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TH-29 (Sep 21, 2012)
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Eligible/Ineligible Products
- Eligible Product
- Fresh/frozen pork and pork products.
- Natural casings, except those derived from ineligible species.
- Fresh/frozen poultry and poultry products.
- Boneless Beef
Plants are required to export boneless beef and processed boneless beef products under an approved Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) BEV program.* Information regarding the AMS USDA Beef
Export Verification program and a list of eligible establishments can be accessed
from
AMS' Web site.
Effective March 19, 2012, a Statement of Verification (SOV) is no longer required as part of the export certification process for Thailand. FSIS inspection personnel will continue to verify the eligibility of the establishment and product. The unique product identification system can be accessed by authorized FSIS inspection personnel from FSIS' Intranet site. Details of the Export Verification program can be accessed from the Export Verification (EV) Programs Additional Requirements page on the AMS' Web site.
If FSIS inspection personnel become aware of concerns that an AMS approved
BEV establishment is not properly executing its BEV 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
The export applicant must certify on the FSIS 9060-6, Application for Export, in
the Remarks section, "The product was produced under a Beef Export Verification
(BEV) program that was audited and approved by the United States Department of
Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service." In addition, slaughter and all
subsequent processing plants must appear on AMS' list of BEV Thailand
approved establishments.
- Heat treated pork products.
- Processed sheep meat products, including cooked products or marinated raw products.
- Ineligible Product
- Unprocessed sheep meat, sheep offal and sheep casings.
- Pork offal
Labeling Requirements
- Meat - All carcasses, meat and offals must
bear the meat inspection legend. Products too small
to be marked, shall be packed in closed containers
bearing the inspection legend.
- Poultry - All poultry and poultry products must be packed in closed
containers bearing the inspection legend.
Documentation Requirements
- Certification Requirements.
- Fresh/Frozen meat and poultry, meat and poultry products, and processed
sheep products - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5 - Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of
Wholesomeness.
- Natural casings- Obtain FSIS Form 9060-18 (08/25/2011) Animal Casing Export
Certificate for Countries Requiring Ante-Mortem, Post Mortem and Sound and
Clean Statements.
- All FSIS certificates must bear the signature and title of an FSIS veterinarian.
- Record the date of processing or packing in the "Remarks" section of
FSIS Form 9060-5.
- The following statement MUST be included in the "Remarks" section of
FSIS Form 9060-5:
"The products were manufactured in accordance with the Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)
regulatory requirement."
- Boneless Beef.
- Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5 and a FSIS
letterhead certificate with the following
certification statements:
- The United States of America (USA) is
free from Rinderpest and Foot-and-Mouth
Disease (FMD) and officially approved by the
Office International des Epizootics (OIE)
for at least 3 (three) years prior to
export.
- The animals received ante and post-mortem
inspection and were found healthy and free
of clinical signs of the following diseases:
tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis, taeniasis, and
bovine cysticercosis.
- The farm(s) or premises of origin have
been free from contagious bovine
pleuropneumonia during the past 12 (twelve)
months preceding the slaughter of the
animals and until the time of export.
- The product was obtained from animals of
U.S. origin or legally imported in
accordance with U.S. import requirements.
- The cattle have received ante and
post-mortem inspections by an FSIS veterinarian
or may be performed by an official FSIS
inspector with appropriate training,
knowledge, skills and abilities.
- The product was obtained from animals
less than 30 (thirty) months of age.
- The product was obtained from animals
which 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 by a pithing process.
- The product contains no specified risk
materials including brain, skull, eyes,
trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, tonsils,
distal ileum, 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.
- The product does not contain meat from
advanced meat recovery and mechanically
separated meat.
- The meat was derived from animals which
received ante and post-mortem inspection.
The meat was not derived from animals that
were suspect or confirmed BSE cases.
- The slaughter, processing, and storage
of the product were from establishment(s)
under federal inspection.
- The meat contains no preservatives,
additives or other substances posing a
harmful risk to human health.
- The meat has been produced according to
a residue and microbiological sampling
program in accordance with USDA regulatory
requirements.
- The meat was produced in accordance with
the FSIS National Residue Program.
- In addition:
- The date(s) of slaughter,
manufacture, or packaging must be
reflected in the Remarks Section of the
FSIS Form 9060-5.
- Each carton must
bear the slaughter or production date
(month, day and year) and must be marked
"Product of USA".
- Each carton must
bear USDA's mark of inspection.
- Each carton must be closed in a manner
whereby tampering would be evident.
- Special Statements for poultry and poultry products - The following
statements must be typed in the remarks section or on a USDA
letterhead certificate certifying that:
- The product was derived from birds
from an establishment that is free from
notifiable avian influenza and exotic
Newcastle disease;
- The birds are born and reared in the United States or have been in the
United States for not less than thirty days;
- The products have been processed in an approved establishment in a
sanitary manner under constant veterinary supervision and derived from
birds that received ante-mortem and post-mortem examination and found free
of disease;
- The products do not contain preservatives, additives, or other
substances at a level harmful to human health;
- The products are fit for human consumption and every precaution has
been taken to prevent contamination prior to export;
- The products have not been stored for more than 3 months; and
- Duck and duck products. The ducks have come from farms free from
Duck Viral Hepatitis and Duck Viral Enteritis for the last 12 months.
- Special Statements for all canned or preserved
meat and poultry products - The following
statements must be typed in the remarks section:
- The canned or preserved meat and poultry
products are heat treated and achieve
commercial sterility (shelf stability) in
accordance with FSIS canning regulations cited
in 9 CFR 318.300 and 381.300.
- Edible Product for Animal Food - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5 and the following statement must be typed on the face of the
certificate: "For Animal Food - For Export to Thailand."
- Processed sheep products: Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5 - Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness.
Record the date of processing or packing in the "Remarks" section of FSIS Form 9060-5. The following
statement MUST be included in the "Remarks" section of FSIS Form 9060-5:
"The products were manufactured in accordance with the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Hazard
Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulatory requirement."
- Information regarding Thailand import permits is outdated and has been
removed.
Plants Eligible to Export
All Federally inspected meat and poultry establishments are eligible to export to Thailand. However, beef products must originate from AMS EV approved establishments.
TH-29 (Sep 21, 2012)
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