Update on China’s Changes to E-mail Notification Requirements
Update on China’s Changes to E-mail Notification Requirements
Since recently notifying members (see this Oct. 16 Technical Update) about China’s new requirement that advance e-mail notification of all scheduled meat and poultry shipments must include a scan of the export certificate, USMEF has received several questions. Among the most common questions are whether the scanned document may be a duplicate, and whether or not the FSIS signature must be on the document.
USDA has advised USMEF that the format of the document is not of particular concern to officials in China – only the information included is important. So the scanned document may be a duplicate, and it is not necessary to include the signature of the FSIS veterinarian on the scanned document (though it is certainly acceptable if included).
USDA has also requested that USMEF provide the following information for exporters:
- All parties are reminded that when exporting meat products to China it is very important to follow the instructions in the FSIS Library of Export Requirements.
- Exporters must understand that a returned e-mail from one of the addresses is not an indication of delivery problems to the other 15 e-mail accounts. Most likely, the message(s) went through to the other 15 addresses from which bounced-back messages are not received. Please do not resend e-mail certificates in these circumstances.
- If something out of the ordinary occurs (such as all e-mails returned, etc), exporters are welcome to contact FSIS at importexport@fsis.usda.gov.
The new requirement took effect Oct. 15, but China has temporarily delayed enforcement pending resolution of some technical difficulties. Please contact Kevin Smith at 303-623-6328 or ksmith@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.
Update on China’s Changes to E-mail Notification Requirements
Since recently notifying members (see this Oct. 16 Technical Update) about China’s new requirement that advance e-mail notification of all scheduled meat and poultry shipments must include a scan of the export certificate, USMEF has received several questions. Among the most common questions are whether the scanned document may be a duplicate, and whether or not the FSIS signature must be on the document.
USDA has advised USMEF that the format of the document is not of particular concern to officials in China – only the information included is important. So the scanned document may be a duplicate, and it is not necessary to include the signature of the FSIS veterinarian on the scanned document (though it is certainly acceptable if included).
USDA has also requested that USMEF provide the following information for exporters:
- All parties are reminded that when exporting meat products to China it is very important to follow the instructions in the FSIS Library of Export Requirements.
- Exporters must understand that a returned e-mail from one of the addresses is not an indication of delivery problems to the other 15 e-mail accounts. Most likely, the message(s) went through to the other 15 addresses from which bounced-back messages are not received. Please do not resend e-mail certificates in these circumstances.
- If something out of the ordinary occurs (such as all e-mails returned, etc), exporters are welcome to contact FSIS at importexport@fsis.usda.gov.
The new requirement took effect Oct. 15, but China has temporarily delayed enforcement pending resolution of some technical difficulties. Please contact Kevin Smith at 303-623-6328 or ksmith@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.