France
Library Updates
Import - 2/28/2022, FR-33
Export Requirements
Last update Feb 07, 2020
Fresh/frozen red meat and poultry, meat and poultry products, game meat, products for pet food manufacture and pharmaceutical processing, ships' stores, and certain other products intended for export to countries which are members of the European Union must follow the European Union Requirements found elsewhere in the FSIS Export Library.
- For SRM statements for all ruminant products intended for export to France, see bilingual French SRM statements.
- Product samples not for sale:
- Meat and poultry and meat and poultry products intended for entry at a food show exposition are eligible from any federally inspected establishment. The product must be certified as indicated below. These certificates attest that the product complies with the animal health requirement of the EU. Please check the European Union requirements for animal health requirements.
- Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5 and the appropriate bilingual letterhead certificates indicated below. The USDA export stamp indicating the certificate number should be applied next to the veterinary signature on each page of the letterhead certificate. This ink stamp and the signature should be applied in a color other than black.
- Fresh beef bilingual letterhead certificate in English and French. See the Guideline in the EU requirements for assistance in completing this certificate.
- Fresh pork bilingual letterhead certificate in English and French. See the Guideline in the EU requirements for assistance in completing this certificate.
- Fresh poultry bilingual letterhead certificate in English and French. See the Guideline in the EU requirements for assistance in completing this certificate.
- Meat and poultry products bilingual letterhead certificate in English and French. See the Guideline in the EU requirements for assistance in completing this certificate.
- Animal products to be used for purposes outside the feed chain:
- Meat and poultry and meat and poultry products intended for entry which will not enter the feed chain are eligible from any federally inspected establishment. The product must be certified as indicated below. These certificates attest that the product complies with the animal health requirement of the EU and specify the intended use of the product. Please check the European Union requirements for animal health requirements.
- Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5 and the letterhead certificate in English and in French. See the Guideline for assistance in completing this certificate. The USDA export stamp indicating the certificate number should be applied next to the veterinary signature on each page of the letterhead certificate. This ink stamp and the signature should be applied in a color other than black.
- The importer is to contact the appropriate regional Direction Départementale de la Protection des populations for an agreement to verify the destruction of the product after testing.
- Meat and poultry and meat and poultry products intended for entry which will not enter the feed chain are eligible from any federally inspected establishment. The product must be certified as indicated below. These certificates attest that the product complies with the animal health requirement of the EU and specify the intended use of the product. Please check the European Union requirements for animal health requirements.
Import Requirements
Last update Feb 28, 2022
Additional Import Information
The products identified in the table above are eligible for export from France to the United States as determined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Equivalence Process.
Source materials used to produce product intended for export to the United States must originate from a certified establishment in an eligible country that has an equivalent raw or processed products inspection system.
The above are the Process Categories, Product Categories, and Product Groups as listed in the FSIS Product Categorization document and defined in the Public Health Information System (PHIS).
- RTE = Ready-to-eat; NRTE = Not ready-to-eat
APHIS Animal Disease Requirements for France
The USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) restricts certain animal products from entering the United States because of animal disease conditions in the country of origin. Applicable APHIS animal disease requirements that may have an impact on France’s eligibility to export product to the United States are listed below:
Veal imported from France is subjected to Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.11, and the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.18 or 9 CFR 94.20.
Pork imported from France is subjected to African Swine Fever (ASF) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.8, Classical Swine Fever (CSF) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.31, Swine Vesicular Disease (SVD) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.13, and Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.11.
For information or questions concerning a country’s animal disease status and restrictions please contact the APHIS Veterinary Services, Strategy and Policy, Animal Product Import and Export at:
USDA-APHIS
Veterinary Services, Strategy and Policy, Animal Product Import and Export (APIE)
4700 River Road, Unit 40
Riverdale, MD 20737
Phone: (301) 851-3300
E-mail: APIE@USDA.GOV
Link to France’s Certified Establishment List
A certified establishment is an establishment that the Central Competent Authority (CCA) of the foreign country has certified as meeting the requirements of the inspection system that FSIS has determined equivalent to the United States inspection system and, therefore, eligible to export meat, poultry, or egg products to the United States.