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Export - 12/04/2023, NA-39

Import - 2/28/2022, NA-01

Export Requirements

Last update Dec 04, 2023

  1. Processed and unprocessed poultry meat and poultry meat products, except products listed under ineligible below.

  1. Meat and meat products other than poultry.

  2. Alaska: From the State of Alaska slaughtered on or after September 14, 2022 and before April 10, 2023 are ineligible. 

  3. Fresh/chilled and frozen poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from the following zones are ineligible due to High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI). Products produced and sealed in other States (non-restricted) may transit through and/or be shipped from a restricted zone if the original seal remains intact.
    1. Alabama: From the State of Alabama slaughtered on or after October 11, 2023, are ineligible. *
    2. Alaska: From the State of Alaska slaughtered on or after September 14, 2022, and before April 10, 2023, are ineligible. 
    3. Arkansas: From the State of Arkansas slaughtered between September 16, 2022, and December 31, 2022, and on or after October 16, 2023 are ineligible. *
    4. California: From the State of California slaughtered between August 1, 2022 and June 1, 2023, and on or after October 9, 2023 are ineligible. *
    5. Colorado: From the State of Colorado slaughtered on or after March 18, 2022 and before August 23, 2023 are ineligible. 
    6. Delaware: From the State of Delaware slaughtered on or after February 1, 2022 and before June 24, 2022 are ineligible.  
    7. Florida: From the State of Florida slaughtered on or after September 23, 2022 and before April 26, 2023 are ineligible.  
    8. Georgia: From the State of Georgia slaughtered on or after November 4, 2023 are ineligible. *
    9. Idaho: From the State of Idaho slaughtered on or after March 24, 2022 and before March 23, 2023 are ineligible. 
    10. Illinois: From the State of Illinois slaughtered on or after November 9, 2022 and before May 4, 2023 are ineligible.  
    11. Indiana: From the State of Indiana slaughtered between January 18, 2022 and July 20, 2022 and between August 11, 2022 and April 18, 2023 are ineligible.  
    12. Iowa: From the State of Iowa slaughtered between February 13, 2022 and May 22, 2023, and on or after October 5, 2023 are ineligible. *
    13. Kansas: From the State of Kansas slaughtered on or after February 18, 2022 and before March 29, 2023 are ineligible. 
    14. Kentucky: From the State of Kentucky slaughtered on or after January 22, 2022 and before November 11, 2022 are ineligible.  
    15. Maine: From the State of Maine slaughtered on or after March 1, 2022 and before September 18, 2022 are ineligible.  
    16. Maryland: From the State of Maryland slaughtered between February 11, 2022 and January 17, 2023, and on or after November 5, 2023 are ineligible. *
    17. Michigan: From the State of Michigan slaughtered on or after March 23, 2022 and before July 6, 2023 are ineligible. 
    18. Minnesota:  From the State of Minnesota slaughtered  between March 4, 2022 and  February 17, 2023, and on or after September 23, 2023 are ineligible. *
    19. Mississippi: From the State of Mississippi slaughtered between October 14, 2022 and January 6, 2023 and between January 29, 2023 and May 16, 2023 are ineligible. 
    20. Missouri: From the State of Missouri slaughtered between February 11, 2022 and April 22, 2023, and on or after October 18, 2023 are ineligible. *
    21. Montana: From the State of Montana slaughtered between March 17, 2022 and March 26, 2023, and on or after September 23, 2023 are ineligible. *
    22. Nebraska: From the State of Nebraska slaughtered on or after March 1, 2022 and before July 21, 2023 are ineligible. 
    23. Nevada: From the State of Nevada slaughtered on or after September 26, 2022 and before August 11, 2023 are ineligible.  
    24. New Hampshire: From the State of New Hampshire slaughtered on or after September 2, 2022 and before March 29, 2023 are ineligible.  
    25. New Jersey: From the State of New Jersey slaughtered between April 26, 2022 and November 13, 2022 and between August 30, 2023 and October 16, 2023 are ineligible.  *
    26. New York: From the State of New York slaughtered between March 2, 2022 and December 13, 2022,  and between January 21, 2023 and September 18, 2023 are ineligible. *
    27. North Carolina: From the State of North Carolina slaughtered on or after March 8, 2022 and before August 9, 2022 are ineligible.  
    28. North Dakota: From the State of North Dakota slaughtered between March 8, 2022 and June 16, 2023, and on or after October 29, 2023 are ineligible. *
    29. Ohio: From the State of Ohio slaughtered between August 12, 2022 and April 11, 2023, and on or after November 3, 2023 are ineligible. *
    30. Oklahoma: From the State of Oklahoma slaughtered on or after April 9, 2022 and before June 8, 2022 are ineligible.  
    31. Oregon: From the State of Oregon slaughtered between April 26, 2022 and March 31, 2023, and on or after October 6, 2023 are ineligible.  *
    32. Pennsylvania: From the State of Pennsylvania slaughtered on or after March 25, 2022 and before August 29, 2023 are ineligible. 
    33. South Carolina: From the State of South Carolina slaughtered on or after March 17, 2020 are ineligible. 
    34. South Dakota: From the State of South Dakota slaughtered between February 12, 2022 and August 17, 2023, and on or after September 18, 2023 are ineligible. 
    35. Tennessee: From the State of Tennessee slaughtered on or after August 25, 2022 and before June 10, 2023 are ineligible.  
    36. Texas: From the State of Texas slaughtered between March 12, 2022 and February 18, 2023 are ineligible. 
    37. Utah: From the State of Utah slaughtered on or after April 4, 2022 and before April 22, 2023, and on or after September 7, 2023 are ineligible.  *
    38. Virginia: From the State of Virginia slaughtered on or after January 5, 2023 and before May 8, 2023 are ineligible.  
    39. Washington: From the State of Washington slaughtered between April 14, 2022 and May 27, 2023, and on or after October 5, 2023 are ineligible.  *
    40. Wisconsin: From the State of Wisconsin slaughtered on or after February 21, 2022 and before April 19, 2023 are ineligible 

All export applications for meat and poultry exports must be entered and processed through PHIS beginning Monday, March 6, 2023. 

A. Poultry and poultry products: PHIS will generate  FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness. 

  1. All shipments must be accompanied by a Namibian Import Permit. The importer is required to apply for and obtain a veterinary import permit from the Import and Export Control Office in Windhoek.

  1. All federally inspected establishments are eligible to export to Namibia.

Import Requirements

Last update Feb 28, 2022

Process Category
Product Category
Product Group
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 Namibia to the United States as determined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Equivalence Process. This aligns with the FSIS’s Final Rule to amend the Federal meat inspection regulations to add Namibia to the list of countries eligible to export meat and meat products to the United States (81 FR 45225).

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 Namibia

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

Beef imported from Namibia 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 94.19.

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 Namibia’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. 

Last Updated: Dec 04, 2023