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Export Requirements for Trinidad/Tobago
TD-10 (Aug 15, 2008)

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Eligible/Ineligible Products
  1. Eligible
    1. Poultry and poultry meat products.
      1. Giblets cleaned and packed in carcasses or bulk packed are eligible.
    2. Beef and beef products.
  2. Ineligible
    1. Poultry and poultry products from Arkansas, produced on or after May 30, 2008 and on or before June 21, 2008 are ineligible.*

Documentation
  1. Fresh/frozen meat and meat products and poultry and poultry products - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Certificate of Wholesomeness.
    1. For beef and beef products, the following statements should be provided on an FSIS letterhead certificate:
      1. The meat and meat products are derived from cattle that were subject to ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection according to USDA regulations and were slaughtered after Jan 12, 2004.
      2. All cattle are humanely stunned by a method that does not inject air into the cranial cavity.
      3. The beef and beef products were not derived from and do not contain any of the following specified risk materials: brain, skull, eyes, trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, vertebral column (excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the transverse processes of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae and the wings of the sacrum) and dorsal root ganglia, from animals over 30 months of age at the time of slaughter and the tonsils and intestine from pylorus to anus, of all animals regardless of age.
      4. The beef and beef products do not contain any mechanically separated meat or advanced recovery meat.
    2. For poultry and poultry products, the following statement should be provided in the Remarks Section of the FSIS Form 9060-5.

      "The products do not originate from states that are under quarantine restrictions for any OIE list A diseases affecting poultry."

    Note: Trinidad/Tobago requires importers to obtain a valid permit and products to be imported must be approved.  Products may not contain mucous membranes, organs, or parts of the genital system/ intestines, (black gut), spleens, udders, lungs, or other animal parts not commonly sold as food articles.

Plants Eligible to Export

All Federally inspected establishments are eligible to export to Trinidad/Tobago.

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