Scenario 1: 

You are a PHV-IIC in a beef slaughter/processing operation. 

The establishment has an approved AMS-BEV program for the 

export of beef to Japan. The slaughter supervisor notifies you 

that they have received cattle from an approved cattle producer 

that is identified on the AMS website. These cattle are age 

verified through records which are audited by AMS to be less 

than 20 months of age. As you return from the ante-mortem 

pens you observe that this group of cattle is being slaughtered. 

As you proceed through the slaughter floor you happen to 

notice that the establishment is allowing a carcass which is 

identified for Japan to come into contact with the vertebral 

column of a carcass from another group of animals that is 

identified as being 30 months of age and older. 

Result

Through your training and knowledge of the AMS-BEV program, 

you know that the establishment, as part of complying with the 

BEV program, must have procedures in place to ensure that 

carcasses which are identified for export to Japan do not come 

into contact with cattle carcasses 30 months of age and older. 

You notify plant management that they are not properly 

executing their approved BEV program, and you accurately 

describe the event to the establishment management. You 

refuse to sign export certificates. You send a message to AMS 

at ARCBranch@usda.gov and include your supervisor and the 

TSC on the message. You include the establishment 

information, product type, code, and quantity, date of production 

and lot number, date and description of your observations, 

name of importing country, and your name. 
Scenario 2: 

You are a CSI-IIC at a beef fabrication plant. The 

establishment has an approved AMS-BEV program for the 

exportation of beef to Japan. The plant manager notifies you 

that they will be processing carcasses for export to Japan 

tomorrow morning. The next morning the establishment is 

fabricating cattle that comply with the A-40 age grading. As you 

conduct observational operational sanitation procedures, the 

establishment is removing the vertebral column as required by 

the AMS-BEV requirements. The beef product is packaged in 

containers designated with product codes and box identifiers for 

Japan. 

Result

One week later the establishment submits an FSIS Form 9060-

6 (Application for export to Japan) which contains product 

identification information, production date, number of boxes, 

manufacturer, and the statement "Product meets EV Program 

requirements for Japan" in Block 14 of FSIS Form 9060-6. You 

review the list of products on the application (FSIS Form 9060-

6); and with your knowledge of the establishment’s processes 

and products, you determine that the product listed as labeled 

on the FSIS Form 9060-6, are beef products that do not contain 

spinal cord or vertebral columns in accordance with the 

Japanese BEV requirements. You conclude that this product 

complies with the AMS-BEV program and you can certify the 

products on FSIS Form 9060-5 and the USDA letterhead 

certificate. 
Scenario 3: 

You are a CSI-IIC at a beef slaughter/processing establishment 

that has an approved AMS-BEV program for exportation of beef 

products to Japan. You receive FSIS Form 9060-6 for export to 

Japan. The application states that the shipment contains five 

beef products that are in the establishment’s freezer. The 

application is completed in accordance with the Export Library 

and provides the following information: product identification 

information, production date, and number of boxes, 

manufacturer, and the statement "Product meets EV Program 

requirements for Japan" in Block 14 of FSIS Form 9060-6. 

Result 

You review the application (FSIS Form 9060-6) and with your 

knowledge of the establishment’s processes and products, you 

find a product that is listed on the application that you believe 

contains vertebral column. You proceed to the staging cooler 

where the boxes of product are prepared for the application of 

the export stamp and inspection of the product. You re-inspect 

the product according to FSIS Directive 9040.1, Rev. 3 and 

determine that the beef product contains vertebral column 

which is not in accordance with the Japanese BEV 

requirements, and therefore is ineligible for export to Japan. 

The establishment management is informed that the product 

does not comply with the Japanese BEV requirements. You 

refuse to sign any export certificates for product destined to 

Japan and notify AMS of the incident. A noncompliance is not 

issued for the establishment’s failure to meet the foreign 

country’s importing requirements. You may discuss this failure 

with plant management at the weekly PBIS meeting. You would 

document this discussion In a Memorandum of Interview and 

give a copy to the establishment management and retain a copy 

in the government file. 
Scenario 4: 

You are a CSI-IIC at a cold storage establishment. One day the 

cold storage manager presents an application of export (FSIS 

Form 9060-6) for Japan; this is the first export to Japan at this 

facility. The application provides the required information as 

identified on the Export Library, which contains the following 

information: product identification information, production date, 

and number of boxes, manufacturer, and the statement 

"Product meets EV Program requirements for Japan" in Block 

14 of FSIS Form 9060-6. 

Result 

You proceed to review the Japanese export requirements for 

beef products that are provided on the Export Library. You 

review the AMS website, which has a link on the Export Library, 

and conclude that the slaughter and fabrication plant are on the 

approved plant list eligible to export eligible beef products to 

Japan. As you inspect the boxes in accordance with 9000.1, 

Rev 1, you find that the boxes are identified with labels for 

export to Japan. Because this is the first export to Japan at this 

facility, you elect to request the establishment to open a random 

sample of less than 5% of boxes from the lot. You observe that 

this is done in a sanitary manner in accordance with FSIS 

Directive 9040.1, Rev. 3. You conclude that the boxes contain 

beef product that have the spinal cord and vertebral column 

removed in accordance with the Japanese BEV requirements. 

You proceed to issue an export certificate (FSIS Form 9060-5) 

and letterhead certificate for completion. Additionally, you 

release the custody of the export stamp to permit the 

establishment to pre-stamp boxes in accordance with FSIS 

Directive 9000.1, Rev. 1. The export certificate and USDA 

letterhead certificate for export to Japan is acceptable to certify 

the product.