Industry Tes�ng Instruc�ons: PHIS Export Country Onboarding, May 20, 2024

As announced in FSIS’ February 9, 2024, Cons�tuent Update, star�ng May 20, 2024, export cer�ficates

for meat (including Siluriformes fish and fish products) and poultry products(excluding casings and egg

products) exported to the following countries will be generated in FSIS’ Public Health Informa�on System

(PHIS):

Barbados; Belize; Cabo Verde; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Eswatini; Mali; Marshall Islands; Mongolia; Nauru; 

Niger; Rwanda; São Tomé and Príncipe; Somalia; South Sudan; Tunisia; Tuvalu; Vanuatu; Yemen; Zambia;

Zimbabwe

Industry is encouraged to use the Industry Test Environment (ITE) to test applica�on submitalsfor

export to these countries. To facilitate industry tes�ng and prepara�on for May 20, 2024, FSIS is

providing tes�ng instruc�onsin this document.

The digitally signed FSIS Form 9060-5 series printed on plain watermarked paper and available for

valida�on in PHIS will replace all leterhead cer�ficatesformeat and poultry exported to these countries.

All addi�onal atesta�ons or other required informa�on, as documented in the Export Library, will be

captured in the FSIS Form 9060-5 remarks and/or FSIS Form 9060-5B.

Applicants should select the appropriate statement in the ITE, when prompted by PHIS in the test

applica�on. Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, and El Salvador include informa�on and statementsthat must 

be selected or entered by the applicant in ITE, depending on the product, asindicated below.

For further guidance on the PHIS export component and enrollment, please refer to the following user

guides:

• PHIS Industry User Guide

• Quick Reference Guide for Corporate and Establishment Management

• Industry Test Site Enrollment Quick Reference Guide

• Export Batch User Guide

Please contact FSIS at interna�onalcoordina�on@usda.gov with any ques�onsrelated to the country

statementsin the ITE. Technical ques�ons can be directed to PHISTechnicalQA@usda.gov.

Barbados

For beef and beef products to Barbados, applicants should select the appropriate statements

and enter the slaughter and processing establishment number, name, and address.

For meat or poultry meat or their products imported into the U.S. but not further processed in the

U.S., applicants should select the appropriate statements and enter the foreign establishment
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

number. Copies of the original foreign health cer�ficate that was presented upon import into the

U.S. will be provided outside of PHIS.

When tes�ng applica�ons for beef and beef products to Barbados, applicants should not 

include the following data elements on the FSIS Form 9060-5B:

• Consignee Name and Address

• Exporter Name and Address

• Iden�fica�on of Product o Type of Meat

o Number of Packages

o Net Weight

o Type of Packages

• Des�na�on of the Meat

o Country and Place of Dispatch 

o Country and Place of Des�na�on 

o Nature and Iden�fica�on of Transport Means (e.g., flight or name of ship)

Belize

Applicants should select the appropriate statements for eligible products to Belize.

Costa Rica

Applicants should select the appropriate statements for eligible products to Costa Rica and 

enter the lot number or produc�on code for beef, poultry and pork products. The export stamp 

will not be applied to the cer�ficate.

El Salvador

Applicants should select the appropriate statements for eligible products to El Salvador.

For re-export of ruminant meat from the United States origina�ng from Australia and New

Zealand to El Salvador, copies of the official export cer�ficate of Australia or New Zealand that 

was presented upon import to the United States will be provided outside of PHIS.

Tunisia

Applicants should select the appropriate statements for eligible products to Tunisia.

The signed official radia�on leter issued through the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)

that is required by Tunisia will not be captured in PHIS.