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Public Health Information System (PHIS) Definitions

RTE
Ready-to-eat
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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.

North Macedonia

Library Updates

Export - 6/05/2023, MA-83

Export Requirements

Last update Jun 05, 2023

  1. Poultry and poultry products are eligible (except as indicated in the Ineligible products section below).
  2. Fresh or frozen pork, including minced pork meat that:
    1. Tested negative for Trichinella spp. by a digestion method assay as described in FSIS Compliance Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Trichinella and Other Parasitic Hazards in Pork Products; or
    2. Were or are derived from raw pork that was subject to a freezing process validated by FSIS that guarantees the destruction of the parasite Trichinella spiralis as described in FSIS Compliance Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Trichinella and Other Parasitic Hazards in Pork Products.

For the following table, poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating in the COUNTY, slaughtered on or after the DATE are Ineligible for export to North Macedonia. If there is a date range, products derived from poultry slaughtered on or after the ending date are eligible:

State County Date of ineligibility  Date eligibility resumes (poultry slaughtered on or after this date are eligible)
Alaska Matanuska-Susitna  October 5, 2022      April 15, 2023 *
Arkansas   Madison   October 7, 2022  January 2, 2023 
California Del Norte    October 4, 2022     January 28, 2023 

Fresno           

 August 22, 2022  February 15, 2023 
Glenn  December 22, 2022   
Merced  February 6, 2023  April 12, 2023 
Monterey    October 4, 2022    December 2, 2022 
Sacramento    August 30, 2022  January 25, 2023 
San Diego  November 3, 2022     April 5, 2023 
Stanislaus   October 3, 2022  April 12, 2023 
Tehama  January 12, 2023 February 26, 2023 
Tuolumne    August 26, 2022  January 7, 2023 
Colorado Boulder  October 7, 2022  March 11, 2023 
Jefferson October 20, 2022  March 19, 2023 
La Plata    April 19, 2022  December 14, 2022 
Montrose  April 19, 2022  November 26, 2022 
Pitkin  April 8, 2022     
Prowers  December 9, 2022  May 14, 2023 *
Weld  April 29, 2022  March 14, 2023 
Yuma  March 24, 2023   
Delaware Kent March 17, 2022 July 29, 2022 
New Castle February 22, 2022   October 17, 2022 
Florida Broward  October 14, 2022  March 16, 2023 
Hillsborough  March 21, 2023  April 28, 2023 *
Indian River  October 25, 2022  March 24, 2023 
Miami Dade February 28, 2023  March 31, 2023 
Seminole  November 16, 2022    April 20, 2023 *
Idaho

Ada                       

May 10, 2022   January 21, 2023 
Canyon    May 9, 2022  January 21, 2023 
Gooding    April 14, 2022  March 25, 2023 
Madison  April 20, 2022  December 19, 2022 
Illinois Grundy     
 
November 30, 2022  May 6, 2023 *
Wayne February 24, 2023  April 24, 2023 *
Indiana Allen June 7, 2022 September 23, 2022 
Daviess  December 13, 2022 April 20, 2023 *
Dubois      February 8, 2022  August 18, 2022 
Elkhart    April 8, 2022  August 22, 2022 
Elkhart    September 1, 2022     February 28, 2023 
Greene  February 23, 2022 August 4, 2022 
Iowa

Bremer                     

April 21, 2022  October 7, 2022 
Buena Vista    March 6, 2022 August 27, 2022 
Buena Vista  December 5, 2022   
Cherokee             March 31, 2022 September 24, 2022 
Cherokee  December 7, 2022  March 13, 2023 
Franklin         March 25, 2022  July 28, 2022
Guthrie             March 28, 2022 August 28, 2022 
Hamilton              March 28, 2022  July 29, 2022 
Hardin                   April 5, 2022 September 24, 2022 
Humboldt             April 2, 2022  August 2, 2022
Osceola            March 31, 2022 August 26, 2022 
Sac                April 2, 2022 August 24, 2022 
Sac  December 7, 2022   
Taylor      March 10, 2022  August 7, 2022 
 Wright  October 31, 2022  January 31, 2023 
Kansas Anderson  January 4, 2023  March 19, 2023 
Dickinson March 18, 2022 November 23, 2022 
Franklin      March 11, 2022 September 11, 2022 
Johnson  October 7, 2022  March 31, 2023 
McPherson    April 13, 2022  October 8, 2002 

Mitchell 

January 17, 2023 

March 4, 2023 
Neosho  October 7, 2022    March 6, 2023 
Republic  April 27, 2022  December 27, 2022 
Shawnee  October 19, 2022  January 19, 2023 
Kentucky Fayette  October 6, 2022  January 7, 2023 
Fulton      February 12, 2022 July 22, 2022 
Webster  February 15, 2022  July 22, 2022 
Maine Cumberland March 22, 2022 November 12, 2022 
Maryland Cecil            March 4, 2022 October 20, 2022 
Queen Anne's  March 8, 2022 August 9, 2022 
Washington November 29, 2022  January 19, 2023 
Michigan Ingham  September 13, 2022    March 19, 2023 
Lapeer  October 7, 2022   
Menominee     April 13, 2022 December 13, 2022 
Muskegon May 10, 2022  October 6, 2022 
Tuscola 01  October 3, 2022  April 1, 2023 
Wexford  April 28, 2022 December 30, 2022 
Minnesota

Becker                  

April 3, 2022 September 24, 2022 
Becker    September 9, 2022  January 30, 2023 
Big Stone    April 5, 2022 August 8, 2022 
Blue Earth     April 13, 2022     August 28, 2022 
Brown  September 13, 2022   January 23, 2023 
Chisago May 11, 2022     January 7, 2023 
Crow Wing  May 10, 2022     January 5, 2023 
Dakota  May 21, 2022 September 15, 2022 
Dodge April 3, 2022  August 30, 2022 
Dodge  December 8, 2022  February 10, 2023 
Kandiyohi March 29, 2022 October 30, 2022
Lac Qui Parle March 29, 2022  September 3, 2022 
Le Sueur  April 3, 2022   August 29, 2022 
Le Sueur   October 27, 2022  January 1, 2023 
Lyon  May 3, 2022   September 28, 2022 
Meeker  March 25, 2022     January 27, 2023 
Morrison     March 31, 2022     January 29, 2023 
Otter Tail  April 8, 2022 January 29, 2023 
Renville    April 8, 2022  September 8, 2022 
Roseau   September 21, 2022  February 19, 2023 
Stearns    March 26, 2022     January 1, 2023 
Swift    April 9, 2022   October 22, 2022 
Swift  October 25, 2022     January 27, 2023 
Todd  April 20, 2022   September 19, 2022 
Todd  November 23, 2022  February 8, 2023 
Wadena  December 12, 2022  February 12, 2023 
Waseca April 5, 2022   September 4, 2022 
Yellow Medicine  April 12, 2022   September 26, 2022 
Mississippi Copiah February 17, 2023  March 25, 2023 
Lawrence

November 4, 2022   

January 8, 2023 
Leake February 7, 2023   
Missouri Dade         April 6, 2022 August 20, 2022
Jasper  March 8, 2022 September 2, 2022 
Lawrence  March 9, 2022 September 24, 2022 
Osage  December 9, 2022  February 20, 2023 
Stoddard March 4, 2022 September 22, 2022 
Webster  November 22, 2022      April 24, 2023 *
Montana Cascade April 7, 2022 August 5, 2022
Glacier    April 20, 2022  August 25, 2022 
Granite      November 1, 2022   March 28, 2023 
Teton  September 15, 2022    December 21, 2022 
Nebraska

Butler               

March 22, 2022 September 3, 2022  
Dixon    April 12, 2022  August 24, 2022  
Dixon  November 25, 2022 

February 4, 2023 

Knox  April 27, 2022  September 8, 2022 
Knox  December 14, 2022   
Lincoln  February 21, 2023   
York   October 4, 2022  April 6, 2023 
Nevada  Nye  October 17, 2022     
New Hampshire      Merrimack  September 23, 2022   
New Jersey  Monmouth       May 17, 2022  January 15, 2023 
New York  Columbia  February 15, 2023   
Kings

April 18, 2023 

 
Monroe  March 29, 2022 November 30, 2022 
Orleans  April 5, 2022 December 6, 2023 
Putnam

April 12, 2023 

 
Queens  November 12, 2022  December 15, 2022 
Queens  March 22, 2023  May 7, 2023 *
Suffolk  March 23, 2022 November 26, 2022 
Tompkins  March 22, 2023   
North Carolina Johnston         March 29, 2022 October 10, 2022 
Wayne April 2, 2022 October 13, 2022 
North Dakota  Barnes    April 13, 2022      
Bottineau    November 3, 2022  April 5, 2023 
Dickey  March 31, 2022 September 28, 2022 

April 19, 2023 

 
Kidder      March 29, 2022 October 5, 2022 
La Moure      April 2, 2022 September 6, 2022 
McHenry    June 6, 2022     December 7, 2022 
Ransom   September 27, 2022      January 27, 2023 
Richland     April 21, 2022     December 25, 2022 
Stutsman     April 8, 2022  
Ward      September 22, 2022  April 10, 2023 
Ohio Butler November 7, 2022  April 13, 2023 
Defiance September 3, 2022 January 28, 2023 
Oklahoma Sequoyah     April 30, 2022 August 12, 2022 
Oregon Deschutes     July 12, 2022     April 20, 2023 *
Lane   May 17, 2022  January 15, 2023 
Yamhill  November 3, 2022     April 20, 2023 *
Pennsylvania

Adams 

October 11, 2022  February 3, 2023 
Berks May 3, 2022 October 11, 2022 
Bucks  3/6/2023  April 20, 2023 *
Chester  February 24, 2023   
Lancaster April 15, 2022    
Lehigh   November 3, 2022     March 20, 2023 
Northampton  August 11, 2022   January 10, 2023 
Northumberland  3/3/2023   
Washington    September 20, 2022   December 26, 2023 
York  September 29, 2022     December 18, 2022 
South Dakota 

Beadle

March 22, 2022  August 21, 2022
Beadle  October 12, 2022  January 12, 2023 
Beadle  April 19, 2023   
Bon Homme   March 29, 2022 July 30, 2022
Brule   March 30, 2022 August 2, 2022
Brule  October 6, 2022      January 6, 2023 
Charles Mix   March 5, 2022   July 22, 2022
Charles Mix  November 30, 2022  January 17, 2023 
Clark  March 27, 2022  August 26, 2022 
Clark  September 20, 2022  January 24, 2023 
Codington  May 19, 2022      
Day   May 4, 2022   January 1, 2023 
Deuel  April 13, 2022   July 26, 2022
Edmunds  March 23, 2022 October 9, 2022
Edmunds  November 21, 2022  December 25, 2022 
Faulk    April 5, 2022   August 2, 2022
Faulk  November 23, 2022  January 8, 2023 
Gregory  October 11, 2022      April 6, 2023  
Hamlin  November 30, 2022  January 22, 2023 
Hanson  March 18, 2022 August 8, 2022
Hanson   November 29, 2022   
Hutchinson   March 20, 2022  August 4, 2022
Jerauld  March 24, 2022  July 22, 2022
Kingsbury March 18, 2022   July 22, 2022
Lake    April 2, 2022  August 8, 2022
Lake  December 1, 2022  February 6, 2023 
McPherson  March 27, 2022   September 16, 2022 
McPherson  September 24, 2022     January 13, 2023 
Moody  December 14, 2022  February 11, 2023 
Roberts  October 19, 2022  December 23, 2022 
Spink   March 29, 2022 August 15, 2022
Spink  November 25, 2022   
Yankton  April 9, 2022  July 29, 2022
Tennessee  Bledsoe   November 15, 2022      January 21, 2023 
Obion  September 15, 2022  December 19, 2022 
Weakley  December 14, 2022   
Texas Erath            April 2, 2022 July 22, 2022
Lampasas January 18, 2023 February 20, 2023 
Utah Cache                  April 25, 2022  September 16, 2022 
Iron  November 28, 2022    
Sanpete July 14, 2022 January 22, 2023 
Virginia   Alexandria  February 23, 2023  March 27, 2023 
Rockingham January 19, 2023   
Washington Franklin  December 14, 2022  March 9, 2023 
King      June 7, 2022         December 30, 2022 
Pacific  May 5, 2022  January 2, 2023 
Snohomish  July 18, 2022  
Wisconsin Barron   April 12, 2022  September 25, 2022 
Dunn   September 29, 2022  December 4, 2022 
Jefferson  March 14, 2022 August 26, 2022 
Jefferson  November 7, 2022  April 21, 2023 *
Polk   April 15, 2022 September 7, 2022 
Racine   April 7, 2022     January 1, 2023 
Washington   September 2, 2022      March 1, 2023 
  1. Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from Lincoln County, Tennessee slaughtered on or after March 4, 2017 but prior to August 11, 2017, are ineligible. Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from Lincoln County, Tennessee slaughtered on or after August 11, 2017 are eligible.
  2. Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from Los Angeles County, California slaughtered on or after September 25, 2018, but prior to January 10, 2019 are ineligible. Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from Los Angeles County, California slaughtered on or after January 10, 2019 are eligible.
  3. Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from Riverside County, California slaughtered on or after December 14, 2018, but prior to December 15, 2019 are ineligible.  Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from Riverside County, California slaughtered on or after December 15, 2019 are eligible. 
  4. Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from San Bernardino County, California slaughtered on or after January 24, 2019, but prior to April 22, 2020 are ineligible.  Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from San Bernardino County, California slaughtered on or after April 22, 2020 are eligible. 
  5. Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from San Diego County, California slaughtered on or after August, 31, 2019, but prior to January 5, 2020 are ineligible.  Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from San Diego County, California slaughtered on or after January 5, 2020 are eligible. 
  6. Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from Chesterfield County, South Carolina slaughtered on or after April 8, 2020, but prior to August 5, 2020 are ineligible. Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from Chesterfield County, South Carolina slaughtered on or after August 5, 2020 are eligible. 

Advisory – For shipments transiting the European Union on the way to North Macedonia, exporters should verify that the shipping date on any original export certificate or accompanying shipping documents does not precede the FSIS signature date on the certificate. Failure to do so can result in the detention of the shipment at the Port of Entry into the European Union. On replacement certificates, the date of departure may precede the signature date as the shipment may have departed prior to issuing the replacement certificate.

  1. FSIS Form 9060-5, Export Certificate of Wholesomeness
  2. FSIS Letterhead Certificate (08/30/2022; PDF), Health Certificate for meat of poultry (POU) from the United States of America for dispatch to the Republic of North Macedonia. 
  3. FSIS Letterhead Certificate, Health Certificate for fresh or frozen meat, including minced meat, of domestic porcine animals (Sus scrofa), from the United States of America, for dispatch to the Republic of North Macedonia.

In addition to the Notes section of the FSIS Letterhead Certificate, see Guidelines for assistance in completing the certificate.

Last Updated: Jun 05, 2023
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