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  • Food Safety
    • Recalls & Public Health Alerts
      • Report a Problem with Food
        • Additional Recalls
      • Annual Recall Summaries
        • Summary of Recall and PHA Cases in Calendar Year 2023
        • Summary of Recall and PHA Cases in Calendar Year 2022
        • Summary of Recall Cases in Calendar Year 2021
        • Summary of Recall Cases in Calendar Year 2020
        • Summary of Recall Cases in Calendar Year 2019
        • Summary of Recall Cases in Calendar Year 2018
        • Summary of Recall Cases in Calendar Year 2017
        • Summary of Recall Cases in Calendar Year 2016
        • Summary of Recall Cases in Calendar Year 2015
        • Summary of Recall Cases in Calendar Year 2014
        • Summary of Recall Cases in Calendar Year 2013
        • Summary of Recall Cases in Calendar Year 2012
    • Food Safety Stats
      • Consumer Research
    • Foodborne Illness and Disease
      • Enfermedades Transmitidas Por Alimentos y Otras Enfermedades
      • Illnesses and Pathogens
        • Botulism
          • Clostridium botulinum y El Botulismo
        • Campylobacter
          • Campylobacter En Español
        • E. coli
        • Listeria
        • Parasites and Foodborne Illness
          • Parásitos y Enfermedades Transmitidas Por los Alimentos
        • Preguntas y Respuestas Sobre Listeria
        • Salmonella
          • Preguntas y Respuestas Sobre Salmonella
      • Resources for Public Health Partners
        • State Departments of Public Health
      • Outbreaks
        • Outbreak Investigations: Prevention
        • Outbreak Investigations: Response
    • Safe Food Handling and Preparation
      • Food Safety Basics
        • Additives in Meat and Poultry Products
        • Aditivos en Productos Cárnicos y Avícolas
        • Agua en Carnes y Aves
        • Ahumar Carnes y Aves
        • Air Fryers and Food Safety
        • Alergias Alimentarias: Los “9 Grandes”
        • Appliance Thermometers
        • Asar a la parrilla y seguridad alimentaria
        • Cleanliness Helps Prevent Foodborne Illness
        • Cocción Versus Seguridad
        • Cocinar en Hornos Microondas
        • Cooking for Groups
        • Cooking with Microwave Ovens
        • Cutting Boards
        • Cómo Encontrar el Número de Establecimiento del USDA (EST) en el Empaque de Alimentos
        • Cómo las Temperaturas Afectan a los Alimentos
        • Danger Zone 40F - 140F
        • Deep Fat Frying
        • Doneness Versus Safety
        • El Color de la Carne y Las Aves
        • El Gran Deshielo: Métodos Seguros para Descongelar
        • El Manejo Adecuado de los Alimentos Pedidos Por Correo
        • Entendiendo las Retiradas de Alimentos del Mercado del FSIS
        • Fechas en Productos Alimenticios
        • Food Allergies: The “Big 9”
        • Food Thermometers
        • Freidoras de Aire y Seguridad Alimentaria
        • Freír en Grasa y Seguridad Alimentaria
        • Glosario de Términos de Empaque
        • Glossary of Packaging Terms
        • Grilling Food Safely
        • Grilling and Food Safety
        • Guía del Consumidor Sobre Inocuidad Alimentaria: Tormentas y Huracanes Severos
        • High Altitude Cooking
        • Hongos en los Alimentos: ¿Son Peligrosos?
        • How Temperatures Affect Food
        • How to Find the USDA Establishment Number
        • Importación de Productos Cárnicos, Avícolas y Ovoproductos a Estados Unidos
        • Importing Meat, Poultry & Egg Products US
        • Irradiation and Food Safety FAQ
        • Keeping "Bag" Lunches Safe
        • Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency
        • La Cocción En Elevaciones Altas
        • La Congelación Y Seguridad Alimentaria
        • La Limpieza Ayuda a Prevenir Enfermedades Transmitidas Por Los Alimentos
        • Las Ollas de Cocción Lenta y la Seguridad Alimentaria
        • Las Sobras de Comida e Inocuidad Alimentaria
        • Lavado de Alimentos: ¿Promueve la Inocuidad Alimentaria?
        • Mail Order Food Safety
        • Manipulación Adecuada de Alimentos Para Llevar
        • Mantenga los Alimentos Seguros - Conceptos Básicos de Inocuidad Alimentaria
        • Manteniendo Seguros Los Almuerzos En "Bolsas"
        • Materiales de Empaque para Carnes y Aves
        • Meat and Poultry Labeling Terms
        • Meat and Poultry Packaging Materials
        • Molds on Food: Are They Dangerous?
        • Natural Flavors on Meat and Poultry Labels
        • Preguntas Frecuentes Sobre Irradiación y Seguridad Alimentaria
        • Preguntas y Respuestas Sobre la Seguridad Alimentaria Durante un Tailgate
        • Sabores Naturales de Carnes y Aves en las Etiquetas
        • Safe Handling of Take-Out Foods
        • Seguridad Alimentaria Durante Caminatas, Campamentos y Paseos en Bote
        • Seguridad Alimentaria de Comida No Perecedera
        • Slow Cookers and Food Safety
        • Smoking Meat and Poultry
        • Tabla de Temperatura Interna Mínima Segura
        • Tablas de Cortar
        • Tailgating Food Safety Q & A
        • Termómetros para Alimentos
        • Termómetros para Electrodomésticos
        • Términos de Etiquetado de Carnes y Aves
        • Understanding FSIS Food Recalls
        • Voluntarios Sobre la Seguridad Alimentaria
        • Water in Meat & Poultry
        • Zona de Peligro (40 F - 140 F)
        • Food Product Dating
        • Freezing and Food Safety
        • Leftovers and Food Safety
        • Refrigeration
          • La Refrigeración y Seguridad Alimentaria
        • Safe Temperature Chart
        • Shelf-Stable Food
        • The Big Thaw — Safe Defrosting Methods
        • The Color of Meat and Poultry
        • Washing Food: Does it Promote Food Safety?
        • Food Safety While Hiking, Camping & Boating
      • Meat & Catfish
        • Bacon and Food Safety
        • Bagre de la Granja a la Mesa
        • Beef From Farm To Table
        • Bison from Farm to Table
        • Bisonte de la Granja a la Mesa
        • Cabra de la Granja a la Mesa
        • Carne Seca y Seguridad Alimentaria
        • Carne de Cerdo Fresca de la Granja a la Mesa
        • Carne de Res de la Granja a la Mesa
        • Carne de Ternera de la Granja a la Mesa
        • Carne de res ablandada mecánicamente
        • Carne en Conserva y Seguridad Alimentaria
        • Catfish from Farm to Table
        • Color de la Carne Molida Cocida en Relación Con El Grado De Cocción
        • Color of Cooked Ground Beef as It Relates to Doneness
        • Conejo de la Granja a la Mesa
        • Cordero de la Granja a la Mesa
        • Corned Beef
        • Cuando se Asan “Otras” Carnes para las Fiestas
        • Door-to-Door Meat Sales
        • El Jamón y la Seguridad Alimentaria
        • El Tocino y la Seguridad Alimentaria
        • Fresh Pork from Farm to Table
        • Goat from Farm to Table
        • Ground Beef and Food Safety
        • Hams and Food Safety
        • Hot Dogs & Food Safety
        • Jerky
        • La Carne Molida y la Seguridad Alimentaria
        • Lamb From Farm to Table
        • Las Salchichas “hot dogs” y la Seguridad Alimentaria
        • Los Embutidos y Seguridad Alimentaria
        • Mechanically Tenderized Beef
        • Rabbit From Farm to Table
        • Roasting Those "Other" Holiday Meats
        • Sausages and Food Safety
        • Veal from Farm to Table
        • Venta de Carne a Domicilio
        • Yersiniosis and Chitterlings Tips
        • Yersiniosis y los Chinchulines (Tripas): Consejos Para Protegerlo de Enfermedades Transmitidas Por Alimentos
      • Poultry
        • Happy Thanksgiving!
        • Amarras para las Aves y Otros Accesorios
        • Aves: Baños en Solución, Salmueras y Marinadas
        • Chicken From Farm to Table
        • Chicken Liver
        • Duck and Goose from Farm to Table
        • El Relleno y Seguridad Alimentaria
        • Hablemos Sobre el Pavo: Una Guía Para el Consumidor Sobre Cómo Asar un Pavo de Forma Segura
        • Hock Locks and Other Accoutrements
        • Is Pink Turkey Meat Safe?
        • La Etiqueta del Ave Dice “Fresco”
        • La Preparación de Turduckens Requiere un Manejo Adecuado
        • Let's Talk Turkey Roasting
        • Pato y Ganso de la Granja a la Mesa
        • Pavo de la Granja a la Mesa
        • Pavo: Rutas Alternativas Hacia la Mesa
        • Pollo de la Granja a la Mesa
        • Poultry Processing: Questions & Answers
        • Poultry: Basting, Brining, and Marinating
        • Preparación Básica del Pavo: Cocinar De Forma Adecuada
        • Preparación Básica del Pavo: Como Descongelar Seguramente
        • Preparación Básica del Pavo: El Relleno
        • Preparación Básica del Pavo: Manejo de las Comidas Cocidas
        • Procesamiento de Aves: Preguntas y Respuestas
        • Stuffing and Food Safety
        • The Poultry Label Says "Fresh"
        • Turduckens Require Safe Food Handling
        • Turkey Basics: Handling Cooked Dinners
        • Turkey Basics: Safe Cooking
        • Turkey Basics: Safe Thawing
        • Turkey Basics: Stuffing
        • Turkey from Farm to Table
        • Turkey: Alternate Routes to the Table
        • ¿Es Segura la Carne de Pavo Rosada?
      • Eggs
        • Egg Products and Food Safety
        • Huevos en Cascarón De la Granja a la Mesa
        • Ovoproductos e Inocuidad Alimentaria
        • Shell Eggs from Farm to Table
      • Emergencies
        • A Consumer's Guide to Food Safety: Severe Storms and Hurricanes
        • Eliminando Olores de Refrigeradores y Congeladores
        • Fires and Food Safety
        • Incendios y Seguridad Alimentaria
        • Keep Your Food Safe During Emergencies
        • Removing Odors from Refrigerators and Freezers
      • USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline
      • Brochures & Publications
    • Food Defense and Emergency Response
      • Emergency Response
      • Continuity of Operations (COOP)
      • Food Defense
        • Risk Mitigation Tool
        • Food Defense Considerations for Transportation of FSIS-Regulated Products
        • Food Defense Tools, Resources and Training
        • Functional Food Defense Plans
        • International Food Defense
  • Science & Data
    • Research Priorities
      • FSIS/ORISE Food Safety Fellowship Program
        • Aaron Dudley
        • Lauren Lee
        • Sharon Nieves-Miranda
        • Yesutor Soku
        • Ali Strickland
    • Data Sets & Visualizations
      • Microbiology
        • Baseline Microbiology Data Reports
        • Microbiological Testing Program for RTE Meat and Poultry Products
          • Tables & Results Microbiological Testing Program for RTE Meat
          • Tables & Results: Microbiological Testing Program Pasteurized Egg Products
          • Aggregate Salmonella Categorization of Raw Chicken Parts, NRTE Comminuted Poultry, Young Chicken Carcass and Young Turkey Carcass Establishments Using Moving Windows
          • Salmonella Initiative Program Criteria
            • Quarterly Sampling Reports on Antimicrobial Resistance
            • Quarterly Sampling Reports on Raw Beef Products
            • Quarterly Sampling Reports on Ready-to-eat Products and Egg Products
            • Quarterly Sampling Reports on Salmonella
            • Salmonella Action Plan: A One and Two Year Update
        • Microbiological Testing Program for Escherichia coli O157:H7 and non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)
          • Year-to-Date Totals: Testing of Raw Ground Beef Component (RGBC) Samples for E. coli O157:H7 and non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)
          • Annual Report for STEC in Raw Ground Beef or Veal and Raw Ground Beef or Veal Components
          • Individual E. coli Positive Results for Raw Ground Beef (RGB) and RGB Components 2017
          • Individual E. coli Positive Results for Raw Ground Beef (RGB) and RGB Components 2018
          • Individual E. coli Positive Results for Raw Ground Beef (RGB) and RGB Components 2016
          • Individual E. coli Positive Results for Raw Ground Beef (RGB) and RGB Components 2015
          • Year-to-Date 2018 Totals: Results of Raw Ground Beef Component (RGBC) Samples for E. coli O157:H7 and non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC):
        • Salmonella Verification Testing Program Monthly Posting
      • Chemical Residues and Contaminants
      • Humane Handling Data
      • Laboratory Sampling Data
        • Egg Product Testing, Years 1995-2017
      • Inspection Task Data
    • Developer Resources
      • Recall API
    • Scientific Reports
      • Public Health Regulations (PHR)
        • FSIS Data Analysis and Reporting: Public Health Regulations FY 2025
        • FSIS Data Analysis and Reporting: Public Health Regulations FY 2024
        • FSIS Data Analysis and Reporting: Public Health Regulations FY 2023
        • FSIS Data Analysis and Reporting: Public Health Regulations FY 2022
        • FSIS Data Analysis and Reporting: Public Health Regulations FY 2021
        • FSIS Data Analysis and Reporting: Public Health Regulations FY 2020
        • FSIS Data Analysis and Reporting: Public Health Regulations FY 2019
        • FSIS Data Analysis and Reporting: Public Health Regulations FY 2018
        • FSIS Data Analysis and Reporting: Public Health Regulations FY 2017
        • FSIS Data Analysis and Reporting: Public Health Regulations FY 2016
      • Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC)
    • Laboratories & Procedures
      • Accredited Laboratory Program
        • Key Facts: ISO Accreditation
      • FSIS Laboratories
        • Requesting Bacterial Isolates from FSIS
    • Risk Assessments
    • Sampling Program
      • Raw Pork Products Exploratory Sampling Program
      • Sampling Results for FSIS Regulated Products
    • National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS)
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  • Policy
    • Food Safety Acts
      • Federal Meat Inspection Act
      • Poultry Products Inspection Act
      • Egg Products Inspection Act
      • Humane Methods of Slaughter Act
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      • FSIS Directives
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    • Federal Register & Rulemaking
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      • Executive Orders, Small Business Protection Laws & Other Guidance
      • Regulatory Priorities
    • Advisory Committees
      • National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI)
      • National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria For Foods (NACMCF)
        • 2023-2025 National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF)
        • 2021-2023 National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria For Foods (NACMCF)
        • NACMCF 2022 Subcommittee
        • 2018-2020 National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria For Foods (NACMCF)
    • FSIS Procurement
    • National Federal Financial Assistance
    • Regulatory Decisions & Non-Retaliation
  • Inspection
    • Inspection Programs
      • Inspection of Meat Products
        • Humane Handling Ombudsman
        • Modernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection
      • Inspection of Poultry Products
        • Reducing Salmonella in Poultry
          • Pilot Projects: Salmonella Control Strategies
          • Proposed Regulatory Framework to Reduce Salmonella Illnesses Attributable to Poultry
            • Component 1
            • Component 2
            • Component 3
          • Salmonella By the Numbers
          • Salmonella KPI
          • Salmonella Risk Assessments
        • Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection
      • Inspection of Egg Products
      • Inspection of Siluriformes
    • Compliance Guidance
      • Significant Guidance
      • HACCP
        • HACCP-Based-Inspection Models Project
          • New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS)
          • HIMP Redesign Achievement of Performance Standards Young Chicken Plants
          • List of HIMP Participating Plants
        • HACCP Validation
      • PHIS
        • PHIS: Historical Information
      • Retail Guidance
      • Small & Very Small Plant Guidance
        • Appealing Inspection Decisions
        • Food Safety Resources for Small and Very Small Plant Outreach: Order Form
        • Small Plant Help Desk
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      • Microbial Risk
        • Listeria Monocytogenes
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          • BSE Rules Being Strictly Enforced
            • BSE Workshops for Small & Very Small Plants
          • FSIS BSE Resources
      • Specified Risk Material Resources
      • Food Safety Assessments Tools
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      • Sanitation Performance Standards Compliance Guide
      • Labeling
        • Basics of Labeling
        • Claims Guidance
        • Nonfood Compounds
          • Compounds Used for Construction and Repair in Federally Inspected Meat and Poultry Plants
          • Criteria Used by the Former Compounds and Packaging Branch for Evaluating Nonfood Compounds and Proprietary Substances
        • Ingredients Guidance
        • Label Submission and Approval System (LSAS)
          • Integration of Paper Label Applications into the Label Submission and Approval System (LSAS)
        • Labeling Policies
          • Human Food Made with Cultured Animal Cells
          • Regulations for Package Dating
          • Comprehensive List of Reasons for Label Modifications and Returns
        • Labeling Procedures
          • Information Required For Requesting a Temporary Approval
          • 10 Most Common Mistakes And How to Avoid Them
          • Label Submission Checklist
          • Labeling Situations That Can Not Have a Temporary Approval
          • Labeling and Establishment Responsibilities
          • Ten Most Commonly Asked Labeling Questions
          • Trans Fat Declarations in the Nutrition Facts Panel on Product Labeling
      • New Technology
        • Cooperative Agreements FY 2003
        • Cooperative Agreements FY 2004
        • Cooperative Agreements FY 2005
        • Food Safety Technologies FY 2003
        • Food Safety Technologies FY 2004
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        • NOL for Non-O157 STEC Test Methods
        • New Technology Information Table
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    • Import & Export
      • Import & Export Library
        • Eligible Foreign Establishments
        • Eligible U.S. Establishments by Country
          • Australia Eligible Establishments
          • Hong Kong Lamb Export Eligible Establishments
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Public Health Information System (PHIS) Definitions

RTE
Ready-to-eat
NRTE
Not ready-to-eat
Raw Poultry Products
Poultry includes the following species: chicken, turkey, duck, geese, guineas, and squab.
Raw ratite Products
Ratites includes emu, ostrich, and rhea.
Processed Meat Products
Meat includes the following species: beef, veal, goat, lamb, mutton, and pork.
Processed Poultry Products
Poultry includes the following species: chicken, duck, goose, guinea, squab, turkey, emu, ostrich, and rhea.
Egg Products
Chicken, turkey, duck, goose, and guinea.
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Public Health Information System (PHIS) Definitions

RTE
Ready-to-eat
NRTE
Not ready-to-eat
Raw Poultry Products
Poultry includes the following species: chicken, turkey, duck, geese, guineas, and squab.
Raw ratite Products
Ratites includes emu, ostrich, and rhea.
Processed Meat Products
Meat includes the following species: beef, veal, goat, lamb, mutton, and pork.
Processed Poultry Products
Poultry includes the following species: chicken, duck, goose, guinea, squab, turkey, emu, ostrich, and rhea.
Egg Products
Chicken, turkey, duck, goose, and guinea.

Barbados

Library Updates

Export - 5/02/2025, BAR-146

Export - 8/15/2015, EBAR-1

Export Requirements

Last update May 02, 2025

  1. Eligible Products
    1. Egg products

Documentation Requirements

  1. Obtain the FSIS Form 9060-5EP and see Requirements for Exporting Processed Egg Products for all countries in the middle of the page. The certification statement, which can be requested by the exporter, must be included in the remarks section of the 9060-5EP for egg product exported to Barbados.*

Plants Eligible for Export

All FSIS inspected egg products plants are eligible to export.

    1. All fresh, frozen or chilled beef and beef products (beef products include offal, variety meats and processed beef).
    2. Imported meat or poultry products, not further processed in the U.S., may be exported to Barbados.
    3. Fresh/frozen and cooked poultry meat products.
    4. Fresh/frozen and Cooked Pork and Pork Products - Fresh/frozen and cooked pork and pork products exported to Barbados must have either undergone a Trichinae mitigation processes in accordance with the FSIS Compliance Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Trichinella and Other Parasitic Hazards in Pork and Products Containing Pork, or another process that guarantees the destruction of the parasite Trichinella spiralis, be derived from carcasses that have tested negative for trichinosis, or derived from swine and swine enterprise that are certified participants in the National Pork Board's Pork Quality Assurance (PQAPlus) program. Establishments presenting pork or pork products for export certification under a PQAPlus program must produce the product under the AMS PQAPlus Pork EV program for Barbados.
      1. AMS PQAPlus Pork EV Program:

        Information about the AMS PQAPlus Pork EV program for Barbados and a list of EV approved establishments can be obtained from AMS' Web site.

        The unique product identification system can be accessed by authorized FSIS inspection personnel from SharePoint. Details of the Export Verification program can be accessed from the Export Verification (EV) Programs Additional Requirements page on the AMS' Web site.

        If FSIS inspection personnel become aware of concerns that an AMS approved EV establishment is not properly executing its EV program, export certification should not be issued for the product in question and AMS should be notified at QAD.AuditService@usda.gov. Inspection personnel should include their immediate supervisor on messages to AMS. The following information should be included in the message:
        1. Establishment name, address, and establishment number
        2. Product type, product code, and quantity of product
        3. Date of production, lot number, and shift
        4. Date and nature of observation
        5. Name of country product is intended for export
        6. Export certificate number (if applicable)
        7. Any other information to verify claim
        8. Name of inspection official
    5. Wild Boar.

  1. Fresh/Frozen poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from or slaughtered within are ineligible for export to Barbados:
    1. Alabama
      1. Chilton County on or after October 27, 2023 and before February 25, 2024;
      2. Cullman County on or after December 19, 2024 and before May 2, 2025; and *
      3. Marshall County on or after November 2, 2023 and before March 18, 2024.
    2. Alaska
      1. Matanuska Susitna County on or after October 5, 2022 and before June 11, 2023.
    3. Arizona *
      1. Pinal County on or after November 13, 2024 and before March 12, 2025. *
    4. Arkansas
      1. Carroll County on or after November 29, 2023 and before May 22, 2024;
      2. Clay County on or after December 30, 2024; *
      3. Cleveland County on or after January 22, 2025; *
      4. Johnson County on or after December 4, 2023 and before April 24, 2024; and
      5. Madison County
        1. on or after October 7, 2022 and before March 3, 2023; and
        2. on or after October 31, 2023 and before March 22, 2024.
    5. California
      1. Butte County on or after January 3, 2025; *
      2. Del Norte County on or after October 4, 2022 and before January 29, 2023;
      3. Fresno County
        1. on or after August 22, 2022 and before April 21, 2023;
        2. on or after November 20, 2023 and before April 18, 2024; and
        3. on or after October 30, 2024;
      4. Glenn County on or after December 22, 2022 and before August 4, 2023;
      5. Kern County on or after November 12, 2024; *
      6. Kings County on or after October 29, 2024 and before March 6, 2025; *
      7. Madera County on or after January 29, 2025; *
      8. Marin County
        1. on or after December 28, 2023 and before May 15, 2024; and
        2. on or after November 20, 2024 and before April 23, 2025; *
      9. Merced County
        1. on or after February 6, 2023 and before June 13, 2023;
        2. on or after October 26, 2023 and before August 29, 2024; and
        3. on or after September 18, 2024;
      10. Monterey County
        1. on or after October 4, 2022 and before February 2, 2023; and
        2. on or after December 14, 2024 and before March 19, 2025; *
      11. Riverside County on or after December 24, 2024; *
      12. Sacramento County
        1. on or after August 30, 2022 and before January 26, 2023; and
        2. on or after November 2, 2024 and before April 28, 2025; *
      13. San Benito County on or after November 30, 2023 and before March 25, 2024;
      14. San Diego County on or after November 3, 2022 and before June 4, 2023;
      15. San Francisco County on or after May 9, 2024 and before August 6, 2024;
      16. San Joaquin County
        1. on or after December 12, 2023 and before April 25, 2024; and
        2. on or after November 14, 2024; *
      17. Sonoma County on or after November 27, 2023 and before July 31, 2024;
      18. Stanislaus County
        1. on or after October 3, 2022 and before April 30, 2023;
        2. on or after December 5, 2023 and before May 15, 2024; and
        3. on or after November 15, 2024; *
      19. Tehama County on or after January 12, 2023 and before April 27, 2023;
      20. Tulare County on or after October 16, 2024; and
      21. Tuolumne County on or after August 26, 2022 and before February 12, 2023.
    6. Colorado
      1. Bent County on or after November 30 2023 and before May 2, 2024;
      2. Boulder County on or after October 7, 2022 and before May 9, 2023;
      3. Delta County on or after February 8, 2024 and before May 26, 2024;
      4. Jefferson County on or after October 20, 2022 and before May 17, 2023;
      5. LaPlata County on or after April 19, 2022 and before December 14, 2022;
      6. Montrose County on or after April 19, 2022 and before November 26, 2022;
      7. Pitkin County on or after April 8, 2022 and before December 5, 2022;
      8. Prowers County on or after December 9, 2022 and before July 14, 2023;
      9. Weld County
        1. on or after April 29, 2022 and before June 14, 2023;
        2. on or after July 8, 2024 and before November 11, 2024;and
        3. on or after February 12, 2025; and *
      10. Yuma County on or after March 28, 2023 and before October 24, 2023.
    7. Delaware
      1. Kent County
        1. on or after March 17, 2022 and before July 28, 2022; and
        2. on or after January 4, 2025; and *
      2. New Castle County on or after February 22, 2022 and before August 27, 2022.
    8. Florida
      1. Broward County on or after October 14, 2022 and before May 15, 2023;
      2. Hillsborough County
        1. on or after March 21, 2023 and before June 29, 2023;
        2. on or after August 20, 2024 and before November 21, 2024; and
        3. on or after January 14, 2025 and before April 12, 2025; *
      3. Indian River County on or after October 25 2022 and before May 22, 2023;
      4. Miami-Dade County
        1. on or after February 28, 2023 and before June 1, 2023;
        2. on or after February 8, 2024 and before May 14, 2024;
        3. on or after April 15, 2024 and before July 16, 2024;
        4. on or after July 19, 2024 and before January 4, 2025; and *
        5. on or after February 27, 2025; *
      5. Orange County
        1. on or after September 18, 2024 and before December 20, 2024; and *
        2. on or after January 14, 2025 and before April 12, 2025; and *
      6. Seminole County between November 16, 2022 and June 20, 2023.
    9. Georgia
      1. Elbert County on or after January 17, 2025; and *
      2. Sumter County on or after November 21, 2023 and before February 27, 2024.
    10. Idaho
      1. Ada County on or after May 10, 2022 and before January 22, 2023;
      2. Canyon County
        1. on or after May 9, 2022 and before January 22, 2023; and
        2. on or after October 3, 2024 and before May 3, 2025; *
      3. Gooding County on or after April 14, 2022 and before May 23, 2023;
      4. Jerome County on after May 10, 2024 and before December 14, 2024;
      5. Latah County on or after December 15, 2023 and before July 13, 2024;
      6. Lincoln County on or after September 27, 2024 and before April 26, 2025; and *
      7. Madison County on or after April 20, 2022 and before December 9, 2022.
    11. Illinois
      1. Cook County on or after January 22, 2025; *
      2. Crawford County on or after March 20, 2025; *
      3. Grundy County on or after November 30, 2022 and before July 6, 2023;
      4. Lawrence County on or after December 23, 2024; *
      5. Livingston County on or after December 13, 2024; and *
      6. Wayne County on or after February 24, 2023 and before June 25, 2023.
    12. Indiana
      1. Adams County on or after January 27, 2025; *
      2. Allen County
        1. on or after June 7, 2022 and before September 22, 2022; and
        2. on or after January 24, 2025; *
      3. Daviess County
        1. on or after December 13, 2022 and before June 21, 2023; and
        2. on or after January 25, 2024 and before June 5, 2024;
      4. Dubois County on or after February 8, 2022 and before August 17, 2022;
      5. Elkhart County
        1. on or after April 8, 2022 and before August 19, 2022;
        2. on or after September 1, 2022 and before April 29, 2023; and
        3. on or after February 21, 2025; *
      6. Greene County on or after February 23, 2022 and before August 3, 2022;
      7. Jackson County on or after January 28, 2025; *
      8. Jay County on or after January 7, 2025; *
      9. Kosciusko County on or after March 28, 2025; *
      10. Lagrange County on or after February 25, 2025; and *
      11. Washington County on or after February 14, 2025. *
    13. Iowa
      1. Bremer County on or after April 21, 2022 and before October 6, 2022;
      2. Buena Vista County
        1. on or after March 6, 2022 and before August 26, 2022;
        2. on or after December 5, 2022 and before July 24, 2023;
        3. on or after October 23, 2023 and before March 21, 2024; and
        4. on or after February 14, 2025; *
      3. Cherokee County
        1. on or after March 31, 2022 and before September 21, 2022;
        2. on or after December 7, 2022 and before May 11, 2023; and
        3. on or after June 3, 2024 and before October 31, 2024;
      4. Clay County on or after November 3, 2023 and before February 26, 2024;
      5. Franklin County on or after March 25, 2022 and before July 27, 2022;
      6. Guthrie County on or after March 28, 2022 and before August 27, 2022;
      7. Hamilton County
        1. on or after March 28, 2022 and before July 28, 2022; and
        2. on or after November 6, 2023 and before March 17, 2024;
      8. Hardin County on or after April 5, 2022 and before September 23, 2022;
      9. Humboldt County on or after April 2, 2022 and before August 1, 2022;
      10. Ida County on or after December 12, 2022 and before May 15, 2023;
      11. Kossuth County on or after November 8, 2023 and before March 14, 2024;
      12. O'Brien County on or after December 17, 2024; *
      13. Osceola County on or after March 31, 2022 and before August 25, 2022;
      14. Palo Alto County on or after December 11, 2024 and before May 1, 2025; and *
      15. Pocahontas County on or after October 24, 2023 and before March 14, 2024;
      16. Sac County
        1. on or after April 2, 2022 and before August 23, 2022;
        2. on or after December 7, 2022 and before June 10, 2023;
        3. on or after June 21, 2024 and before October 30, 2024; and
        4. on or after December 12, 2024;
      17. Sioux County
        1. between November 28, 2023 and March 19, 2024;
        2. between May 28, 2024 and September 18, 2024; and
        3. on or after December 6, 2024 and before March 27, 2025; *
      18. Taylor County
        1. on or after March 10, 2022 and before August 6, 2022; and
        2. on or after November 14, 2023 and before March 17, 2024;
      19. Worth County on or after December 17, 2024 and before April 27, 2025; and *
      20. Wright County on or after October 31, 2022 and before April 1, 2023. *
    14. Kansas
      1. Anderson County on or after January 4, 2023 and before May 17, 2023;
      2. Dickinson County on or after March 18, 2022 and before November 23, 2022;
      3. Doniphan County on or after December 18, 2024 and before March 31, 2025; *
      4. Franklin County on or after March 11, 2022 and before November 9, 2022;
      5. Grant County on or after April 10, 2024 and before August 28, 2024;
      6. Johnson County on or after October 7, 2022 and before June 1, 2023;
      7. McPherson County
        1. on or after April 13, 2022 and before October 7, 2022; and
        2. on or after December 13, 2023 and before April 18, 2024;
      8. Mitchell County
        1. on or after January 17, 2023 and before May 23, 2023; and
        2. on or after January 10, 2024 and before May 10, 2024;
      9. Neosho County on or after October 7, 2022 and before May 4, 2023;
      10. Republic County on or after April 27, 2022 and before December 27, 2022;
      11. Rice County on or after December 13, 2023 and before September 1, 2024;
      12. Rooks County on or after December 18, 2024; and *
      13. Shawnee County on or after October 19, 2022 and before January 20, 2023.
    15. Kentucky
      1. Fayette County on or after October 6, 2022 and before January 6, 2023;
      2. Fulton County on or after February 12, 2022 and before July 9, 2022; and
      3. Webster County on or after February 15, 2022 and before July 15, 2022.
    16. Maine
      1. Cumberland County on or after March 22, 2022 and before November 19, 2022.
    17. Massachusetts
      1. Essex County on or after March 7, 2024 and before October 3, 2024.
    18. Maryland
      1. Caroline County
        1. on or after November 21, 2023 and before April 14, 2024; and
        2. on or after January 14, 2025; *
      2. Cecil County on or after March 4, 2022 and before October 19, 2022;
      3. Dorchester County on or after January 22, 2025; *
      4. Queen Anne's County
        1. on or after March 8, 2022 and before August 8, 2022; and
        2. on or after January 16, 2025; *
      5. Washington County on or after November 29, 2022 and before March 20, 2023; and
      6. Worcester County on or after February 4, 2025. *
    19. Michigan
      1. Gratiot County on or after April 26, 2024 and before October 10, 2024;
      2. Ingham County on or after September 13, 2022 and before May 17, 2023;
      3. Ionia County on or after April 3, 2024 and before August 28, 2024;
      4. Lapeer County on or after October 5, 2022 and before September 6, 2023;
      5. Menominee County on or after April 13, 2022 and before December 13, 2022;
      6. Montmorency County on or after December 7, 2023 and before July 18, 2024;
      7. Muskegon County
        1. on or after May 10, 2022 and before October 5, 2022; and
        2. on or after December 19, 2023 and before May 22, 2024;
      8. Newaygo County on or after April 17, 2024 and before September 16, 2024;
      9. Ottawa County
        1. on or after April 24, 2024 and before September 30, 2024; and
        2. on or after December 23, 2024; *
      10. Tuscola County on or after October 3, 2022 and before June 2, 2023; and
      11. Wexford County on or after April 28, 2022 and before December 30, 2022.
    20. Minnesota
      1. Becker County
        1. on or after April 3, 2022 and before January 31, 2023; and
        2. on or after October 17, 2023 and before April 18, 2024;
      2. Big Stone County
        1. on or after April 5, 2022 and before August 7, 2022; and
        2. on or after November 21, 2023 and before March 22, 2024;
      3. Blue Earth County
        1. on or after April 13, 2022 and before August 27, 2022; and
        2. on or after October 18, 2023 and before February 29, 2024;
      4. Brown County
        1. on or after September 13, 2022 and before January 24, 2023; and
        2. on or after November 21, 2023 and before April 9, 2024;
      5. Chippewa County on or after December 20, 2024 and before April 28, 2025; *
      6. Chisago County on or after May 11, 2022 and before January 8, 2023;
      7. Crow Wing County on or after May 10, 2022 and before January 6, 2023;
      8. Dakota County
        1. on or after May 21, 2022 and before September 14, 2022; and
        2. on or after January 16, 2025; *
      9. Dodge County
        1. on or after April 3, 2022 and before August 29, 2022;
        2. on or after December 8, 2022 and before April 11, 2023; and
        3. on or after May 2, 2024 and before September 12, 2024;
      10. Douglas County on or after November 29, 2023 and before April 6, 2024;
      11. Filmore County on or after December 19, 2024 and before May 1, 2025; *
      12. Kandiyohi County
        1. on or after March 29, 2022 and before October 29, 2022;
        2. on or after October 24, 2023 and before April 11, 2023; and
        3. on or after July 9, 2024 and before December 17, 2024; *
      13. Lac Qui Parle County on or after March 29, 2022 and before September 2, 2022;
      14. Le Sueur County
        1. on or after April 3, 2022 and before August 28, 2022; and
        2. on or after October 27, 2022 and before March 2, 2023;
      15. Lyon County
        1. on or after May 3, 2022 and before September 27, 2022; and
        2. on or after June 12, 2024 and before October 15, 2024;
      16. Meeker County
        1. on or after March 25, 2022 and before September 4, 2022;
        2. on or after September 8, 2022 and before January 29, 2023;
        3. on or after October 11, 2023 and before March 14, 2024;
        4. on or after April 11, 2024 and before September 3, 2024; and
        5. on or after November 25, 2024 and before April 25, 2025; *
      17. Morrison County
        1. on or after March 31, 2022 and before October 9, 2022
        2. on or after September 7, 2022 and before January 30, 2023; and
        3. on or after May 21, 2024 and before September 26, 2024;
      18. Olmsted County on or after December 11, 2023 and before May 15, 2024;
      19. Otter Tail County
        1. on or after April 8, 2022 and before March 30, 2023;
        2. on or after November 22, 2023 and before April 22, 2024; and
        3. on or after June 27, 2024 and before October 24, 2024;
      20. Pipestone County on or after June 18, 2024 and before October 09, 2024;
      21. Redwood County on or after November 9, 2023 and before April 7, 2024;
      22. Renville County
        1. on or after April 8, 2022 and before September 7, 2022; and
        2. on or after July 9, 2024 and before November 14, 2024; *
      23. Roseau County on or after September 21, 2022 and before April 20, 2023;
      24. Stearns County
        1. on or after March 26, 2022 and before March 2, 2023;
        2. on or after November 7, 2023 and before March 13, 2024;
        3. on or after May 21, 2024 and before November 1, 2024; and
        4. on or after December 19, 2024 and before April 15, 2025; *
      25. Steele County on or after November 9, 2023 and before March 20, 2024;
      26. Swift County
        1. on or after April 9, 2022 and before October 19, 2022;
        2. on or after October 24, 2022 and before March 28, 2023;
        3. on or after November 16, 2023 and before April 22, 2024; and
        4. on or after June 18, 2024 and before November 7, 2024;
      27. Todd County
        1. on or after April 19, 2022 and before September 18, 2022;
        2. on or after November 23, 2022 and before April 9, 2023; and
        3. on or after December 6, 2023 and before May 19, 2024;
      28. Wadena County
        1. on or after December 12, 2022 and before April 13, 2023; and
        2. on or after January 24, 2025; *
      29. Waseca County on or after April 5, 2022 and before September 3, 2022;
      30. Wright County on or after November 3, 2023 and before February 15, 2024; and
      31. Yellow Medicine County on or after April 12, 2022 and before September 25, 2022.
    21. Mississippi
      1. Copiah County
        1. on or after February 17, 2023 and before May 21, 2023; and
        2. on or after December 30, 2024 and before April 17, 2025; *
      2. Green County on or after December 20, 2024 and before April 17, 2025; *
      3. Lawrence County on or after November 4, 2022 and before March 7, 2023;
      4. Leake County on or after February 7, 2023 and before July 18, 2023; and
      5. Noxubee County on or after March 12, 2025. *
    22. Missouri
      1. Audrain County on or after December 28, 2023 and before July 27, 2024;
      2. Barry County on or after January 31, 2025; *
      3. Benton County on or after November 6, 2023 and before March 13, 2024;
      4. Cooper County on or after December 20, 2024; *
      5. Dade County on or after April 6, 2022 and before August 19, 2022;
      6. Dallas County on or after February 21, 2024 and before August 5, 2024;
      7. Daviess County on or after December 10, 2024 and before April 10, 2025; *
      8. Jasper County
        1. on or after March 8, 2022 and before September 1, 2022;
        2. on or after November 14, 2023 and before May 12, 2024; and
        3. on or after January 22, 2025; *
      9. Lawrence County
        1. between March 9, 2022 and September 23, 2022; and
        2. on or after January 22, 2025; *
      10. McDonald County on or after January 24, 2025; *
      11. Newton County on or after January 14, 2025; *
      12. Osage County on or after December 9, 2022 and before April 21, 2023;
      13. Stoddard County on or after March 4, 2022 and before September 21, 2022; and
      14. Webster County on or after November 22, 2022 and before June 25, 2023.
    23. Montana
      1. Cascade County on or after April 7, 2022 and before August 4, 2022;
      2. Glacier County
        1. on or after April 20, 2022 and before August 24, 2022; and
        2. on or after October 10, 2023 and before February 6, 2024;
      3. Granite County on or after November 1, 2022 and before May 26, 2023;
      4. Missoula County on or after November 12, 2024; *
      5. Teton County on or after September 15, 2022 and before December 21, 2022; and
      6. Wheatland County on or after November 9, 2023 and before February 24, 2024.
    24. Nebraska
      1. Butler County on or after March 22, 2022 and before September 2, 2022;
      2. Dixon County
        1. on or after April 12, 2022 and before August 23, 2022; and
        2. on or after November 25, 2022 and before April 10, 2023;
      3. Gage County on or after February 6, 2024 and before June 2, 2024;
      4. Johnson County on or after December 30, 2024 and before May 1, 2025; *
      5. Knox County
        1. on or after April 27, 2022 and before September 7, 2022; and
        2. on or after December 14, 2022 and before July 30, 2023;
      6. Lancaster County on or after December 17, 2024 and before March 17, 2025; *
      7. Lincoln County on or after February 21, 2023 and before September 21, 2023;
      8. Nemaha County on or after December 6, 2024; and *
      9. York County on or after October 4, 2022 and before June 7, 2023.
    25. Nevada
      1. Nye County on or after October 17, 2022 and before October 12, 2023.
    26. New Hampshire
      1. Merrimack County on or after September 23, 2022 and before May 30, 2023.
    27. New Jersey
      1. Atlantic County on or after March 20, 2025; *
      2. Hudson County on or after March 12, 2025; *
      3. Mercer County on or after March 12, 2025; *
      4. Monmouth County on or after May 17, 2022 and before January 16, 2023; and
      5. Union County
        1. on or after September 15, 2023 and before December 17, 2023; and
        2. on or after February 22, 2025. *
    28. New Mexico
      1. Curry County on or after April 8, 2025; and *
      2. Roosevelt County on or after April 12, 2024 and before October 29, 2024.
    29. New York
      1. Bronx County on or after February 4, 2025; *
      2. Columbia County on or after February 15, 2023 and before September 15, 2023;
      3. Dutchess County on or after December 12, 2023 and before August 5, 2024;
      4. Kings County
        1. on or after April 18, 2023 and before July 20 2023;
        2. on or after July 25, 2023 and before November 5, 2023; and
        3. on or after February 5, 2025; *
      5. Monroe County on or after March 29, 2022 and before November 30, 2022;
      6. onondaga County on or after March 20, 2025; *
      7. Orleans County on or after April 5, 2022 and before December 6, 2022;
      8. Putnam County on or after April 12, 2023 and before November 19, 2023;
      9. Queens County
        1. on or after November 12, 2022 and before February 13, 2023;
        2. on or after March 22, 2023 and before July 6, 2023; and
        3. on or after February 4, 2025; *
      10. Richmond County on or after March 7, 2025; *
      11. Suffolk County
        1. on or after March 23, 2022 and before November 24, 2022; and
        2. on or after January 17, 2025; and *
      12. Tompkins County on or after March 22, 2023 and before October 20, 2023.
    30. North Carolina
      1. Duplin County on or after February 20, 2024 and before June 21, 2024;
      2. Hyde County on or after January 7, 2025; *
      3. Johnston County on or after March 29, 2022 and before September 26, 2022;
      4. Lenoir County on or after February 9, 2024 and before June 24, 2024; and
      5. Sampson County on or after January 27, 2025; and *
      6. Wayne County on or after April 2, 2022 and before October 12, 2022.
    31. North Dakota
      1. Barnes County on or after April 13, 2022 and before December 10, 2022;
      2. Bottineau County
        1. on or after November 3, 2022 and before June 4, 2023; and
        2. on or after December 2, 2024; *
      3. Dickey County
        1. on or after March 31, 2022 and November 28, 2022;
        2. on or after April 19, 2023 and before August 19, 2023; and
        3. on or after November 28, 2023 and before July 1, 2024;
      4. Kidder County on or after March 29, 2022 and before December 6, 2022;
      5. LaMoure County
        1. on or after April 2, 2022 and before September 5, 2022; and
        2. on or after November 15, 2023 and before March 6, 2024;
      6. McHenry County
        1. on or after June 6, 2022 and before February 5, 2023; and
        2. on or after November 22, 2024; *
      7. McIntosh County on or after November 15, 2023 and before June 17, 2024;
      8. Ransom County
        1. on or after September 27, 2022 and before January 28, 2023; and
        2. on or after November 27, 2024 and before March 28, 2025; *
      9. Richland County on or after April 21, 2022 and before December 25, 2022;
      10. Stutsman County
        1. on or after April 8, 2022 and before December 15, 2022; and
        2. on or after April 24, 2025; and *
      11. Ward County on or after September 22, 2022 and before June 11, 2023.
    32. Ohio
      1. Auglaize County on or after February 5, 2025; *
      2. Butler County on or after November 7, 2022 and before June 14, 2023;
      3. Darke County
        1. on or after December 1, 2023 and before May 6, 2024; and
        2. on or after December 27, 2024; *
      4. Defiance County on or after September 3, 2022 and before January 29, 2023;
      5. Greene County on or after December 19, 2024; *
      6. Hardin County on or after December 7, 2023 and before May 30, 2024;
      7. Mercer County on or after January 14, 2025; *
      8. Union County on or after November 21, 2023 and before April 5, 2024; and
      9. Van Wert County on or after January 30, 2025. *
    33. Oklahoma
      1. Adair County on or after December 3, 2024; and *
      2. Sequoyah County on or after April 30, 2022 and before August 11, 2022.
    34. Oregon
      1. Clackamas County on or after October 24, 2024 and before March 7, 2025; *
      2. Deschutes County on or after July 12, 2022 and before March 17, 2023;
      3. Lane County on or after May 17, 2022 and before January 15, 2023;
      4. Linn County on or after November 16, 2023 and before June 17, 2024;
      5. Marion County on or after November 16, 2023 and before March 21, 2024;
      6. Union County
        1. on or after October 20, 2023 and before May 12, 2024; and
        2. on or after January 9, 2025; and *
      7. Yamhill County on or after November 3, 2022 and before June 3, 2023.
    35. Pennsylvania
      1. Adams County on or after October 11, 2022 and before April 4, 2023;
      2. Berks County on or after May 3, 2022 and before October 10, 2022;
      3. Bucks County on or after March 6, 2023 and before June 16, 2023;
      4. Chester County on or after February 24, 2023 and before September 29, 2023;
      5. Cumberland County on or after February 5, 2025; *
      6. Dauphin County on or after February 4, 2025; *
      7. Franklin County on or after March 21, 2025; *
      8. Lancaster County
        1. on or after April 15, 2022 and before November 26, 2022;
        2. on or after February 1, 2023 and before October 30, 2023;and
        3. on or after February 6, 2025; *
      9. Lebanon County on or after February 6, 2025; *
      10. Lehigh County
        1. on or after November 3, 2022 and before May 18, 2023; and
        2. on or after January 28, 2025; *
      11. Northampton County on or after August 11, 2022 and before November 9, 2022;
      12. Northumberland County
        1. on or after March 3, 2023 and before July 20, 2023; and
        2. on or after December 27, 2023 and before April 12, 2024;
      13. Philadelphia County on or after February 24, 2025; *
      14. Washington County on or after September 20, 2022 and before December 25, 2022; and
      15. York County on or after September 29, 2022 and before February 16, 2023.
    36. Puerto Rico *
      1. Culebra Island on or after January 13, 2025. *
    37. South Carolina
      1. Chesterfield County on or after April 8, 2020 and before August 5, 2020; and
      2. Spartanburg County on or after December 31, 2024 and before April 3, 2025. *
    38. South Dakota
      1. Beadle County
        1. on or after March 22, 2022 and before August 18, 2022;
        2. on or after October 12, 2022 and before March 12, 2023;
        3. on or after April 19, 2023 and before August 5, 2023;
        4. on or after October 25, 2023 and before March 12, 2024;
        5. on or after November 27, 2024 and before March 20, 2025; and *
        6. on or after April 8, 2025; *
      2. Bon Homme County
        1. on or after March 29, 2022 and before July 29, 2022;
        2. on or after December 6, 2023 and before March 15, 2024; and
        3. on or after December 17, 2024 and before April 2, 2025; *
      3. Brule County
        1. on or after March 30, 2022 and before August 1, 2022;
        2. on or after October 6, 2022 and before January 7, 2023;
        3. on or after November 22, 2023 and before March 4, 2024; and
        4. on or after December 11, 2024 and before March 21, 2025; *
      4. Charles Mix County
        1. on or after March 5, 2022 and before July 16, 2022;
        2. on or after November 30, 2022 and before March 18, 2023;
        3. on or after November 8, 2023 and before July 17, 2024; and
        4. on or after December 4, 2024; *
      5. Clark County
        1. on or after March 27, 2022 and before August 25, 2022;
        2. on or after September 20, 2022 and before March 22, 2023; and
        3. on or after October 25, 2023 and before March 4, 2024;
      6. Codington County before May 19, 2022 and before August 11, 2023;
      7. Day County
        1. on or after May 4, 2022 and before January 2, 2023; and
        2. on or after November 20, 2023 and before August 4, 2024;
      8. Deuel County on or after April 13, 2022 and before July 25, 2022;
      9. Edmunds County
        1. on or after March 23, 2022 and before October 8, 2022;
        2. on or after November 21, 2022 and before February 25, 2023; and
        3. on or after November 15, 2023 and before August 6, 2024;
      10. Faulk County
        1. on or after April 5, 2022 and before August 1, 2022;
        2. on or after November 23, 2022 and before March 9, 2023;
        3. on or after October 17, 2023 and before January 29, 2024; and
        4. on or after November 27, 2024 and before March 12, 2025; *
      11. Gregory County on or after October 11, 2022 and before June 7, 2023;
      12. Hamlin County
        1. on or after November 29, 2022 and before March 23, 2023; and
        2. on or after December 6, 2023 and before March 13, 2024;
      13. Hanson County
        1. on or after March 18, 2022 and before August 7, 2022;
        2. on or after November 29, 2022 and before April 30, 2023; and
        3. on or after October 25, 2023 and before February 12, 2024;
      14. Hutchinson County
        1. on or after March 20, 2022 and before August 3, 2022;
        2. between March 12, 2024 and July 4, 2024; and
        3. on or after December 9, 2024 and before March 17, 2025; *
      15. Jerauld County
        1. on or after March 24, 2022 and before July 5, 2022; and
        2. on or after October 4, 2023 and before January 21, 2024;
      16. Kingsbury County
        1. on or after March 18, 2022 and before July 19, 2022;
        2. on or after November 21, 2023 and before March 7, 2024; and
        3. on or after December 12, 2024 and before March 21, 2025; *
      17. Lake County
        1. on or after April 2, 2022 and before August 7, 2022;
        2. on or after December 1, 2022 and before April 7, 2023; and
        3. on or after December 12, 2023 and before March 18, 2024;
      18. McPherson County
        1. on or after March 27, 2022 and before September 9, 2022;
        2. on or after September 24, 2022 and before January 14, 2023;
        3. on or after October 17, 2023 and before April 7, 2024; and
        4. on or after December 3, 2024 and before March 23, 2025; *
      19. Miner County on or after December 31, 2024; *
      20. Moody County
        1. on or after December 14, 2022 and before April 12, 2023; and
        2. on or after December 10, 2024 and before March 16, 2025;
      21. Roberts County
        1. on or after October 19, 2022 and before February 23, 2023; and
        2. on or after November 9, 2023 and before February 17, 2024; *
      22. Spink County
        1. on or after March 29, 2022 and before August 12, 2022;
        2. on or after November 25, 2022 and before August 11, 2024; and
        3. on or after December 3, 2024 and before March 11, 2025; and *
      23. Yankton County
        1. on or after April 9, 2022 and before July 28, 2022; and
        2. on or after November 28, 2023 and before March 14, 2024.
    39. Tennessee
      1. Bledsoe County on or after November 15, 2022 and before March 22, 2023;
      2. Gibson County on or after November 29, 2024; *
      3. Obion County on or after September 15, 2022 and before December 19, 2022; and
      4. Weakley County on or after December 14, 2022 and before August 11, 2023.
    40. Texas
      1. Erath County on or after April 2, 2022 and before July 20, 2022;
      2. Lampasas County on or after January 18, 2023 and before April 21, 2023; and
      3. Parmer County on or after April 2, 2024 and before September 15, 2024.
    41. Utah
      1. Cache County
        1. on or after April 25, 2022 and before September 15, 2022; and
        2. on or after October 15, 2024 and before February 4, 2025; *
      2. Iron County on or after November 28, 2022 and before June 25, 2023;
      3. Piute County on or after November 12, 2024 and before March 19, 2025; and *
      4. Sanpete County
        1. on or after July 14, 2022 and before March 23, 2023;
        2. on or after October 6, 2023 and before February 14, 2024; and
        3. on or after November 27, 2024 and before March 9, 2025. *
    42. Virginia
      1. Accomack County on or after January 21, 2025; *
      2. Alexandria City on or after February 23, 2023 and before May 25, 2023; and
      3. Rockingham County on or after January 19, 2023 and before July 9, 2023.
    43. Washington
      1. Franklin County
        1. on or after December 14, 2022 and before May 8, 2023; and
        2. on or after October 15, 2024;
      2. King County
        1. on or after June 7, 2022 and before February 27, 2023; and
        2. on or after December 19, 2023 and before July 15, 2024;
      3. Kittitas County on or after October 27, 2023 and before May 23, 2024;
      4. Pacific County on or after May 5, 2022 and before January 1, 2023; and
      5. Snohomish County on or after July 18, 2022 and before July 28, 2023.
    44. West Virginia *
      1. Pocahontas County on or after January 3, 2025 and before April 2, 2025. *
    45. Wisconsin
      1. Barron County
        1. on or after April 12, 2022 and before October 6, 2022;
        2. on or after December 4, 2023 and before April 23, 2024; and
        3. on or after December 13, 2024; *
      2. Burnett County on or after December 27, 2024; *
      3. Dunn County on or after September 29, 2022 and before February 4, 2023;
      4. Jefferson County
        1. on or after March 14, 2022 and before August 25, 2022; and
        2. on or after November 7, 2022 and before June 22, 2023;
      5. Kenosha County on or after December 19, 2024; *
      6. Polk County on or after April 15, 2022 and before September 6, 2022;
      7. Racine County on or after April 7, 2022 and before March 2, 2023;
      8. Sheboygan County on or after April 7, 2025; *
      9. Trempealeau County on or after November 22, 2023 and before April 21, 2024;
      10. Washburn County on or after January 5, 2024 and before May 23, 2024; and
      11. Washington County on or after September 2, 2022 and before April 30, 2023.

All export applications for meat and poultry exports must be entered and processed through PHIS beginning Monday, May 20, 2024. All FSIS export certificates must be signed by an FSIS veterinarian. *

Effective for all meat and poultry export certificates approved, signed, and issued on or after May 20, 2024, the export applicant will select the applicable statements when completing the export application in PHIS. The selected statements will be added by PHIS in the "Remarks" continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B. *

  1. Beef and Beef Products - FSIS Form 9060-5: Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness is required and will be generated through PHIS. The export applicant must select the following statements when completing the export application in PHIS, and enter the slaughter and processing establishment number, name, and address. This information will appear in the "Remarks" continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B. *
    1. The United States is recognized by the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE) as a country free from Foot and Mouth Disease and Rinderpest.
    2. The United States is recognized by the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) as having a Negligible Risk for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in accordance with the pertinent chapter of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code.
    3. The product was obtained from animals of U.S. origin or from animals and/or products that were legally imported in accordance with U.S. import requirements.
    4. The cattle from which the fresh meat products destined for export were derived were not subjected to a stunning process, prior to slaughter, with a device injecting compressed air or gas into the cranial cavity, or to a pithing process.
  2. Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products (fresh/frozen and cooked) - FSIS Form 9060-5: Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness is required and will be generated through PHIS. The following statements must be selected by the export applicant when completing the export application in PHIS, and will appear in the "Remarks" continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B. *
    1. For fresh/frozen poultry meat

      "There have been no outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (fowl plague) for at least 90 days in the region where the birds were produced or slaughtered. Further, in the region where the birds were produced or slaughtered (such an region being within a minimum radius of 50 kilometers from the production farm), neither Newcastle disease, fowl cholera nor any other serious infectious fowl disease as recognized by the government of the United States, has occurred for at least 90 days."
    2. For cooked poultry meat
      1. The poultry meat was not derived from birds slaughtered in the context of an avian influenza or other disease control or eradication program;
      2. The poultry meat has been subjected to a heat treatment such that the middle of the product reached a temperature of at least 72 degrees Celsius; and
      3. The poultry meat product was handled in such a manner that any possibility of contamination of the product by unprocessed poultry material after the heat process, either directly or indirectly, was prevented.
  3. Pork and Pork Products (Fresh/Frozen and Cooked) - FSIS Form 9060-5: Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness is required and will be generated through PHIS. The following statements must be selected by the export applicant when completing the export application in PHIS, and will appear in the "Remarks" continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B. *
    1. For fresh/frozen pork and pork meat products
      1. African swine fever, foot and mouth disease, classical swine fever, and swine vesicular disease have not occurred in the United States of America during the last twelve (12) months.
      2. The pork and pork products were not derived from swine slaughtered in the context of any disease control or eradication program.
      3. The pork and pork products were derived from swine of U.S. origin and/or the swine or pork products were legally imported in accordance with U.S. import requirements.
      4. Either:
        1. The products originated from swine tested at slaughter for trichinae in an official laboratory with negative results; or,
        2. the pork was subjected to a freezing process or other process that guarantees the destruction of the parasite (Trichinella spiralis); or
        3. The pork was derived from swine and swine enterprises that are subject to surveillance conducted in the United States, have a minimal risk for infection from Trichinella spp, and comply with pork quality assurance programs (PQAPlus) that address product wholesomeness and biosecurity as verified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

          Note: The establishment must have an acceptable control program to identify and segregate pork found to be trichinae-free by testing, treatment, or eligible by participation in the PQAPlus program through the supply chain to export.

          Note: Laboratories used to conduct the analysis must participate in the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Laboratory Approval Program (LAP) for Exports for Trichinae Analysis. Information about the program can be obtained from AMS' website.
    2. For cooked pork and pork products
      1. The pork and pork products were not derived from swine slaughtered in the context of any disease control or eradication program.
      2. The pork and pork products were derived from swine of U.S. origin and/or the swine or pork products that were legally imported in accordance with U.S. import requirements.
      3. The pork and pork products have been subjected to a heat treatment process to eliminate salmonella.
      4. The pork and pork product was handled in such a manner that any possibility of contamination of the product by unprocessed pork material after the heat process, either directly or indirectly, was prevented.
  4. Wild Boar - FSIS Form 9060-5: Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness is required and will be generated through PHIS. The following statements must be selected by the export applicant when completing the export application in PHIS, and will appear in the "Remarks" continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B. *
    1. African Swine Fever, Foot and Mouth Disease, Hog Cholera, Rinderpest and Swine Vesicular Disease have not occurred in the United States of America during the last twelve (12) months.
    2. The products were derived from animals that passed veterinary ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection at the time of slaughter.
    3. The products originate from a USDA inspected slaughter establishment that slaughters animals for human consumption.
    4. The products are sound and fit for human consumption.
    5. The products originated from pigs tested at slaughter for trichinae in an official laboratory with negative results or, alternatively, the meat underwent treatment to destroy trichina according to one of the methods described in 9 CFR 318.10.
  5. Imported meat or poultry meat or their products, not further processed in the U.S. - FSIS Form 9060-5: Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness is required and will be generated through PHIS. The export applicant should enter the U.S. export establishment number in the "Est. No. on Product" field of the PHIS application. *

    The foreign establishment number(s) on the immediate label(s) of the product must be entered by the export applicant by selecting the applicable statement when completing the export application in PHIS. This foreign establishment number(s) will then appear in the "Remarks" continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B. A copy of the original foreign health certificate that was presented upon import into the U.S. must accompany the exported consignment, and is not to be uploaded in PHIS. In addition, the following statement must be selected by the export applicant when completing the export application in PHIS, and will appear in the "Remarks" continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B. *

    "The meat or poultry or their products were legally imported into the United States in accordance with U.S. import procedures for meat and poultry products."

Note to exporter: Barbados requires importers to obtain a valid permit prior to import. Products to be imported must be approved by the Barbados Ministry of Agriculture. Exporters should work with importers in Barbados to ensure a valid import permit has been obtained prior to all shipments.

For fresh/frozen poultry meat. If the poultry product transits a third country between leaving the United States and entering Barbados, pre-approval must be obtained by the importer of the product from the Veterinary Services/Barbados. In addition, the container must be sealed with an official USDA seal and the seal number must be entered by the export applicant by selecting the applicable statement when completing the export application in PHIS. The seal number will then appear in the “Remarks” continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B. *

All USDA federally inspected plants are eligible to export to Barbados.

Last Updated: May 02, 2025
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