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Export Requirements for Guatemala |
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GT-31 (Sep 22, 2011)
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Eligible/Ineligible Products
- Eligible
- Poultry and poultry products.
- Red meat and red meat products, including beef and beef
products, beef trim, and tallow.
- Ineligible
- Fresh/frozen poultry derived from birds raised or processed in the following States/Counties are not eligible for export to Guatemala:
Poultry from Missouri, including Polk County, slaughtered on or before March 27, 2011 are eligible. Uncooked/raw poultry and poultry meat products from Polk County, Missouri, derived from birds slaughtered on or after March 28, 2011 to June 1, 2011 are not eligible. Poultry from Missouri, including Polk County slaughtered on or after June 2, 2011 are eligible.*
Poultry from Minnesota, including Wright County, slaughtered from December 28, 2009 to June 27, 2011 are eligible. Uncooked/raw poultry and poultry meat products from Wright County, Minnesota, derived from birds slaughtered on or after June 28, 2011 to August 3, 2011 are not eligible. Poultry from Minnesota, including Wright County slaughtered on or after August 4, 2011 are eligible.
Documentation Requirements
- Red meat and red meat products - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5--Meat and Poultry
Certificate of Wholesomeness.
- Beef and beef products - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export
Certificate of Wholesomeness. The following statements must be included in the "Remarks" section of FSIS
Form 9060-5 or on an FSIS letterhead certificate:
- The beef and beef products were derived from animals that
were born and raised in the United States or were legally imported
in accordance with U.S. import regulations.
- The beef and beef products were not derived from the
following specified risk materials: the 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 of cattle 30 months of age and older, and the tonsils and
distal ileum of the small intestine of any cattle regardless of age.
- The feeding of ruminants with ruminant origin meat-and-bone
meal and greaves is prohibited in the United States.
- The cattle from which the beef and beef products were
obtained were not subjected to a stunning process with a device
injecting compressed air or gas into the cranial cavity, or to a
pithing process.
- Beef tallow for human consumption - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness.
The following statement must be provided in the Remarks section:
"That the maximum content of insoluble impurities of the tallow does not exceed 0.15 percent of its
weight."
- Poultry and Poultry products - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export
Certificate of Wholesomeness.
The following statement must be typed in the
"Remarks" section of FSIS Form 9060-5:
"The birds from which the meat was derived originated from farms located
in a zone free of Newcastle disease and avian influenza as defined by OIE."
Other Requirements
Signature on certificates - All required forms and supplementary statements must be signed by a veterinarian (name,
degree, DVM or equivalent, and the District Number must be indicated following the signature).
Plants Eligible to Export
All Federally inspected establishments are eligible to export to Guatemala.
GT-31 (Sep 22, 2011)
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