Taiwan
Taiwan Open To Beef From U.S. Animals Slaughtered After April 16
The USDA has updated the requirements for beef exports to Taiwan. The U.S. industry can export boneless beef from animals under 30 months of age slaughtered after April 16, 2005.
Plants which exclusively kill animals under 30 months of age do not have to participate in a beef export verification (BEV) program. All other plants will have to take part in a BEV program. It is USMEF’s understanding that plants enrolled in the Canadian, Mexican or Egyptian BEV programs will receive an e-mail from the Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) describing the BEV requirements for Taiwan. Replying to this AMS e-mail will register the company in the Taiwanese BEV program. Those companies that are not in existing BEV programs but wish to export to Taiwan must file to participate. Please refer to the details online on the Audit Review and Compliance Branch Web page. USMEF will keep members informed of any changes in these procedures.
In addition to FSIS 9060-5 and FSIS 9285-1, exporters will need to obtain an FSIS letterhead certificate with the following certification statements:
- The boneless beef was derived from cattle under the age of thirty months slaughtered in the United States.
- The feeding of ruminants with meat and bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants has been banned and the ban has been effectively enforced.
- Antemortem inspection is carried out on all bovines.
- Cattle from which the meat originates were not subjected to a stunning process, prior to slaughter, with a device injecting compressed air or gas into the cranial cavity or to a pithing process.
- The following material was excluded from products prepared for export to Taiwan: brain, skull, eyes, trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, vertebral column (excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the transverse processes of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, and the wings of the sacrum), dorsal root ganglia, the tonsils and the distal ileum of the small intestine.
Exporters are advised to work with their importers to assure that copies of completed and signed FSIS 9060-5, FSIS 9285-1, and the FSIS letterhead certificate for boneless beef are distributed as necessary to facilitate clearance in Taiwan.
Taiwan Open To Beef From U.S. Animals Slaughtered After April 16
The USDA has updated the requirements for beef exports to Taiwan. The U.S. industry can export boneless beef from animals under 30 months of age slaughtered after April 16, 2005.
Plants which exclusively kill animals under 30 months of age do not have to participate in a beef export verification (BEV) program. All other plants will have to take part in a BEV program. It is USMEF’s understanding that plants enrolled in the Canadian, Mexican or Egyptian BEV programs will receive an e-mail from the Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) describing the BEV requirements for Taiwan. Replying to this AMS e-mail will register the company in the Taiwanese BEV program. Those companies that are not in existing BEV programs but wish to export to Taiwan must file to participate. Please refer to the details online on the Audit Review and Compliance Branch Web page. USMEF will keep members informed of any changes in these procedures.
In addition to FSIS 9060-5 and FSIS 9285-1, exporters will need to obtain an FSIS letterhead certificate with the following certification statements:
- The boneless beef was derived from cattle under the age of thirty months slaughtered in the United States.
- The feeding of ruminants with meat and bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants has been banned and the ban has been effectively enforced.
- Antemortem inspection is carried out on all bovines.
- Cattle from which the meat originates were not subjected to a stunning process, prior to slaughter, with a device injecting compressed air or gas into the cranial cavity or to a pithing process.
- The following material was excluded from products prepared for export to Taiwan: brain, skull, eyes, trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, vertebral column (excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the transverse processes of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, and the wings of the sacrum), dorsal root ganglia, the tonsils and the distal ileum of the small intestine.
Exporters are advised to work with their importers to assure that copies of completed and signed FSIS 9060-5, FSIS 9285-1, and the FSIS letterhead certificate for boneless beef are distributed as necessary to facilitate clearance in Taiwan.