The bulk as well as the consumer packs of processed food items shall be inscribed with the date of manufacture and the date of expiration.

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

Effective for all meat and poultry export certificates approved, signed, and issued on or after March 6, 2023, the below FSIS Letterhead Certificates will no longer be signed and issued by FSIS IPP. Instead, the export applicant will select the equivalent statements via the PHIS statements module when completing the export application in PHIS. The selected statements will be added by PHIS in the remarks continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B. *

A. Ritual slaughter

NOTE: For exports certified on or after March 6, 2023, the statements below must be added to the export certificate via the statements module when completing the export application in PHIS. The selected statements will be added by PHIS in the remarks continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B. *

"The poultry covered by this certificate was slaughtered by means of a sharp knife cutting through the skin, jugular vein, and trachea to result in thorough bleeding out of the carcass in preparation for dressing and evisceration."

B. Special Statements

Both edible and inedible products for export must conform to the following requirements:

1. The letter of credit shall incorporate the condition that export items shall not contain products or by-products of pig, hog, boar, or swine; and

2. At the time of clearance, the exporter shall submit, before Custom authorities, a certificate from the supplier that the imported consignment does not contain products or by-products of pig, hog, boar or swine.