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Honduras

Library Updates

Export - 5/25/2022, HO-102

Import - 2/28/2022, HO-01

Export Requirements

Last update May 25, 2022

  1. Meat and meat products.
  2. Poultry and poultry products (Except as indicated in the ineligible section below.)

Poultry and poultry products, unless heat treated in accordance with OIE guidelines (Currently 10.4.26), derived from birds originating from or slaughtered, processed, or stored within:

  1. California:
    1. Stanislaus County on or after September 8, 2018 and before July 29, 2019;
    2. Monterey County on or after April 20, 2019 and before September 18, 2019; and
    3. Merced County on or after June 27, 2019.
  2. Colorado:
    1. La Plata County on or after April 19, 2022;
    2. Montrose County on or after April 19, 2022; 
    3. Pitkin County on or after April 8, 2022; and

    4. Weld County on or after April 29, 2022. 

  3. Connecticut:
    1. Fairfield County on or after March 29, 2019 and before July 6, 2019.
  4. Delaware:
    1. Kent County on or after March 17, 2022; and
    2. New Castle County on or after February 22, 2022.
  5. Idaho

    1. Ada County on or after May 10, 2022;

    2. Canyon County on or after May 9, 2022;

    3. Gooding County on or after April 14, 2022; and
    4. Madison County on or after April 20, 2022.
  6. Indiana
    1. Dubois County on or after February 8, 2022;
    2. Elkhart County on or after April 8, 2022; and
    3. Greene County on or after February 23, 2022.
  7. Iowa
    1. Bremer County on or after April 21, 2022; 
    2. Buena Vista County on or after March 6, 2022;
    3. Cherokee County on or after March 31, 2022;
    4. Franklin County on or after March 25, 2022;
    5. Guthrie County on or after March 28, 2022;
    6. Hamilton County on or after March 28, 2022;
    7. Hardin County on or after April 5, 2022;
    8. Humboldt County on or after April 2, 2022;
    9. Osceola County on or after March 31, 2022;
    10. Sac County on or after April 2, 2022; and
    11. Taylor County on or after March 10, 2022.
  8. Kansas
    1. Dickinson County on or after March 18, 2022;
    2. Franklin County on or after March 11, 2022;
    3. McPherson County on or after April 13, 2022; and

    4. Republic County on or after April 27, 2022. 

  9. Kentucky
    1. Fulton County on or after February 12,2022; and
    2. Webster County on or after February 15, 2022.
  10. Maine
    1. Cumberland County on or after March 22, 2022.
  11. Maryland
    1. Cecil County on or after March 4, 2022; and
    2. Queen Anne’s County on or after March 8, 2022.
  12. Michigan
    1. Menominee County on or after April 13, 2022; 

    2. Muskegon County on or after May 10, 2022; and

    3. Wexford County on or after April 28, 2022. 

  13. Minnesota
    1. Becker County on or after April 3, 2022;
    2. Big Stone County on or after April 5, 2022;
    3. Blue Earth County on or after April 13, 2022;

    4. Chisago County on or after May 11, 2022;

    5. Crow Wing County on or after May 10, 2022;

    6. Dakota County on or after May 21, 2022;*

    7. Dodge County on or after April 3, 2022;
    8. Kandiyohi County on or after March 29, 2022;
    9. Lac Qui Parle County on or after March 29, 2022;
    10. Le Sueur County on or after April 3, 2022;
    11. Lyon County, MN on or after May 3, 2022;
    12. Meeker County on or after March 25, 2022;
    13. Morrison County on or after March 31, 2022;
    14. Otter Tail County on or after April 8, 2022;
    15. Renville County on or after April 8, 2022;
    16. Stearns County on or after March 26, 2022;
    17. Swift County on or after April 9, 2022;
    18. Todd County on or after April 20, 2022; 
    19. Waseca County on or after April 5, 2022; and 
    20. Yellow Medicine County on or after April 12, 2022.
  14. Missouri
    1. Dade County on or after April 6, 2022;
    2. Jasper County on or after March 8, 2022;
    3. Lawrence County on or after March 9, 2022; and
    4. Stoddard County on or after March 4, 2022.
  15. Montana
    1. Cascade County on or after April 7, 2022; and 
    2. Glacier County on or after April 20, 2022.
  16. Nebraska
    1. Butler County on or after March 22, 2022;
    2. Dixon County on or after April 12, 2022; and
    3.  Knox County on or after April 27, 2022. 
  17. New Jersey
    1. Monmouth County on or after May 17, 2022; 
  18. New York
    1. Monroe County on or after March 29, 2022;
    2. Orleans County on or after April 5, 2022; and
    3. Suffolk County on or after March 23, 2022.
  19. North Dakota
    1. Barnes County on or after April 13, 2022;
    2. Dickey County on or after March 31, 2022;
    3. Kidder County on or after March 29, 2022;
    4. LaMoure County on or after April 2, 2022;
    5. Richland County on or after April 21, 2022; and
    6. Stutsman County on or after April 8, 2022.
  20. North Carolina
    1. Union County on or after March 12, 2020, and on or before October 14, 2020;
    2. Anson County on or after March 12, 2020, and on or before September 18, 2020;
    3. Johnston County on or after March 29, 2022; and
    4. Wayne County on or after April 2, 2022.
  21. Oklahoma
    1. Sequoyah County on or after April 30, 2022.
  22. Oregon
    1. Lane County on or after May 17, 2022. 
  23. Pennsylvania
    1. Berks County, PA on or after May 3, 2022;
    2. Lancaster County on or after March 13, 2019 and before August 8, 2019; and
    3. Lancaster County on or after April 15, 2022; 
  24. South Carolina
    1. Chesterfield County on or after March 17, 2020, and on or before August 5, 2020.
  25. South Dakota
    1. Beadle County on or after March 22, 2022;
    2. Bon Homme County on or after March 29, 2022;
    3. Brule County on or after March 30, 2022;
    4. Charles Mix County on or after March 5, 2022;
    5. Clark County on or after March 27, 2022;
    6. Day County, SD on or after May 4, 2022;
    7. Deuel County on or after April 13, 2022;
    8. Edmunds County on or after March 23, 2022;
    9. Faulk County on or after April 5, 2022;
    10. Hanson County on or after March 18, 2022;
    11. Hutchinson County on or after March 20, 2022;
    12. Jerauld County on or after March 24, 2022;
    13. Kingsbury County on or after March 18, 2022;
    14. Lake County on or after April 2, 2022;
    15. McPherson County on or after March 27, 2022;
    16. Spink County on or after March 29, 2022; and
    17. Yankton County on or after April 9, 2022.
  26. Texas
    1. Erath County on or after April 2, 2022.

  27. Utah

    1. Cache County on or after April 25, 2022. 

  28. Washington
    1. Pacific County on or after May 5, 2022.
  29. Wisconsin
    1. Barron County on or after April 12, 2022;
    2. Jefferson County on or after March 14, 2022;
    3. Polk County on or after April 15, 2022; and
    4. Racine County on or after April 7, 2022.

In addition to U.S. labeling requirements, the following information must appear in Spanish on the shipping carton(s).  The requested dates must be provided in the Day/Month/Year format (DD/MM/YYYY).

  1. Expiration date
  2. Lot number
  3. Production date

  1. Fresh/frozen meat, meat products, and cooked poultry products- PHIS will generate FSIS form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness.
  2. Fresh/ Frozen poultry -FSIS form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness. Additionally, the following statement must be selected by the export applicant in PHIS and included on FSIS Form 9060-5B; Meat, Poultry and Egg Products Export Certificate of Wholesomeness Continuation Sheet :

    "All fresh/frozen poultry meat, including mechanically deboned meat (MDM), comes from an area free of high or low pathogenic Avian Influenza."

    Note: The term "area" refers to farm or premise.

    Note: The importer in Honduras must apply for a permit to be able to import U.S. product.

All Federally inspected establishments are eligible to export to Honduras.

Import Requirements

Last update Feb 28, 2022

Process Category
Product Category
Product Group
Process Raw - Non Intact
Eligible Products Raw Ground, Comminuted, or Otherwise Non-intact Beef
Product category Beef - All Products Eligible except Advanced Meat Recovery Product (AMR); Beef Patty Product; Finely Textured Beef (FTB); Ground Beef; Hamburger; Partially Defatted Chopped Beef (PDCB); Partially Defatted Beef Fatty Tissue (PDBFT); and Low Temperature Rendered Product
Process Raw - Intact
Eligible Products Raw Intact Beef
Product category Beef - All Products Eligible except Cheek Meat, Head Meat, Heart Meat, and Weasand Meat

Additional Import Information

The products identified in the table above are eligible for export from Honduras 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).

APHIS Animal Disease Requirements for Honduras

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 Honduras’s eligibility to export product to the United States are listed below:

Beef imported from Honduras is subjected Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.18 or 9 CFR 94.21.

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 Honduras 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.  

Last Updated: May 25, 2022