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CAY-9 (Jan 9, 2007)
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Eligible/Ineligible Products
- Eligible Products
- Fresh/frozen or chilled boneless and bone-in
beef derived from cattle less than 30 months of
age produced under an approved AMS Export
Verification (EV) Less Than 30 (LT30) months of
age program. Information about the program for
the Cayman Islands and a list of LT30 approved
establishments can be obtained from AMS' Web site.
If FSIS inspection personnel become aware of
concerns that an AMS approved LT30 establishment
is not properly executing its Quality Control
Program, export certification should not be
issued for the product in question and AMS should be notified at
ARCBranch@usda.gov. Inspection
personnel should include their immediate supervisor on messages to AMS. The following
information should be included in the message:
- Establishment name, address, and establishment number
- Product type, product code, and quantity of product
- Date of production, lot number, and shift
- Date and nature of observation
- Name of country product is intended for export
- Export certificate number (if applicable)
- Any other information to verify claim
- Name of inspection official
Veal and veal products are not subject to the
LT30 program.
- Ground beef meat, salted beef, processed
foods containing ruminant meats including
sausages, meatball patties, dried meats,
hermetically sealed canned meats, and ready to
eat meats manufactured in the United States
after January 12, 2004. These products can come from
animals of any age.
- Bovine liver from animals of any age.
- Sheep and goat meat and meat products from
animals less than 12 months of age and produced
under an AMS EV program.
- Meat and meat products legally imported into
the United States from Australia, New Zealand,
or Canada. Establishments where non-conforming
product is also present is subject to an
approved AMS Export Verification (EV) program.
- Canned, boneless meat legally imported into the United States.
- Protein free tallow (containing a maximum level of 0.15
percent by weight of insoluble impurities).
- Ineligible Products
- Meat and meat products containing meat derived from an
Advanced Meat Recovery (AMR) process.
Documentation Requirements
- Certification Requirements - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and
Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness.
- For fresh/frozen or chilled boneless and
bone-in beef derived from cattle slaughtered in
the U.S., if the slaughter establishment and all
subsequent processing establishments are on AMS´
list of "EV/LT 30" for Cayman Islands approved
establishments and the export applicant
certifies that "The product was produced under
an Export Verification (EV) Less Than 30 (LT30)
months of age program that was audited and
approved by the United States Department of
Agriculture´s Agricultural Marketing Service",
the following statements should be provided in
the Remarks section of FSIS 9060-5:
"The fresh/frozen or chilled boneless and
bone-in beef meat products were derived from
animals less than 30 months of age."
"The fresh/frozen or chilled boneless and
bone-in beef meat products was obtained from
animals that were slaughtered at a USDA
inspected facility which slaughters only animals
less than thirty (30) months old or where there
is satisfactory segregation of animal product to
allow certification that it originated from
animals less than thirty (30) months of age."
Note: Effective January 10, 2007, a
Statement of Verification letter from AMS is no
longer required to sign the FSIS export
certificate. AMS will no
longer issue the letter for the Cayman Islands
as of that date. All other EV program
requirements for the Cayman Islands remain in
effect.*
- For ground beef meat, salted beef, processed
foods containing ruminant meats including
sausages, meatball patties, dried meats,
hermetically sealed canned meats, and ready to
eat meats, derived from animals of any age and
manufactured in the United States after January
12, 2004, include the following statement in the
Remarks section of FSIS 9060-5::
"The meat products were derived from animals,
slaughtered in the U.S., from which all
specified risk materials (SRMs) were removed."
- For sheep and goat meat and meat products
derived from animals less than 12 months of age
and slaughtered in the U.S., if the slaughter
establishment and all subsequent processing
establishments are on AMS´ list of "EV/LT30" for
Cayman Islands approved establishments and the
export applicant certifies that "The product was
produced under an Export Verification (EV) Less
Than 30 (LT30) months of age program that was
audited and approved by the United States
Department of Agriculture´s Agricultural
Marketing Service", the following statements
should be provided in the Remarks section of
FSIS 9060-5:
"The meat was derived from animals less than 12 months of age."
- For meat and meat products imported from Australia, New Zealand,
or Canada and exported to the Cayman Islands without further processing
in the United States, a copy of the applicable health certificate from
the importing country must accompany the product. In addition, the
following statement must be included in the Remarks section of FSIS Form
9060-5:
"The meat or meat product was legally imported into the United
States from Australia, New Zealand, or Canada."
- For meat and meat products imported from Australia, New Zealand, or
Canada and exported to the Cayman Islands after further processing in
the United States, the following must be included in the Remarks section of
FSIS Form 9060-5:
"This product contains meat legally imported into the United States
from Australia, New Zealand, or Canada."
- For canned, boneless meat imported into the United States and exported to the
Cayman Islands, the following statement must be included in the
Remarks section of FSIS Form 9060-5:
"The canned meat product was derived from boneless meat that was
thoroughly cooked and hermetically sealed and was legally imported
into the United States."
Other Requirements
- Meat and meat products intended for personal consumption up to a maximum of
5 kg will be permitted entry without export certification provided the original packaging
is intact and the packaging bears the USDA inspection legend.
Plants Eligible to Export
All Federal authorized plants are eligible to export to the Cayman Islands.
CAY-9 (Jan 9, 2007)
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