Export Requirements Revised for Sheep and Goat Meat to Belize
Export Requirements Revised for Sheep and Goat Meat to Belize
The FSIS Export Requirements for Belize have been revised to include restrictions on fresh/frozen sheep and goat meat, meat byproducts and meat food products from animals less than 12 months of age. Therefore, participation in the ARC 1031 EV Program is required to export these products to Belize.
Companies that have an approved EV Program to export sheep and goat meat to Mexico, Canada, or the Cayman Islands and wish to export these products to Belize must now submit an e-mail to ARCBranch@ams.usda.gov with the following statements indicating that the applicable changes have been made to the program:
- Reference to the country has been incorporated into the approved Quality Manual. The statement must reference where this is addressed within the company's quality manual, any SOPs used to ensure the requirement is met, and records maintained to verify conformance to the requirement.
- Reference to the country has been incorporated into your product list. Remember that the product list must be submitted to ev.export@ams.usda.gov for approval prior to export of product.
- Management has reviewed the FSIS export requirements for the country and understands the requirements.
A revised quality manual does not need to be submitted to the ARC Branch, but necessary changes must be made to a company’s quality manual prior to submitting the email.
Please contact Courtney Heller at 303-623-6328 or cheller@usmef.org with any questions.
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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 Requirements Revised for Sheep and Goat Meat to Belize
The FSIS Export Requirements for Belize have been revised to include restrictions on fresh/frozen sheep and goat meat, meat byproducts and meat food products from animals less than 12 months of age. Therefore, participation in the ARC 1031 EV Program is required to export these products to Belize.
Companies that have an approved EV Program to export sheep and goat meat to Mexico, Canada, or the Cayman Islands and wish to export these products to Belize must now submit an e-mail to ARCBranch@ams.usda.gov with the following statements indicating that the applicable changes have been made to the program:
- Reference to the country has been incorporated into the approved Quality Manual. The statement must reference where this is addressed within the company's quality manual, any SOPs used to ensure the requirement is met, and records maintained to verify conformance to the requirement.
- Reference to the country has been incorporated into your product list. Remember that the product list must be submitted to ev.export@ams.usda.gov for approval prior to export of product.
- Management has reviewed the FSIS export requirements for the country and understands the requirements.
A revised quality manual does not need to be submitted to the ARC Branch, but necessary changes must be made to a company’s quality manual prior to submitting the email.
Please contact Courtney Heller at 303-623-6328 or cheller@usmef.org with any questions.
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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.