Export Library Updated for Taiwan: Bone-In Beef Now Eligible
Export Library Updated for Taiwan: Bone-In Beef Now Eligible
Nov. 10, 2009 - The FSIS Library of Export Requirements for Taiwan was updated Monday evening, allowing bone-in beef products slaughtered on or after Nov. 2 to be certified for export. Exporters should take note that these products (as well as deboned beef) must be produced under an approved AMS program for beef to Taiwan. Also note that the Export Library update does not automatically make an individual plant eligible to export bone-in beef. Each facility must receive approval to add bone-in beef to its list of eligible products in order for these cuts to be certified for export.
While bone-in cuts should not have been processed for export to Taiwan prior to Nov. 2, exporters should still carefully follow the guidance issued earlier this week with regard to product segregation. Because the Taiwan government has stressed that the old EV program for Taiwan is no longer valid for cattle slaughtered on or after Nov. 2, export of any products from cattle slaughtered on or around this date must be very carefully managed. In particular, clear segregation must be made between production associated with the old Taiwan EV program and the new Taiwan EV program and the QSA program. On or after Nov. 2, product will not be eligible for export unless produced according to the new Taiwan EV program and the QSA program. But please take note: the effective date for an individual plant is not necessarily Nov. 2 - it is when the facility is approved by AMS for the new EV program and QSA.
Additional guidance includes:
- Product is likely to be rejected or detained if the export certificate indicates a slaughter date range that overlaps Nov. 2, 2009.
- As a temporary market transition measure, U.S. exporters will ship only U.S. deboned and bone-in beef products from cattle less than 30 months of age. AMS has set up a voluntary Quality System Assessment (QSA) Program to verify that beef from participating plants will be from cattle less than 30 months of age.
- Beef derived from cattle imported from Canada that are fed less than 100 days prior to slaughter in the United States is still limited to deboned beef derived from animals less than 30 months of age.
- Bone-in beef from cattle not born and raised in the United States can be eligible, but it must be from cattle raised in the United States for at least 100 days prior to slaughter, or cattle legally imported from a country deemed eligible by Taiwan to export bone-in beef to Taiwan (such as Australia or New Zealand, for example).
Also note that at this point in time, the new program is only effective for de-boned and bone-in muscle cuts. USMEF will provide further updates on additional products as more information becomes available. Please address any immediate questions to Kevin Smith at ksmith@usmef.org or 303-887-3334.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
USMEF complies with all equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action measures applicable to it by contract, government rule or regulation or as otherwise provided by law.
Export Library Updated for Taiwan: Bone-In Beef Now Eligible
Nov. 10, 2009 - The FSIS Library of Export Requirements for Taiwan was updated Monday evening, allowing bone-in beef products slaughtered on or after Nov. 2 to be certified for export. Exporters should take note that these products (as well as deboned beef) must be produced under an approved AMS program for beef to Taiwan. Also note that the Export Library update does not automatically make an individual plant eligible to export bone-in beef. Each facility must receive approval to add bone-in beef to its list of eligible products in order for these cuts to be certified for export.
While bone-in cuts should not have been processed for export to Taiwan prior to Nov. 2, exporters should still carefully follow the guidance issued earlier this week with regard to product segregation. Because the Taiwan government has stressed that the old EV program for Taiwan is no longer valid for cattle slaughtered on or after Nov. 2, export of any products from cattle slaughtered on or around this date must be very carefully managed. In particular, clear segregation must be made between production associated with the old Taiwan EV program and the new Taiwan EV program and the QSA program. On or after Nov. 2, product will not be eligible for export unless produced according to the new Taiwan EV program and the QSA program. But please take note: the effective date for an individual plant is not necessarily Nov. 2 - it is when the facility is approved by AMS for the new EV program and QSA.
Additional guidance includes:
- Product is likely to be rejected or detained if the export certificate indicates a slaughter date range that overlaps Nov. 2, 2009.
- As a temporary market transition measure, U.S. exporters will ship only U.S. deboned and bone-in beef products from cattle less than 30 months of age. AMS has set up a voluntary Quality System Assessment (QSA) Program to verify that beef from participating plants will be from cattle less than 30 months of age.
- Beef derived from cattle imported from Canada that are fed less than 100 days prior to slaughter in the United States is still limited to deboned beef derived from animals less than 30 months of age.
- Bone-in beef from cattle not born and raised in the United States can be eligible, but it must be from cattle raised in the United States for at least 100 days prior to slaughter, or cattle legally imported from a country deemed eligible by Taiwan to export bone-in beef to Taiwan (such as Australia or New Zealand, for example).
Also note that at this point in time, the new program is only effective for de-boned and bone-in muscle cuts. USMEF will provide further updates on additional products as more information becomes available. Please address any immediate questions to Kevin Smith at ksmith@usmef.org or 303-887-3334.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
USMEF complies with all equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action measures applicable to it by contract, government rule or regulation or as otherwise provided by law.