Mexico
Mexico
Since the last Export Newsline reported that Mexico had opened its beef offal market to U.S. product, USMEF has received additional information on the Beef Export Verification program for Mexico:
Beef tallow, as well as beef liver, derived from animals of all ages can be exported to Mexico.
Beef trimmings, diaphragms, hearts, kidneys, lips and tongues destined for Mexico must come from animals of no older than 30 months.
USMEF is still seeking a precise definition of trimmings. It is unclear if head meat and cheek meat will be in the trimming category or their own category. USMEF is continuing to work to increase the product items which are eligible for export to Mexico. USMEF understands that Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries, and Food Products (SAGARPA) is reviewing specific requests from Mexican importers to allow certain processed beef items. USMEF and USDA suggest that U.S. exporters urge their Mexican importers to press SAGARPA to increase the number of eligible items, especially specific processed beef items and tripe.
If a cold storage facility is re-packaging a product prior to distribution, the facility will be categorized along with product facilities and thus the cold storage will need to become BEV certified by USDA’s Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS). If the facility is only distributing product, then the appropriate documentation must be acquired from the production facility which states that the product meets BEV requirements for Mexico. This documentation may vary depending on production facility and cold storages will need to discuss the precise details with their individual FSIS inspector-in-charge.
According to USDA-AMS personnel, AMS is treating the approval dates for shipment of product to Mexico on a case-by-case basis. The approved shipping date will be the date which the facility/company can prove to AMS that implementation of the program occurred.
For information on the Mexico requirements, consult the following websites:
AMS- Mexico BEV Program
http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/ARC1030B.pdf
FSIS
Mexico
Since the last Export Newsline reported that Mexico had opened its beef offal market to U.S. product, USMEF has received additional information on the Beef Export Verification program for Mexico:
Beef tallow, as well as beef liver, derived from animals of all ages can be exported to Mexico.
Beef trimmings, diaphragms, hearts, kidneys, lips and tongues destined for Mexico must come from animals of no older than 30 months.
USMEF is still seeking a precise definition of trimmings. It is unclear if head meat and cheek meat will be in the trimming category or their own category. USMEF is continuing to work to increase the product items which are eligible for export to Mexico. USMEF understands that Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries, and Food Products (SAGARPA) is reviewing specific requests from Mexican importers to allow certain processed beef items. USMEF and USDA suggest that U.S. exporters urge their Mexican importers to press SAGARPA to increase the number of eligible items, especially specific processed beef items and tripe.
If a cold storage facility is re-packaging a product prior to distribution, the facility will be categorized along with product facilities and thus the cold storage will need to become BEV certified by USDA’s Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS). If the facility is only distributing product, then the appropriate documentation must be acquired from the production facility which states that the product meets BEV requirements for Mexico. This documentation may vary depending on production facility and cold storages will need to discuss the precise details with their individual FSIS inspector-in-charge.
According to USDA-AMS personnel, AMS is treating the approval dates for shipment of product to Mexico on a case-by-case basis. The approved shipping date will be the date which the facility/company can prove to AMS that implementation of the program occurred.
For information on the Mexico requirements, consult the following websites:
AMS- Mexico BEV Program
http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/arc/ARC1030B.pdf
FSIS