboration of the products came from ruminants that
were slaughtered after March 5, 2004."
- For prepared beef products (bovine/ovine) derived from
animal less than 30 months of age, if the slaughter establishment
and all subsequent processing establishments are on AMS'
list of "EV for Mexico" approved establishments
and the export applicant certifies on FSIS Form 9060-6 that "The product
was produced under a Export Verification (EV) program
that was audited and approved by the United States Department
of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service",
the following statements should be provided on an FSIS
letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S. establishments
can be found at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
- "That the raw material of animal origin
and the product are of origin from the country indicated
in this document.
- That the product is approved for human consumption.
- That the product was processed at an establishment
under official control.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exist animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations authorized
by the Department of Agriculture of the United States
(USDA) and are dedicated exclusively to the slaughter
of bovines under the age of 30 months and ovine under
the age of 12 months, or that the plant has acceptable
procedures for complete segregation that permits the
official from USDA to identify and select the products
to be exported.
- That the product was obtained from bovines less
than 30 months of age and ovine under the age of 12
months, determined by means of records that demonstrate
the age or through the postmortem inspection in which
it must be verified that the animals from which the
product was obtained have two incisive permanent teeth
or less.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection in
the cranium cavity, or cutting of the spinal cord by
laceration of the central nervous tissue, by means of
introducing a sharp cutting instrument in the cranium
cavity.
- That the slaughtered ruminants from which the
product was obtained, the specific risk materials
(tonsils and small intestine) were eliminated.
- That the raw materials of ruminant origin used in the
elaboration of the products do not correspond to specific risk
materials (tonsils and small intestine).
- That no meat obtained from advanced meat
recovery nor mechanically separated nor ground meat
was employed in the elaboration of the product to
be exported.
- That the meat used in the elaboration of the
product comes from ruminants slaughtered on or after
March 5, 2004."
- For prepared beef products (bovine/porcine) derived
from animals less than 30 months of age, if the slaughter
establishment and all subsequent processing establishments
are on AMS' list of "EV for Mexico" approved
establishments and the export applicant certifies on
FSIS Form 9060-6 that
"The product was produced under a Export Verification
(EV) program that was audited and approved by the United
States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing
Service", the following statements should be provided
on an FSIS letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S. establishments
can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
- "That the product is of origin from the
country indicated in this document.
- That the product is approved for human consumption.
- When the meat used in the elaboration of the
product is originally from the United States or Canada,
the following must be certified:
- That the animals from which the product
was obtained were slaughtered in installations
authorized by the Department of Agriculture of
the United States (USDA) and are dedicated exclusively
to the slaughter of animals under the age of 30
months or that the plant has acceptable procedures
for complete segregation that permits the official
from USDA to identify and select the products
to be exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals
less than 30 months of age, determined by means
of records that demonstrate the age or through
the postmortem inspection in which it must be
verified that the animals from which the product
was obtained have two incisive permanent teeth
or less.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exist animal health regulations in force
that prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat
and bone meal or greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from which the product
was obtained were not stunned by means of gas
injection in the cranial cavity or cutting of
the spinal cord (by laceration of the central
nervous tissue by means of introducing a sharp
cutting instrument in the cranial cavity).
- That from the slaughtered ruminants from
where the product was obtained, the specific risk
materials (tonsils and small intestine) were eliminated.
- That the raw material of ruminant origin
used in the elaboration of the products, do not
correspond to specific risk materials (tonsils
and small intestine).
- That no meat obtained from advanced meat
recovery, mechanically separated meat nor ground
meat was employed.
- That the meat used in the elaboration of the
product comes from ruminants slaughtered on or after
March 5, 2004.
- That the raw material of porcine origin used
in the elaboration of the product is originally from
a country free of classical porcine fever (NOM-037-ZOO-1995).
- That the product was processed at an establishment
under official control."
- For prepared beef products (bovine/porcine/poultry)
derived from animals less than 30 months of age, if the
slaughter establishment and all subsequent processing
establishments are on AMS' list of "EV for Mexico"
approved establishments and the export applicant certifies
on FSIS Form 9060-6 that "The product was produced under a Export Verification
(EV) program that was audited and approved by the United
States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing
Service", the following statements should be provided
on an FSIS letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S. establishments
can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
- "That the raw material of animal origin and
products are from the country of origin indicated in
this document.
- That the product is approved for human consumption.
- That the product was processed at an establishment
under official control.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exist animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations authorized
by the Department of Agriculture of the United States
(USDA) and are dedicated exclusively to the slaughter
of animals under the age of 30 months or that the
plant has acceptable procedures for complete segregation
that permits the official from USDA to identify and
select the products to be exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 30 months of age, determined by means of records
that demonstrate the age or through the postmortem
inspection in which it must be verified that the animals
from which the product was obtained have two incisive
permanent teeth or less.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection in
the cranial cavity, or cutting of the spinal cord by
laceration of the central nervous tissue, by means of
introducing a sharp cutting instrument in the cranial
cavity.
- That from the slaughtered ruminants from where
the product was obtained, the specific risk materials
(tonsils and small intestine) were eliminated.
- The raw materials of ruminant origin used in the elaboration
of the products do not correspond to specific risk materials
(tonsils and small intestine).
- That in the elaboration of the product to be
exported, no ground meat or meat obtained by advanced
meat recovery, nor mechanically separated meat, was
included.
- That the meat used in the elaboration of the
product comes from ruminants slaughtered on or after
March 5, 2004.
- That the country of origin is free of classical
porcine fever (Pestivirus).
- That the country or region of origin is free
of velogenic Newcastle disease and avian influenza,
or, certify that the raw materials of avian origin
with which the product was elaborated were subjected
to a cooking process with a temperature no less than
60 degrees Celsius for a time of no less than 10 minutes
or commercial pasteurization or sterilization indicating
temperatures and times. As an equivalent to this requirement
an internal cooking temperature of no less than 68
degrees Celsius is acceptable."
- For prepared beef sausages derived from animals less
than 30 months of age, if the slaughter establishment and
all subsequent processing establishments are on the AMS'
list of "EV for Mexico" approved establishments and the
export applicant certifies on FSIS Form 9060-6 that "The product was produced
under an Export Verification (EV) program that was audited
and approved by the United States Department of
Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service", the
following statements should be provided on an FSIS
letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S. establishments can be found at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
- "That the product is from the country of origin
as indicated in this document.
- That the product is approved for human
consumption.
- That the product was processed at an
establishment under official control.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exists animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations
authorized by the Department of Agriculture of the
United States (USDA) and are dedicated exclusively
to the slaughter of animals under the age of 30
months or that the plant has acceptable procedures
for complete segregation that permits the official
from USDA to identify and select the products to be
exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 30 months of age, determined by means of
records that demonstrate the age or through the
postmortem inspection in which it must be verified
that the animals from which the product was obtained
have two incisive permanent teeth or less.
- That the bovines from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection
in the cranial cavity, or cutting of the spinal cord
by laceration of the central nervous tissue, by
means of introducing a sharp cutting instrument in
the cranial cavity.
- That from the slaughtered ruminants from where
the raw material was obtained the specific risk
materials (tonsils and small intestine) were
eliminated.
- That the raw materials of ruminant origin used in
the elaboration of the products do not correspond to
specific risk materials (brain, skull, eyes,
trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, vertebral column,
dorsal root ganglia, osseous marrow, tonsils and
small intestine).
- That in the elaboration of the product to be
exported, no ground beef or meat obtained by
advanced meat recovery, nor mechanically separated meat, was
included.
- That the raw materials employed in the
elaboration of the products came from ruminants that
were slaughtered after March 5, 2004."
- For prepared beef sausages (which includes pork)
derived from animals less than 30 months of age, if the
slaughter establishment and all subsequent processing
establishments are on the AMS' list of "EV for Mexico"
approved establishments and the export applicant certifies
on FSIS Form 9060-6 that "The product was produced under an Export
Verification (EV) program that was audited and approved by
the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural
Marketing Service", the following statements should be
provided on an FSIS letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S. establishments can be found at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
- "That the raw material of animal origin and
products are from the country of origin indicated in
this document.
- That the product is approved for human
consumption.
- That the product was processed at an
establishment under official control.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exists animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations
authorized by the Department of Agriculture of the
United States (USDA) and are dedicated exclusively
to the slaughter of animals under the age of 30
months or that the plant has acceptable procedures
for complete segregation that permits the official
from USDA to identify and select the products to be
exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 30 months of age, determined by means of
records that demonstrate the age or through the
postmortem inspection in which it must be verified
that the animals from which the product was obtained
have two incisive permanent teeth or less.
- That the ruminants from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection
in the cranial cavity, or cutting of the spinal cord
by laceration of the central nervous tissue, by
means of introducing a sharp cutting instrument in
the cranial cavity.
- That from the slaughtered ruminants from where
the raw material was obtained the specific risk
materials (tonsils and small intestine) were
eliminated.
- That the raw materials of ruminant origin
used in the elaboration of the products do not
correspond to specific risk materials (brain, skull,
eyes, trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, vertebral
column, dorsal root ganglia, osseous marrow, tonsils
and small intestine).
- That in the elaboration of the product to be
exported, no ground beef or meat obtained by
advanced meat recovery, nor mechanically separated
meat, was included.
- That the raw materials employed in the
elaboration of the products came from ruminants that
were slaughtered after March 5, 2004.
- That the country of origin is free of classical
porcine fever (Pestivirus)."
- For prepared beef sausages (which includes pork and
poultry) derived from animals less than 30 months of age,
if the slaughter establishment and all subsequent
processing establishments are on the AMS list of "EV for
Mexico" approved establishments and the export applicant
certifies on FSIS Form 9060-6 that "The product was produced under an Export
Verification (EV) program that was audited and approved by
the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural
Marketing Service", the following statements should be
provided on an FSIS letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S. establishments can be found at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
- "That the raw material of animal origin and
products are from the country of origin indicated in
this document.
- That the product is approved for human
consumption.
- That the product was processed at an
establishment under official control.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exists animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations
authorized by the Department of Agriculture of the
United States (USDA) and are dedicated exclusively
to the slaughter of animals under the age of 30
months or that the plant has acceptable procedures
for complete segregation that permits the official
from USDA to identify and select the products to be
exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 30 months of age, determined by means of
records that demonstrate the age or through the
postmortem inspection in which it must be verified
that the animals from which the product was obtained
have two incisive permanent teeth or less.
- That the bovines from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection
in the cranial cavity, or cutting of the spinal cord
by laceration of the central nervous tissue, by
means of introducing a sharp cutting instrument in
the cranial cavity.
- That from the slaughtered ruminants from where
the raw material was obtained the specific risk
materials (tonsils and small intestine) were
eliminated.
- That the raw materials of ruminant origin used in
the elaboration of the products do not correspond to
specific risk materials (brain, skull, eyes,
trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, vertebral column,
dorsal root ganglia, osseous marrow, tonsils and
small intestine).
- That in the elaboration of the product to be
exported, no ground beef or meat obtained by advanced meat
recovery, nor mechanically separated meat, was
included.
- That the raw materials employed in the
elaboration of the products came from ruminants that
were slaughtered after March 5, 2004.
- That the country of origin is free of classical
porcine fever (Pestivirus).
- That the country or region of origin is free of velogenic Newcastle Disease.
- That the products of avian origin with which the
product was elaborated were submitted to a cooking
process with a temperature no less than 60 degrees
Celsius for a time of no less than 10 minutes or
commercial pasteurization or sterilization
indicating temperatures and times. As an equivalent
to this requirement an internal cooking temperature
of no less than 68 degrees Celsius is acceptable."
- For prepared dried beef derived
from animals less than 30 months of age, if the slaughter
establishment and all subsequent processing establishments
are on the AMS´ list of "EV for Mexico" approved
establishments and the export applicant certifies on FSIS
Form 9060-6 that
"The product was produced under an Export Verification (EV)
program that was audited and approved by the United State
Department of Agriculture´s Agricultural Marketing
Service", the following statements should be provided on
an FSIS letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S.
establishments can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
- "That the product is
originally from the United States or legally
imported from Australia or New Zealand from plants
approved by the Secretariat of Agriculture,
Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.
- That the product is approved for human consumption.
- That the product was processed at an establishment under official control.
- That the animals from which the
product was obtained at time of inspection were
healthy.
- That the animals from which the
product was obtained were not fed with meat or
bone meal or greaves of ruminant origin.
- That in the country of origin of
the product there exists animal health regulations
in force that prohibit the feeding of ruminants
with meat and bone meal or greaves of ruminant
origin.
- That the bovines from which the
meat raw material to produce the product was
obtained were slaughtered at authorized
establishments by the competent authority that
exclusively slaughters animals under 30 months of
age or that the establishment has acceptable
procedures for complete segregation, that allows
for official personnel of the slaughter
establishment to identify and select products to
be exported.
- That the meat raw material used to
elaborate the product was obtained from bovines
under the age of 30 months determined by records
that demonstrate the age or through postmortem
inspection where it must be demonstrated that the
animals from which the product was obtained have
two incisive permanent teeth or less.
- That the meat raw material used to
elaborate the product was obtained from animals
that were not stunned by means of gas injection in
the cranial cavity or by cutting of the spinal
cord (by laceration of the central nervous tissue,
by means of introducing a sharp instrument in the
cranial cavity).
- That from the slaughtered animals
from which the product was obtained, the following
specific risk materials were eliminated (brain,
cranium, eyes, ganglions, spinal cord, spine,
ganglionic dorsal chain, osseous marrow, tonsils
and small intestine).
- The product to be exported does not
contain meat obtained by advanced meat recovery or
mechanically separated meats.
- That the raw material used in the
elaboration of the product comes from ruminants
slaughtered as of March 5, 2004.
- For beef trimmings derived from animals less than 30
months of age, if the slaughter establishment and all
subsequent processing establishments are on AMS' list
of "EV for Mexico" approved establishments and
the export applicant certifies on FSIS Form 9060-6
that "The product
was produced under a Export Verification (EV) program
that was audited and approved by the United States Department
of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service",
the following statements should be provided on an FSIS
letterhead
certificate. Trimmings must be obtained from animals
slaughtered on or after March 5, 2004. The list of AMS
approved U.S. establishments can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
Also, this product is only authorized to enter Mexico
at the following ports of entry: Cd. Juarez, Chih; Tijuana,
B.C.; Mexicali, B.C.; Nogales, Son.; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.;
Cd. Reynosa, Tamps.; San Luis Rio Colorado, Son.; Tijuana,
B.C.; Colombia, N.L.; Tuxpan, Ver.; Puerto Morelos, Q.R.;
and Manzanillo, Col.
- "That the product is of U.S. origin or
legally imported from Australia or New Zealand from
plants approved by the Secretariat of Agriculture,
Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations authorized
by the Department of Agriculture of the United States
(USDA) and are dedicated exclusively to the slaughter
of animals under the age of 30 months or that the
plant has acceptable procedures for complete segregation
that permits the official from USDA to identify and
select the products to be exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 30 months of age, determined by means of records
that demonstrate the age or through the post-mortem
inspection in which it must be verified that the animals
from which the product was obtained have two incisive
permanent teeth or less.
- That the product was obtained exclusively from
muscle meat and or associated tissue.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exist animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or with greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection
in the cranial cavity, or cutting of the spinal cord
by laceration of the central nervous tissue by means
of introducing a sharp cutting instrument in the cranial
cavity.
- That the product to be exported does not contain
meat from advanced meat recovery, mechanically separated
meat and ground meat."
- For beef hearts and kidneys derived from animals less
than 30 months of age, if the slaughter establishment
and all subsequent processing establishments are on AMS'
list of "EV for Mexico" approved establishments
and the export applicant certifies on FSIS Form 9060-6
that "The product
was produced under a Export Verification (EV) program
that was audited and approved by the United States Department
of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service",
the following statements should be provided on an FSIS
letterhead
certificate. Hearts and kidneys must be obtained from
animals slaughtered on or after March 5, 2004. The list
of AMS approved U.S. establishments can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
Also, this product is only authorized to enter Mexico
at the following ports of entry: Cd. Juarez, Chih.; Tijuana,
B.C.; Mexicali, B.C.; Nogales, Son.; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.;
Cd. Reynosa, Tamps.; San Luis Rio Colorado, Son.; Tijuana,
B.C.; Colombia, N.L.; Tuxpan, Ver.; Puerto Morelos, Q.R.;
and Manzanillo, Col. Frozen beef hearts and kidneys will
not be allowed to enter Mexico at the Reynosa border crossing.
- "That the product is of U.S. origin or
legally imported from Australia or New Zealand from
plants approved by the Secretariat of Agriculture,
Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations authorized
by the Department of Agriculture of the United States
(USDA) and are dedicated exclusively to the slaughter
of animals under the age of 30 months or that the
plant has acceptable procedures for complete segregation
that permits the official from USDA to identify and
select the products to be exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 30 months of age, determined by means of records
that demonstrate the age or through the post-mortem
inspection in which it must be verified that the animals
from which the product was obtained have two incisive
permanent teeth or less.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exist animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or with greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection
in the cranial cavity, or cutting of the spinal cord
by laceration of the central nervous tissue by means
of introducing a sharp cutting instrument in the cranial
cavity.
- For offal products (lips, diaphragms, tongue, and/or
cheek meat) derived from animals less than 30 months of
age, if the slaughter establishment and all subsequent
processing establishments are on AMS' list of "EV
for Mexico" approved establishments and the export
applicant certifies on FSIS Form 9060-6
that "The product was produced
under a Export Verification (EV) program that was audited
and approved by the United States Department of Agriculture's
Agricultural Marketing Service", the following statements
should be provided on an FSIS letterhead
certificate. Offal products (lips, diaphragm, tongue,
and/or cheek meat) must be obtained from animals slaughtered
on or after March 5, 2004. The list of AMS approved U.S.
establishments can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
Also, this product is only authorized to enter Mexico
at the following ports of entry: Cd. Juarez, Chih.; Tijuana,
B.C.; Mexicali, B.C.; Nogales, Son.; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.;
Cd. Reynosa, Tamps.; San Luis Rio Colorado, Son.; Colombia,
N.L.; Tuxpan, Ver.; Puerto Morelos, Q.R.; Manzanillo,
Col.; Agua Prieta, Son.; Matamoros, Tamps.; and Piedras
Negras, Coahuila. Frozen offal products will not be allowed
to enter Mexico at the Reynosa border crossing.
- "That the product is of U.S. origin or
legally imported from Australia or New Zealand from
plants approved by the Secretariat of Agriculture,
Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations authorized
by the Department of Agriculture of the United States
(USDA) and are dedicated exclusively to the slaughter
of animals under the age of 30 months or that the
plant has acceptable procedures for complete segregation
that permits the official from USDA to identify and
select the products to be exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 30 months of age, determined by means of records
that demonstrate the age or through the post-mortem
inspection in which it must be verified that the animals
from which the product was obtained have two incisive
permanent teeth or less.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exist animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or with greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection
in the cranial cavity, or cutting of the spinal cord
by laceration of the central nervous tissue by means
of introducing a sharp cutting instrument in the cranial
cavity.
- That the product to be exported does not contain
meat trimmings, meat from advanced meat recovery,
mechanically separated meat and ground meat.
- That the tonsils were removed from the animals
at the moment of slaughter." (Note:
This additional statement is only required for certification
of tongue.)
- For beef tongue and tripe derived from Canada, a copy
of the health certificate issued by Canada must accompany
the shipments. In addition, at the exporter's request,
CFIA will issue an Annex A-10 that will include the following
certification statements which are also required by Mexico:
- "The product originated from Canada from establishments
approved by the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock,
Rural Development, Fish and Food."
- the animals from which the product was obtained,
were slaughtered at a CFIA inspected facility
that either slaughters only animals under 30 months
of age or has acceptable procedures of complete
segregation, that allow the CFIA official to identify
the products eligible for export.
- the product was obtained from animals less than
30 months of age, determined by means of records
that demonstrate the age or through the postmortem
inspection in which it must be verified that the
animals from which the product was obtained have
two incisive permanent teeth or less.
- in Canada there are animal health regulations
in force that prohibit the feeding of ruminants
with meat and bone meal and greaves of ruminant
origin.
- the animals from which the product was obtained
were not stunned by means of gas injection in
the cranial cavity or cutting of the spinal cord
(by laceration of the central nervous tissue by
means of introducing a sharp cutting instrument
in the cranial cavity).
- that, in the case of tongues, the tonsils were
removed from the animals at the time of slaughter.
OR
- may contain beef legally imported from Australia
or New Zealand and originated from establishments
approved by the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock,
Rural Development, Fish and Food.
The FSIS Form 9060-5 accompanying this product must include
the statements provided by CFIA
on the Annex A-10. These statements may be
provided in the “Remarks” section or on an FSIS
letterhead certificate.
This product is authorized to enter Mexico at the following
ports of entry: Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua; Cd. Reynosa, Tamps.;
Colombia, Nuevo Leon; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.; Nogales, Sonora;
Manzanillo, Colima; Mexicali, Baja California; Puerto
Morelos, Q.R.; San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora; Tijuana,
Baja California; Tuxpan, Veracruz; Agua Prieta, Sonora;
Lazaro Cardenas, Mich.; Matamoros, Tamps.; Mazatlán, Sin.;
Piedras Negras, Coahulia; Cd. Camargo, Tamps.; and Veracruz,
Ver.
- For beef livers, the following statements should be
provided on an FSIS letterhead
certificate. Beef livers must be obtained from animals
slaughtered on or after March 5, 2004. Also, this product
is only authorized to enter Mexico at the following ports
of entry: Cd. Juarez, Chih.; Manzanillo, Col.; Mexicali,
B.C.; Nogales, Son.; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.; Cd. Reynosa,
Tamps.; San Luis Rio Colorado, Son.; Tijuana, B.C.; Colombia,
N.L.; Tuxpan, Ver.; and Puerto Morelos, Q.R. Frozen beef
livers will not be allowed to enter Mexico at the Reynosa
border crossing.
- "That the product is of U.S. origin or
legally imported from Australia or New Zealand from
plants approved by the Secretariat of Agriculture,
Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exist animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or with greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection
in the cranial cavity, or cutting of the spinal cord
by laceration of the central nervous tissue by means
of introducing a sharp cutting instrument in the cranial
cavity."
- For tripe derived from animals less than 30 months of
age, if the slaughter establishment and all subsequent
processing establishments are on AMS' list of "EV
for Mexico" approved establishments and the export
applicant certifies on FSIS Form 9060-6
that "The product was produced
under a Export Verification (EV) program that was audited
and approved by the United States Department of Agriculture's
Agricultural Marketing Service", the following statements
should be provided on an FSIS letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S. establishments
can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
This product must be obtained from animals slaughtered
on or after March 5, 2004.
- "That the product is of U.S. origin or
legally imported from Australia or New Zealand from
plants approved by the Secretariat of Agriculture,
Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations authorized
by the Department of Agriculture of the United States
(USDA) and are dedicated exclusively to the slaughter
of animals under the age of 30 months or that the
plant has acceptable procedures for complete segregation
that permits the official from USDA to identify and
select the products to be exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 30 months of age, determined by means of records
that demonstrate the age or through the post-mortem
inspection in which it must be verified that the animals
from which the product was obtained have two incisive
permanent teeth or less.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exist animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or with greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection
in the cranial cavity, or cutting of the spinal cord
by laceration of the central nervous tissue by means
of introducing a sharp cutting instrument in the cranial
cavity."
- For beef tallow for human consumption, protein-free
tallow and its derivatives for industrial use, and protein-free
tallow and its derivatives (not for animal consumption),
the following statements should be provided in the Remarks
section of FSIS Form 9060-5.
- That the product is from the country of origin
indicated in this document.
- That the product comes from slaughterhouses
or rendering plants that are under official control.
- That the maximum content of insoluble impurities
of the tallow do not exceed 0.15 percent of its weight.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exist animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or with greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection
into the cranial cavity or cutting of the spinal cord
(by laceration of the central nervous tissue, by means
of introducing a sharp instrument into the cranial
cavity).
- For veal, bone-in and boneless, derived from animals
less than 36 weeks of age. The slaughter establishment and
all subsequent processing establishments are subject to an
EV program only if the facility also handles
non-conforming product (such as product imported from
Canada) in which case the EV program is required to ensure
control of the non-conforming product. In these cases, the
facility must be on the AMS' list of "EV for Mexico"
approved establishments and the export applicant must
certify on FSIS Form 9060-6
that "The product was produced under an Export
Verification (EV) program that was audited and approved by
the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural
Marketing Service", and the following statements should be
provided on an FSIS
letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S.
establishments can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
Also, this product is only authorized to enter Mexico at
the following ports of entry: Cd. Juarez, Chih.; Tijuana,
B.C.; Mexicali, B.C.; Nogales, Son.; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.;
Cd. Reynosa, Tamps.; San Luis Rio Colorado, Son.; Tijuana,
B.C.; Colombia, N.L.; Tuxpan, Ver.; and Puerto Morelos,
Q.R.
- "That the product is of U.S. origin or
legally imported from Australia or New Zealand from
plants approved by the Secretariat of Agriculture,
Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations authorized
by the Department of Agriculture of the United States
(USDA) and are dedicated exclusively to the slaughter
of animals under the age of 30 months or that the
plant has acceptable procedures for complete segregation
that permits the official from USDA to identify and
select the products to be exported.
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 36 weeks of age, determined by means of records
that demonstrate the age or through the post-mortem
inspection in which it must be verified that the animals
from which the product was obtained had temporary
teeth.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exist animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or with greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were not stunned by means of gas injection
in the cranial cavity, or cutting of the spinal cord
by laceration of the central nervous tissue by means
of introducing a sharp cutting instrument in the cranial
cavity.
- That the tonsils and intestines were removed
from the animals at the moment of slaughter or that
the animals were only fed with milk or milk substitutes.
- That the product to be exported does not contain
ground meat."
- For meat (porcine/poultry) products which may or may not
include cheese based preparations,
the following statements should be provided in the Remarks
section of FSIS Form 9060-5, or on a FSIS Letterhead
Certificate:
- "That the product is from the country of
origin indicated in this document.
- That the product is approved for human consumption.
- That the product was processed in a plant under
official control.
- That in the elaboration of the product no proteins
of ruminant origin except milk and milk proteins were
used.
- That the product was submitted to a cooking
process of a temperature no less than 60 degrees Celsius
for a period of no less than 30 minutes or to a commercial
pasteurization or sterilization indicating time and
temperature.
- The United States is free of Velogenic Newcastle
Disease.
- That the raw material of porcine origin used
in the elaboration of the product originates from
a country free of classical swine fever."
- For edible beef plasma, the following statements should
be provided in the Remarks section of FSIS Form 9060-5.
- "That the product was produced at an establishment
under official control.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exist animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the product was not blended with meals
imported from other countries or derived from other
species.
- That the product was derived from federally
inspected slaughter plants.
- That the product is approved for human consumption."
- For edible beef blood (and parts thereof), the following
statements should be provided in the Remarks section of
FSIS Form 9060-6:
- "That the product was produced at an establishment
under official control.
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exist animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal or greaves of ruminant origin.
- That the product was not blended with meals
imported from other countries or derived from other
species.
- That the product was derived from federally
inspected slaughter plants.
- That the product is approved for human consumption."
- In the case of boneless beef or boneless beef
product imported into the United States from Australia or New
Zealand, the following applies. The establishment is subject
to an EV program only if the facility also handles
non-conforming product in which case the EV program is
required to ensure control of the non-conforming product. In
these cases, the facility must be on the AMS' list of "EV for
Mexico" approved establishments and the export applicant must
certify on FSIS Form 9060-6
that "The product was produced under an Export
Verification (EV) program that was audited and approved by the
United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural
Marketing Service". The list of AMS approved U.S. establishments can be found
at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
- For beef meat derived from Australia, the
following statements should be provided on an FSIS
Letterhead Certificate:
"The product may contain beef legally
imported from Australia that originated from
establishments approved by the Mexican Ministry of
Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fish
and Food."
- For beef meat derived from New Zealand, a
copy of the health certificate issued by New
Zealand must accompany the shipments. In
addition, the following certification
statements must be provided on a FSIS Letterhead
Certificate:
- That the product is from the country
indicated in this document as origin;
- That the product comes from healthy
animals inspected ante and postmortem,
slaughtered at establishments under
official control and is approved by an
official organism as fit for human
consumption;
- That the product comes from plants
approved by the Secretariat of
Agriculture, Livestock, Rural
Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA);
- That the feeding of ruminants with
proteins of ruminant origin is
prohibited in New Zealand;
- That New Zealand is a country free
of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
and scrapie.
The FSIS Form 9060-5 accompanying this
product must include the statements provided
by New Zealand and should be provided in the
"Remarks" section.
In addition, the following statement must be
included in the "Remarks" section of
the FSIS Form 9060-5:
"This product was derived from New
Zealand."
This product is authorized to enter Mexico at
the following ports of entry: Agua Prieta,
Son.; Cd. Juarez, Chih.; Manzanillo, Col.;
Matamoros, Tamps.; Mazatlan, Sin.; Mexicali,
B.C.; Nogales, Son.; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.;
Piedras Negras, Coah.; Cd. Reynosa, Tamps; San
Luis Rio Colorado, Son.; Tijuana, B.C.; Tuxpan,
Ver.; Veracruz, Ver.; Lazaro Cardenas, Mich.;
Puerto Morelos, Q.Roo.; Colombia, N.L.; and Cd.
Camargo, Tamps.
- For canned cooked beef derived from Brazil, a copy of the
health certificate issued by Brazil must accompany the shipment.
The health certificate issued by Brazil must include the following
certification statements:
- "That the meat comes from animals born and
raised in Brazil.
- That the meat comes from animals that were born
after the prohibition of feeding livestock with proteins
derived from ruminants.
- That the meat comes from animals that were fed exclusively
with pastures and that in their feeding animal protein
was never included.
- That the meat was obtained from healthy animals
free of aftous fever and from areas where this disease
has not occurred in the twelve months prior to elaboration
of the product.
- That the product was processed in establishments
under official control.
- That the product was sterilized at a temperature
of at least 79.4 degrees centigrades for 30 minutes."
In addition, the FSIS Form 9060-5 accompanying this product
must include the following statement in the Remarks Section:
"This product was derived from Brazil."
- Additional statements for sheep products.
- For sheep meat, carcass and viscera, with the exception
of sheep offal including heads and hooves, derived from
animals less than 12 months of age, if the slaughter establishment
and all subsequent processing establishments are on AMS'
list of "EV for Mexico" approved establishments
and the export applicant certifies on FSIS Form 9060-6
that "The product
was produced under an Export Verification (EV) program
that was audited and approved by the United States Department
of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service",
the following statements should be provided on an FSIS
letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S. establishments
can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
Also, these products are only authorized to enter Mexico
at the following ports of entry: Mexicali, B.C.; Tijuana,
B.C.; San Luis Rio Colorado, Son.; Nogales, Son.; Cd.
Juarez, Chih.; Colombia, N.L.; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.; Cd.
Reynosa, Tamps.; Tuxpan, Ver.; Puerto Morelos, Q.R.; Manzanillo,
Col.' Agua Prieta, Son.; Piedras Negras, Coah.; and Matamoros,
Tamps.
- "That the product is from the country of
origin indicated in this document;
- That it comes from healthy animals inspected
ante and post mortem in establishments under official
control;
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exists animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal and greaves of ruminant origin;
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations authorized
by the Department of Agriculture of the United States
(USDA) and are dedicated exclusively to the slaughter
of animals under the age of 12 months or that the
plant has acceptable procedures for complete segregation
that permits the official from USDA to identify and
select the products to be exported;
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 12 months of age, determined by means of records
that demonstrate the age or through the post mortem
inspection where the absence of permanent incisive
teeth was verified;
- That the product originated from animals that
have not been stunned by means of gas injection into
the cranial cavity or by cutting of the spinal cord
(by laceration of central nervous tissue by means
of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into
the cranial cavity);
- That the product to be exported does not include
meat trimmings, meat from advanced meat recovery,
mechanically separated meat and ground meat; and
- That the meat contains no visible nervous or
lymphatic tissue."
- For sheep offal, including heads and hooves, derived
from animals less than 12 months of age, if the slaughter
establishment and all subsequent processing establishments
are on AMS' list of "EV for Mexico" approved
establishments and the export applicant certifies on
FSIS Form 9060-6
that
"The product was produced under an Export Verification
(EV) program that was audited and approved by the United
States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing
Service", the following statements should be provided
on an FSIS letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S. establishments
can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
Also, these products are only authorized to enter Mexico
at the following ports of entry: Piedras Negras, Coah.;
Mexicali, B.C.; Tijuana, B.C.; San Luis Rio Colorado,
Son.; Nogales, Son.; Cd. Juarez, Chih.; Colombia, N.L.;
Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.; Tuxpan, Ver.; Puerto Morelos, Q.R.;
Manzanillo, Col.; and Agua Prieta, Son.
- "That the product is from the country of
origin indicated in the document;
- That it comes from healthy animals inspected
ante and post mortem in establishments under official
control;
- That in the country of origin of the product
there exists animal health regulations in force that
prohibit the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone
meal and greaves of ruminant origin;
- That the animals from which the product was
obtained were slaughtered in installations authorized
by the Department of Agriculture of the United States
(USDA) and are dedicated exclusively to the slaughter
of animals under the age of 12 months or that the
plant has acceptable procedures for complete segregation
that permits the official from USDA to identify and
select the products to be exported;
- That the product was obtained from animals less
than 12 months of age, determined by means of records
that demonstrate the age or through the post mortem
inspection where the absence of permanent incisive
teeth was verified;
- That the product originated from animals that
have not been stunned by means of gas injected into
the cranial cavity or by cutting of the spinal cord
(by laceration of central nervous tissue by means
of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into
the cranial cavity); and
- That the product to be exported does not
include meat trimmings, meat from advanced meat
recovery, mechanically separated meat and ground meat."
- For sheep meat derived from Australia, a copy of the
health certificate issued by Australia must accompany the
shipments. In addition, the following certification
statements must be provided by Australia which are required
by Mexico:
- That the product comes from healthy animals
inspected ante and postmortem in establishments
under official control;
- That the product is fit for human consumption;
- That the product originated from Australia from
establishments approved by the Mexican Ministry of
Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries
and Food;
- That the feeding of ruminants with meat of
ruminant origin or meat and bone meal (MBM) is
legally prohibited in Australia in accordance with
OIE guidelines; and
- That Australia is free of Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy (BSE) and Scrapie in accordance with
the guidelines of OIE.
The FSIS Form 9060-5 accompanying this product must include
the statements provided by Australia and should be provided
in the "Remarks" section.
In addition, the following statement must be included in the
"Remarks" section of the FSIS Form 9060-5:
"This product was derived from Australia."
This product is authorized to enter Mexico at the following
ports of entry: Agua Prieta, Son.; Cd. Juarez, Chih.;
Manzanillo, Col.; Matamoros, Tamps.; Mazatlan, Sin.;
Mexicali, B.C.; Nogales, Son.; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.; Piedras
Negras, Coah.; Cd. Reynosa, Tamps.; San Luis Rio Colorado,
Son.; Tijuana, B.C.; Tuxpan, Ver.; Veracruz, Ver.; Lazaro
Cardenas, Mich.; Puerto Morelos, Q.Roo.; Colombia, N.L.; and
Cd. Camargo, Tamps.
- For sheep meat derived from New Zealand, a copy of the
health certificate issued by New Zealand must accompany the
shipments. In addition, the following certification
statements must be typed in the "Remarks" section
of FSIS Form 9060-5 or placed on an FSIS Letterhead
Certificate:
- That the product is from the country
indicated in this document as origin;
- That the product comes from healthy animals
inspected ante and postmortem, slaughtered at
establishments under official control and is
approved by an official authority as fit for human
consumption;
- That the feeding of ruminants with proteins
of ruminant origin is prohibited in New Zealand;
- That the product comes from plants approved by
the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural
Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA); and
- That New Zealand is a country free of Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy and scrapie.
Note: The list of New Zealand establishments
approved by Mexico can be found at http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/animalproducts/registers-lists/country/category-mexico-meat.pdf.
In addition, the following statement must be included in the
"Remarks" section of the FSIS Form 9060-5:
"This product was derived from New Zealand."
This product is authorized to enter Mexico at the following
ports of entry: Agua Prieta, Son.; Cd. Juarez, Chih.;
Manzanillo, Col.; Matamoros, Tamps.; Mazatlan, Sin.;
Mexicali, B.C.; Nogales, Son.; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.; Piedras
Negras, Coah.; Cd. Reynosa, Tamps; San Luis Rio Colorado,
Son.; Tijuana, B.C.; Tuxpan, Ver.; Veracruz, Ver.; Lazaro
Cardenas, Mich.; Puerto Morelos, Q.Roo.; Colombia, N.L.; and
Cd. Camargo, Tamps.
- For goat products derived from animals of 12 months of age
or less, if the slaughter establishment and all subsequent
processing establishments are on AMS' list of "EV for
Mexico" approved establishments and the export applicant
certifies on FSIS Form 9060-6
that "Product was produced under an Export
Verification (EV) program that was audited and approved by
the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural
Marketing Service", the following statements should be
provided on an FSIS letterhead
certificate. The list of AMS approved U.S. establishments
can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/bev.htm.
Also, these products are only authorized to enter Mexico at
the following ports of entry: Mexicali, B.C.; Tijuana, B.C.;
San Luis Rio Colorado, Son.; Nogales, Son.; Cd. Juarez, Chih.;
Colombia, N.L.; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.; Cd. Reynosa, Tamps.;
Tuxpan, Ver.; Puerto Morelos, Q.R.; Manzanillo, Col.; Agua
Prieta, Son.; Cd. Camargo, Tamps.; Lazaro Cardenas, Mich.;
Matamoros, Tamps.; Mazatlán, Sin.; Piedras Negras,
Coah.; and Veracruz, Ver.
- That the product is from the country of origin indicated
in this document;
- That the product comes from healthy animals inspected
ante and postmortem and slaughtered in establishments
under official control;
- That the product comes from a plant approved by
SAGARPA's Animal Health Department for exporting to Mexico;
- That in the country of origin of the product there
exists animal health regulations in force that prohibit
the feeding of ruminants with meat and bone meal and greaves
of ruminant origin;
- That the animals from which the product was obtained
were slaughtered in installations authorized by the Department
of Agriculture of the United States (USDA) and are dedicated
exclusively to the slaughter of animals of 12 months or
less of age or that the plant has acceptable procedures
for complete segregation that permits the official from
USDA to identify and select products to be exported;
- That the product was obtained from animals of 12
months or less of age, determined by means of records
that demonstrate the age or through the post-mortem inspection
where the absence of permanent incisive teeth was verified;
- That the product originated from animals that have
not been stunned by means of gas injection into the cranial
cavity or by cutting of the spinal cord (by laceration
of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped
instrument introduced into the cranial cavity);
- That the product to be exported does not include
meat trimmings, meat from advanced meat recovery, mechanically
separated meat and ground meat; and
- That the meat contains no visible nervous or lymphatic
tissue.
- Additional Statements for Pork Products
- For all pork and products containing pork, the following
statements must be typed in the "Remarks" section
of FSIS Form 9060-5 or provided on an FSIS letterhead
certificate.
- That the product is from the country of origin
as indicated in the document;
- That the product comes from healthy animals
inspected ante and postmortem at establishments under
official control;
- The United States is a country free of classical
swine fever (hog cholera) and vaccination of this
disease is prohibited;
- That the product is approved by the USDA for
human consumption; and
- That the product comes from a plant approved
by SAGARPA's Animal Health Department for exporting
to Mexico.
- For all pork products derived from Canada, a copy of
the health certificate issued by Canada must accompany the
shipments. In addition, the following statements must be
typed in the "Remarks" section of FSIS Form 9060-5 or
provided on an FSIS letterhead certificate:
- That the product is of U.S. origin or legally
imported from Canada, Australia or New Zealand from plants
approved by the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock,
Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.
- That the product comes from healthy animals
inspected ante and postmortem and were slaughtered in an
establishment under official control.
- That the country of origin is free of classical
swine fever.
- That the product is approved for human consumption.
- That the product comes from a plant approved by the
Director General of Animal Health from the Secretariat of
Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and
Food (SAGARPA) to export to Mexico.
This product is authorized to enter Mexico at the
following ports of entry: Agua Prieta, Son.; Cd. Juarez,
Chih.; Manzanillo, Col.; Matamoros,Tamps.; Mazatlan, Six.;
Mexicali, B.C.; Nogales, Son.; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.;
Piedras Negras, Coah.; Cd. Reynosa, Tamps.; San Luis Rio
Colorado, Son.; Cd. Hidalgo, Chiapas; Tijuana, B.C.;
Tuxpan, Ver.; Veracruz, Ver.; Lazaro Cardenas, Mich.;
Puerto Morelos, Q.R.; Colombia, N.L.; and Cd. Camargo,
Tamps.
- For processed pork with cheese and/or other dairy
by-products, the following
statements must be typed in the "Remarks"
section of FSIS Form
9060-5 or provided on an FSIS Letterhead
Certificate:
- That the raw material of animal origin and products are from the country
of origin indicated in this document.
- That the product is fit for human consumption.
- That the product comes from healthy animals inspected ante and postmortem at
establishments under official control.
- That the country of origin is free of classical swine fever (Pestvirus).
- That in the elaboration of the product no proteins of ruminant origin except milk and milk
proteins were used.
- For pork hams with cheese and/or other dairy
by-products, the following
statements must be typed in the "Remarks" secction of FSIS Form
9060-5 or provided on an FSIS Letterhead
Certificate:
- That the raw material of animal origin and products are from the country
of origin indicated in this document.
- That the product is fit for human consumption.
- That the product comes from healthy animals inspected ante and postmortem at
establishments under official control.
- That the country of origin is free of classical swine fever (Pestvirus).
- That in the elaboration of the product no proteins of ruminant origin except milk and milk
proteins were used.
- For pork offal products (including skins), the following
statements must be typed in the "Remarks" section
of FSIS Form 9060-5 or provided on an FSIS letterhead
certificate.
"That the product is originally from the United
States or was legally imported from Australia, New Zealand
or Canada from plants approved by the Secretariat of Agriculture,
Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.
That the product comes from healthy animals inspected
ante and postmortem and slaughtered at establishments
under official control.
That the product is approved by the USDA for human consumption.
That the product comes from a plant approved by SAGARPA's
Animal Health Department for exporting to Mexico.
That the country of origin is free of classical swine
fever or that the product comes from a country that is
free of classical swine fever."
- Statements allowed when product is to be re-exported to
Japan - Upon the request of the exporter, the following information
must be provided either in the "Remarks" section
of FSIS Form 9060-5 or on an FSIS letterhead certificate (which
is signed by the same FSIS Inspector signing the export certificate).
Include the following for all products intended for re-export
to Japan:
"The meat and/or meat products described herein were
processed under sanitary conditions in accordance with laws
and regulations of the United States. The laws and regulations
of the United States have been deemed to be equivalent to
the inspection laws of Japan." Name, address, and establishment
number of the slaughter (If product is quarter, half, or whole
carcass) or processing plant (if packaged product). "Date
(Month/Year) of Slaughter and Inspection," if product
is quarter, half, or whole carcass or "Date (Month/Year)
of Manufacture," if cuts or processed products, i.e.,
pack date Note: Slaughter dates must be identified by the
phase exactly as presented above: "Date (Month/Year)
of Slaughter and Inspection." do not omit "...and
inspection").
- For pork to be re-exported to Japan, also include the
following statement:
"The USA is free of hog cholera; vaccination
against hog cholera is prohibited; and importation of
pigs vaccinated against hog cholera is prohibited."
- For poultry to be re-exported to Japan, also include
the following statement: "
There have been no outbreaks of fowl pest (fowl plague)
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."
- Poultry is restricted for export to Japan from certain
States for specific periods. Certification must be provided
that poultry did not originate from or transit unsealed
through these States during the restricted periods relative
to each affected State. Obtain the appropriate statements
from the Japan
requirements.
- For inedible 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.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ncie/iregs/products/vsavic.pdf.
See FSIS
Notice 17-05 for additional information.
- All export certificates accompanying product to Mexico can
be signed by either an FSIS veterinarian or a food inspector.
Notes:
- FSIS Form 9060-5 shall include the species of livestock
from which the product was derived. If not already part
of the product name, this information should be placed
in parentheses immediately preceding the name of the product
in the "PRODUCT AS LABELED" column.
- Only statements provided in the Mexico Requirements
are authorized to be entered in the "Remarks"
section of FSIS Form 9060-5.
- Mexican customs is requiring that all invoices and country
of origin certificates show full street addresses including
City/State and zip code information. Listing a P.O. Box
number is not acceptable and will result in confiscation
of product. Since FSIS health certificates are considered
country of origin certificates by Mexican inspection officials,
full street addresses should be indicated on the certificates
when issued.
- Product may be detained if the certificate is issued prior to the production date.
- The importer must obtain a license/permit from the Mexican
Department of Commerce for importation of meat and poultry
products. Appropriate labeling and processing requirements
will be included with this permit.
Other Requirements
- Special sanitation emphasis - Establishments that produce meat and poultry and meat and poultry products for
export to Mexico must comply with the following sanitation requirements. Effective immediately, documented controls
should be present in each establishment, assuring that these requirements are met during production for export to Mexico.
- Personnel must wear appropriate outer clothing (e.g., smocks, coveralls, uniforms, etc.) covering any portion
of street clothes which might be exposed to product or product-contact areas.
- Footwear used in the establishment must be clean. This could be accomplished in a number of different ways,
such as:
- dedicating a pair of washable boots solely for use at the plant;
- cleaning and sanitizing footwear before entering the plant;and/or
- other means of assuring clean footwear that is acceptable to the IIC.
- To avoid product contamination, personnel entering any processing area:
- must follow necessary washing and sanitization procedures for hands and footwear; and
- necessary equipment must be available to personnel to accomplish this.
- Wooden pallets and other wooden implements in the plant must be clean and in good condition.
- Sanitizers are required for instruments, e.g., knives, scissors, and other instruments, that are
used:
- at trim stations on the evisceration line; and
- in boning rooms.
- Import Inspection Procedures--Port of Entry.
- Shipments must arrive at a port of entry with available cold storage facilities. The land crossings
are: Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua; Matamoros, Tamaulipas; Mexicali, Baja California; Nogales, Sonora;
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas; Reynosa, Tamaulipas; Tijuana, Baja California. The seaports are: Manzanillo,
Colima; Mazatlán, Sinaloa. Product consigned to TIF plants (federally inspected plants in Mexico) will
have the physical inspection of the product at the TIF plant by the Mexican official stationed there,
rather than at the border. This is only a change in the location of the inspection. It does not influence
the rate of inspection.
- SARH has the authority to approve additional inspection sites in the future, including airports. No
specific airports were named in the original regulation. Importers will need to make arrangements with
the Mexican authorities for approval.
- Product subject to inspection (either under random checks or 100% checks) will be handled at the
discretion of the customs broker or exporter as follows:
- Carcasses
- In the cases where carcasses are transferred from U.S. to Mexican trailers, the
sample will be pulled as the carcasses are being moved.
- 100% of the carcasses can be transferred to U.S. or Mexican cold storage and samples
taken.
- Carcass inspection can be performed in the truck, provided there is adequate space.
Space requirements indicate the shipment needs to be 30 percent less than a full load to
permit inspection in the truck.
- Boxed Product
- The product will be "staged" for import inspection and samples taken.
- In the cases where the boxes are transferred from the U.S. trailers to Mexican
trailers, the sample will be pulled as the product is being moved.
- Import Inspection Procedures--Rate of Inspection.
- 100 percent of all lots will be inspected for documentation, certification of plant
approval, and product authorization.
- Rate of product inspection will be phased in. If a shipment is rejected during
any of these phases, sampling rate returns to Phase 1.
- Phase 1: 100 percent of the first 50 shipments from an approved plant
and/or Custom Broker will be inspected. If no rejections occur, move into
phase 2.
- Phase 2: 50 percent of the next 50 shipments will be inspected. If no
rejections occur, move into phase 3.
- Phase 3: 24 percent of the next 50 shipments will be inspected. If no
rejections occur, move into phase 4.
- Phase 4: 25 percent of subsequent shipments will be inspected on a
random basis.
- Import inspection records have been maintained by the Mexican authorities for
the past 5 months, on a port by port basis. Establishments and/or customs brokers
that have accounted for 2% or more of the shipments into Mexico from January to may,
1994, will receive random inspection immediately (Phase 4. ) Product from any other
establishment/customs broker will be subjected to Phase 1 of the new inspection system.
This data is maintained by the port of entry, so the status of the plant or broker can
vary from port to port.
- Any exporter using a customs broker with a proven track record will automatically
receive random inspection (Phase 4), even if it is the plant's first shipment. However,
if a customs broker brings a shipment in that is rejected, the customs broker, as well as
the supplying plant, loses its "good standing" and returns to Phase 1 of the inspection
system. All product that exports through this customs broker will be subjected to 100%
inspection (Phase 1.) Exporters should be prepared to work with other custom brokers in
the case that their current broker loses its "good standing".
Plants Eligible to Export
- Any federally inspected U.S. meat and poultry plant, and cold storage facility, interested in
exporting to Mexico must submit FSIS Form 9080-3 to the FSIS Office of International Affairs,
Import-Export Programs Staff, (202) 720-0082/fax (202) 720-7990/email
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importexport@fsis.usda.gov.
- The application (FSIS Form 9080-3) should have the following information:
- Establishment Number
- Establishment Name
- Physical Location of Establishment
- Type of Facility (slaughter, processing, boning, cold storage)
- Species (beef, poultry, pork, lamb, etc.)
- Contact Name, telephone number and fax number.
The FSIS Office of International Affairs, Import-Export Programs Staff, will certify these
establishments to Mexican Officials. Product should not be shipped until confirmation of
certification is received from Mexico through the Office of International Affairs,
Import-Export Programs Staff. Upon notification from the Mexican officials of the approval,
these establishments will be added to the current list of active exporters that have been approved
by the Government of Mexico. This list is available through the Export Library or can be
requested from FSIS Technical Service Center at (402) 344-5000.
Issuance of an updated Grant of Inspection does not automatically change the establishment
information on the Mexico approved plant list. When an updated Grant is issued that
indicates an administrative change (name, dba, address, type of operation, or species
changes), a copy of the Grant and a request from the establishment for the change to the
plant list should be faxed to the FSIS, Office of International Affairs, Import-Export
Programs Staff at 202-720-7990 or emailed to importexport@fsis.usda.gov.
Mexico will be notified of the changes. The FSIS list will be updated when
confirmation is received from Mexico.
- Beef, sheep, and goat meat
products, as described under
Eligible Products, must
originate from AMS
EV approved establishments.
- Mexican officials may, on an annual basis, randomly select plants eligible to export to
Mexico for subsequent review.
- Products intended for personal consumption. - Small quantities (10-15 lbs) of hand-carried
meat and poultry products are allowed into Mexico without export certification, provided the product
is in its original packaging and is properly labeled with the USDA inspection legend.
Meat in coolers or not in acceptable packages will be denied entry.
- Deletion of establishments from the eligible list for export to Mexico
- The Government of Mexico has asked FSIS to review the list of establishments that
are eligible for export of meat, poultry or egg products to that country. Presently,
there are 1,532 establishments on the Mexico export list, which is posted on the
FSIS
web site.
- FSIS has conducted a preliminary review of the posted list and has found 166
establishment listings that appear to be obsolete in that they were not identified in
the most recent Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory. See the
attached list.
- Consequently, FSIS proposes to
remove all establishments on the
attached list effective February 26,
2008, unless we are notified
otherwise prior to that date.
Notifications may be sent to the
following e-mail address:
importexport@fsis.usda.gov.
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