Export Library Updates EU Bovine Requirements
United States
Export Library Updates EU Bovine Requirements
The FSIS Export Library has been updated for the EU, go to http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/European_Union_Requirements/index.asp#XV. All changes were made to the “Documentation - List of Required Certificates” Section, subsection (B). These changes include:
The following tissues are designated as specified risk material according to Annex V of EC No. 999/2001 (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 722/2007):
a. As regards bovine animals:
(i) the skull excluding the mandible and including the brain and eyes, and the spinal cord of animals aged over 12 months;
(ii) the vertebral column excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the spinous and transverse processes of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae and the median sacral crest and wings of the sacrum, but including the dorsal root ganglia of animals aged over 24 months; and
(iii) the tonsils, the intestines from the duodenum to the rectum and the mesentery of animals of all ages.
Carcasses, half carcasses or half carcasses cut into no more than three wholesale cuts, and quarters containing no specified risk material other than the vertebral column, including dorsal root ganglia, may be imported.
Establishment operating procedures must include a process to assure that these SRM's, as defined by the EU, have been removed from products intended for export to the EU.
In addition, the Specific Risk Material Letterhead Statement for Export to the European Union has been updated. For additional information, contact Courtney Heller at cheller@usmef.org or 303-623-6328.
United States
Export Library Updates EU Bovine Requirements
The FSIS Export Library has been updated for the EU, go to http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/European_Union_Requirements/index.asp#XV. All changes were made to the “Documentation - List of Required Certificates” Section, subsection (B). These changes include:
The following tissues are designated as specified risk material according to Annex V of EC No. 999/2001 (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 722/2007):
a. As regards bovine animals:
(i) the skull excluding the mandible and including the brain and eyes, and the spinal cord of animals aged over 12 months;
(ii) the vertebral column excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the spinous and transverse processes of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae and the median sacral crest and wings of the sacrum, but including the dorsal root ganglia of animals aged over 24 months; and
(iii) the tonsils, the intestines from the duodenum to the rectum and the mesentery of animals of all ages.
Carcasses, half carcasses or half carcasses cut into no more than three wholesale cuts, and quarters containing no specified risk material other than the vertebral column, including dorsal root ganglia, may be imported.
Establishment operating procedures must include a process to assure that these SRM's, as defined by the EU, have been removed from products intended for export to the EU.
In addition, the Specific Risk Material Letterhead Statement for Export to the European Union has been updated. For additional information, contact Courtney Heller at cheller@usmef.org or 303-623-6328.