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Export Requirements for Japan (Egg Products)

EJA-83 (May 21, 2009)

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Eligible/Ineligible Egg Products
  1. Eligible Products
    1. Egg products (except as restricted in the INELIGIBLE section below)
  2. Ineligible Products

    New York:  The following are ineligible: Eggs laid prior to February 22, 2008. Eggs laid on April 11, 2008 through January 14, 2009. Eggs laid on or after February 11, 2009.

    West Virginia - Eggs laid prior to March 9, 2007 or after August 2, 2007 are eligible. Eggs laid on or after March 9 and before August 2, 2007 are ineligible.

    Minnesota - Eggs laid prior to March 28, 2007 or on or after September 14, 2007 is eligible. Eggs laid on or after March 28, 2007 and before September 14, 2007 is ineligible. Eggs laid on or before April 15, 2009, is eligible. Eggs laid on or after April 16, 2009, is ineligible.*

    South Dakota:     Eggs laid prior to May 24, 2007 or from October 12, 2007 to October 17, 2007 or after March 21, 2008 are eligible. Eggs laid on May 24 2007 to October 11, 2007, or after October 18, 2007 and prior to March 21, 2008 are ineligible.

    Nebraska: Eggs laid prior to May 23, 2007 or on or after November 30, 2007 are eligible.  Eggs laid on or after May 23, 2007 and before November 30, 2007 are ineligible.

    Virginia: Eggs laid prior to June 15, 2007 and after November 2, 2007 are ineligible.  Eggs laid on June 15, 2007 and before November 2, 2007 are eligible.

    New Jersey: Eggs laid on or prior to January 15, 2008 are eligible. Eggs laid after January 15, 2008 and before October 29, 2008 are ineligible. Eggs laid on or after October 29, 2008 are eligible.

    Arkansas: Eggs laid prior to May 9, 2008 are eligible. Eggs laid on or after May 9, 2008 and before September 22, 2008 are ineligible.

    New Hampshire - Eggs laid prior to July 8, 2008 are eligible. Eggs laid on or after July 8, 2008, and before February 2, 2009, are ineligible. Eggs laid on or after February 2, 2009 are eligible.

    Idaho - Eggs laid prior to August 5, 2008 are eligible. Eggs laid on or after August 5, 2008, and before February 2, 2009 are ineligible. Eggs laid on or after February 2, 2009 are eligible.

    California - Eggs laid prior to October 12, 2008 are eligible. Eggs laid on or after October 12, 2008 and before February 10, 2009 are ineligible. Eggs laid on or after February 10, 2009 are eligible.

    Kentucky - Eggs laid on or before March 9, 2009 are eligible. Eggs laid on or after March 10, 2009 are ineligible.

    Illinois     - Eggs laid on or before March 25, 2009, are eligible. Eggs laid on or after March 26, 2009, are ineligible.

    Tennessee     - Eggs laid on or before April 6, 2009, are eligible. Eggs laid on or after April 7, 2009, are ineligible.

    See new certification statements.

    The following FSIS Letterhead Certificates are available:

    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after May 24, 2007, but prior to June 15, 2007.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after June 15, 2007, but prior to August 2, 2007.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after August 2, 2007, but prior to September 14, 2007.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after September 14, 2007.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after October 12, 2007, but prior to October 18, 2007.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after October 18, 2007, but prior to November 2, 2007.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after November 2, 2007 and before November 30, 2007.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after November 30, 2007.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after January 15, 2008 and before February 22, 2008.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after February 22, 2008 and before March 21, 2008.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after March 21, 2008 and before April 10, 2008.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after April 10, 2008 and before May 9, 2008.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after May 9, 2008 and before July 8, 2008.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after July 8, 2008 and before August 5, 2008.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after August 5, 2008 and before September 22, 2008.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after September 22, 2008 and before October 12, 2008.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after October 12, 2008 and before October 29, 2008.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after October 29, 2008 and before January 15, 2009.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after January 15, 2009 and before February 2, 2009.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after February 2, 2009 and before February 10, 2009.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after February 11, 2009 and before March 10, 2009.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate     for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after March 10, 2009 and before March 26, 2009.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after March 26, 2009, and before April 7, 2009.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after April 7, 2009, and before April 16, 2009.
    FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Egg Products Derived from Eggs Laid on or after April 16, 2009.


    Note: These restrictions may not apply to dried egg products. Exporters are advised to work closely with importers to determine if product is eligible based on the type of processing applied to the product.

    These restrictions do not apply to liquid egg products produced at the establishments listed in the Documentation section, part D.

Documentation Requirements
  1. See required certification for all countries found in the Export Requirements for Egg Products document found elsewhere in the Export Library.
  2. Shell eggs may be restricted from originating or passing through certain states in which low path avian influenza has been reported. Applicants for export certification must determine which certification statement or statements apply to the product to be exported. The statement(s) must be typed on FSIS Form PY200 or provided on a FSIS Letterhead Certificate(s). These restrictions and certification requirements do not apply to products produced at the establishments listed in D:
    1. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after May 24, 2007, but prior to June 15, 2007 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York, Minnesota, West Virginia, Nebraska, or South Dakota and did not pass through New York, Minnesota, West Virginia, Nebraska, or South Dakota before being carried into egg processing plants."
    2. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after June 15, 2007, but prior to August 2, 2007 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York, Minnestoa, West Virginia, Nebraska, South Dakota, or Virginia and did not pass through New York, Minnesota, West Virginia, Nebraska, South Dakota, or Virginia before being carried into egg processing plants."
    3. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after August 2, 2007 but prior to September 14, 2007 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, or Virginia and did not pass through New York, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, or Virginia before being carried into egg processing plants."
    4. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after September 14, 2007, but prior to October 12, 2007 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York, Nebraska, South Dakota, or Virginia and did not pass through New York, Nebraska, South Dakota, or Virginia before being carried into egg processing plants."
    5. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after October 12, 2007, but prior to October 18, 20087 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York, Nebraska, or Virginia and did not pass through New York, Nebraska, or Virginia before being carried into egg processing plants."
    6. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after October 18, 2007, but prior to November 2, 2007 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York, Nebraska, South Dakota, or Virginia and did not pass through New York, Nebraska, South Dakota, or Virginia before being carried into egg processing plants."
    7. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after November 2, 2007 and before November 30, 2007 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York, Nebraska, or South Dakota and did not pass through New York, Nebraska, or South Dakota before being carried into egg processing plants."
    8. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after November 30, 2007 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York or South Dakota and did not pass through New York or South Dakota before being carried into egg processing plants."
    9. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after January 15, 2008 and before February 22, 2008 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York, South Dakota, or New Jersey and did not pass through New York, South Dakota, or New Jersey before being carried into egg processing plants."
    10. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after February 22, 2008 and before March 21, 2008 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from South Dakota or New Jersey and did not pass through South Dakota or New Jersey before being carried into egg processing plants."
    11. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after March 21, 2008 and before April 10, 2008 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New Jersey and did not pass through New Jersey before being carried into egg processing plants."
    12. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after April 10, 2008 and before May 9, 2008 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York or New Jersey and did not pass through New York or New Jersey before being carried into egg processing plants."
    13. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after May 9, 2008 and before July 8, 2008 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from Arkansas, New York, or New Jersey and did not pass through Arkansas, New York, or New Jersey before being carried into egg processing plants."
    14. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after July 8, 2008 and before August 5, 2008 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from Arkansas, New York, New Jersey, or New Hampshire and did not pass through Arkansas, New York, New Jersey, or New Hampshire before being carried into egg processing plants."
    15. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after August 5, 2008 and before September 22, 2008 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from Idaho, Arkansas, New York, New Jersey, or New Hampshire and did not pass through Idaho, Arkansas, New York, New Jersey, or New Hampshire before being carried into egg processing plants."
    16. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after September 22, 2008 and before October 12, 2008 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from Idaho, New York, New Jersey, or New Hampshire and did not pass through Idaho, New York, New Jersey, or New Hampshire before being carried into egg processing plants."
    17. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after October 12, 2008 and before October 29, 2008 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from California, Idaho, New York, New Jersey, or New Hampshire and did not pass through California, Idaho, New York, New Jersey, or New Hampshire before being carried into egg processing plants."
    18. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after October 29, 2008 and before January 15, 2009 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from California, Idaho, New York, or New Hampshire and did not pass through California, Idaho, New York, or New Hampshire before being carried into egg processing plants."
    19. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after January 15, 2009 and before February 2, 2009 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from California, Idaho, or New Hampshire and did not pass through California, Idaho, or New Hampshire before being carried into egg processing plants."
    20. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after February 2, 2009 and before February 10, 2009 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from California and did not pass through California before being carried into egg processing plants."
    21. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after February 11, 2009 and before March 10, 2009 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York and did not pass through New York before being carried into egg processing plants."
    22. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after March 10, 2009 and before March 26, 2009 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York or Kentucky and did not pass through New York or Kentucky before being carried into egg processing plants."
    23. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after March 26, 2009, and before April 7, 2009 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York, Kentucky, or Illinois and did not pass through New York, Kentucky, or Illinois before being carried into egg processing plants."
    24. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after April 7, 2009 and before April 16, 2009 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York, Tennessee, Kentucky, or Illinois and did not pass through New York, Tennessee, Kentucky, or Illinois before being carried into egg processing plants."
    25. Egg products derived from eggs laid on or after April 16, 2009 FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
      1. "The shell eggs used for the production of the exported egg products did not originate from New York, Minnesota, Tennessee, Kentucky, or Illinois and did not pass through New York, Minnesota, Tennessee, Kentucky, or Illinois before being carried into egg processing plants."
  3. Additional certification is required that trucks and railcars either did not transit any restricted states or were sealed by USDA during transit of any restricted state. These restrictions and certification requirements do not apply products produced at the establishments listed in D. 
    • If the product will not transit restricted states during the period of restriction or transited before or after the period of restriction, Statement 1. may be completed and signed at the plant where the export originates.
    • If the product must be sealed for transport through restricted states, the FSIS program employee breaking the seal prior to loading Japan-bound ocean containers, verifies that the seal was intact, then completes statement 2 and signs the certificate.

    The Statements below are provided on an FSIS Letterhead Certificate:
    1. "To the best of FSIS' knowledge, the exported egg products did not transit ____________________________
      during the period of restriction before leaving the United States."
    2. "The container was sealed by FSIS prior to transiting _________________________
      with USDA seal number____________.
      If seal number ____________ was removed by FSIS, the exported egg products did not transit restricted states after the removal in ____________."

    See Guideline for completion of this certificate.

    Procedure for determining states to include in the statement above:
    1. Determine the earliest date of laying for eggs in the consignment.
    2. Determine that the product did not transit unsealed any state that is currently restricted.  The restriction periods are listed below:

      New York (NY) - Prior to February 22, 2008; April 11, 2008 through January 14, 2009; On or after February 11, 2009.
      West Virginia (WV) - March 9, 2007 to August 2, 2007
      Minnesota (MN)- On or after March 28, 2007 and before September 14, 2007, and on or after April 16, 2009.*
      South Dakota (SD) - May 24, 2007 to October 11, 2007, and October 18, 2007 to March 21, 2008.
      Nebraska (NE) - May 23, 2007 to November 30, 2007.
      Virginia (VA) - June 15, 2007 to November 2, 2007.
      New Jersey (NJ) - January 16, 2008 to October 28, 2008.
      Arkansas (AR) - On or after May 9, 2008 and before September 22, 2008.
      New Hampshire (NH) - On or after July 8, 2008, and before February 2, 2009.
      Idaho - On or after August 5, 2008, and before February 2, 2009.
      California - On or after October 12, 2008 and before February 10, 2009.
      Kentucky (KY) - On or after March 10, 2009.
      Illinois (IL) - On or after March 26, 2009.
      Tennessee (TN) - On or after April 7, 2009.
  4. Alternate Certification

    In addition to the certification indicated in A., a FSIS Letterhead Certificate for Heat Treated Egg Products from Designated Establishments must be issued for liquid egg products produced on or after March 6, 2009, at the establishments listed below.  The letterhead certificates indicated in B. and C. should not be issued for product from these establishments.

    Est 398, Henningsen Foods, David City, NE
    Est 1215, Cargill Kitchen Solutions, Monticello, MN
    Est 21377, Cargill Kitchen Solutions, Mason City, IA

Plants Eligible for Export

All FSIS inspected egg products plants are eligible to export to Japan.

EJA-83 (May 21, 2009)
United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service