Replaces: 2019 Self-Reporting Tool (v2019-001)

The guidance provides information about the Self-Reporting Tool, the system FSIS uses to obtain information from foreign countries seeking to demonstrate that their documented food safety inspection systems achieve a level of public health protection equivalent to the FSIS inspection system. 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.