. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1913 
8 April 2009 
 (09-1705) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  US Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Meat, poultry and egg products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Notice of Enforcement by the United States Department 
of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspecti on Service Regarding Imported Food Products 
Containing a Small Amount of Meat, Poultr y, or Processed Egg Product Ingredients 
URL:  http://www.fsis.usda.gov/pdf/Notice_of_Enf orcement_Regarding_ Imported_Food_Product
s.pdf   Language:  English  Number of pages:   2 
6. Description of content:  The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) regulates 
domestic and imported meat, poultry, and egg products under statutory authority of the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), the Pou ltry Products Inspection Act (PPIA), and the 
Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA).  The purpose of this notice is to advise trading partners that all food products for human consumption made using meat, poultry or 
processed egg product ingredients, including products that only use small amounts of meat, poultry or processed egg, are not eligible to enter the United States unless these ingredients 
were prepared under the US inspection sy stem or a certified establishment from an 
approved foreign food regulatory system. 
FSIS must ensure that these ingredients are from approved sources and produced under 
sanitary processing conditions that prevent inte ntional or non-intenti onal contamination. 
Accordingly, the meat, poultry, and/or pr ocessed egg product ingredient(s) used in FSIS-
exempted products must be prepared under USDA/FSIS inspection or in an eligible 
establishment under a foreign inspection system approved by FSIS. 
A list of countries eligible to export meat, poultr y or egg products to the United States (i.e., 
amenable food products generally composed of more than a small amount of meat or, 
poultry or processed egg product ingredient, or  is represented as a meat food product or 
poultry food product) is published on the FSIS web site at the following address:  
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Countries_Products_Eligible_for_Export.pdf
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   Through this notification, USDA is alerting all Members to these statutory requirements 
and providing ample advance notice to avoid unnecessary trade disruptions.   
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[ X ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [   ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  19 June 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  19 June 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  19 June 2009    
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ X ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  7 June 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Questions and comments concerning this enforc ement notice may be directed to FSIS at 
the following e-mail address:  permits@fsis.usda.gov or at Toll Free number +(888-287-7194). 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov