The guidance provides information about the FSIS international equivalence process for meat, poultry, and egg products, including background on the process, the different types of equivalence determinations, and steps that countries should follow to obtain an equivalence determination from FSIS. It applies to foreign countries and actions they may take to seek or maintain eligibility to export meat, poultry, or egg products to the United States. It relates to 9 CFR 327.2, 381.196, 557.2, and 590.910.