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Requirements for Pork Exports To Australia Published Online

Both chilled and frozen pork products can now be exported to Australia. Prior to a decision to allow wider imports earlier this year, the U.S. could export only cooked pork to Australia. The Food Safety And Inspection Service (FSIS) posted the certification requirements necessary to export pork items to Australia in the online Library of Export Requirements today.

Exporters should examine the requirements carefully. Plants will have to develop an appropriate quality assurance program acceptable to FSIS. USMEF is continuing to work through this process with FSIS.

Additionally, exporters should note that USMEF is working with FSIS and the Australian Embassy to clarify several of the certification statements; thus the language currently in the FSIS Library of Export Requirements is subject to change.  USMEF will notify exporters of any changes.

USMEF conducted a market assessment last year (available on disk; contact Molly Penn at mpenn@usmef.org) detailing the market potential. USMEF cooperated with the National Pork Board and the National Pork Producers Council in responses to the pork import risk analysis conducted by the Australian government, which allowed the relaxation of some of Australia’s onerous pork import restrictions. The new Australian quarantine regulations are intended to tighten controls on pork imports, but will allow imports from more countries. Although the new rules should significantly increase U.S. pork exports to Australia, they still prevent pork exports to retailers and restaurants. The remaining Australian restrictions are based on concerns, considered groundless by the U.S., about the transmissibility of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) and Post Weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS).

If you have any questions, please contact Paul Clayton, pclayton@usmef.org, Kevin Smith, ksmith@usmef.org, or Ann Spaeth, aspaeth@usmef.org.

Australia                                                                                    

Requirements for Pork Exports To Australia Published Online

Both chilled and frozen pork products can now be exported to Australia. Prior to a decision to allow wider imports earlier this year, the U.S. could export only cooked pork to Australia. The Food Safety And Inspection Service (FSIS) posted the certification requirements necessary to export pork items to Australia in the online Library of Export Requirements today.

Exporters should examine the requirements carefully. Plants will have to develop an appropriate quality assurance program acceptable to FSIS. USMEF is continuing to work through this process with FSIS.

Additionally, exporters should note that USMEF is working with FSIS and the Australian Embassy to clarify several of the certification statements; thus the language currently in the FSIS Library of Export Requirements is subject to change.  USMEF will notify exporters of any changes.

USMEF conducted a market assessment last year (available on disk; contact Molly Penn at mpenn@usmef.org) detailing the market potential. USMEF cooperated with the National Pork Board and the National Pork Producers Council in responses to the pork import risk analysis conducted by the Australian government, which allowed the relaxation of some of Australia’s onerous pork import restrictions. The new Australian quarantine regulations are intended to tighten controls on pork imports, but will allow imports from more countries. Although the new rules should significantly increase U.S. pork exports to Australia, they still prevent pork exports to retailers and restaurants. The remaining Australian restrictions are based on concerns, considered groundless by the U.S., about the transmissibility of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) and Post Weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS).

If you have any questions, please contact Paul Clayton, pclayton@usmef.org, Kevin Smith, ksmith@usmef.org, or Ann Spaeth, aspaeth@usmef.org.