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Export Requirements
Last update Mar 06, 2023
- Eligible Products
- Egg products, except as indicated in the ineligible section B below.
- Heat egg products are exempt from egg restrictions.
- Ineligible Products
- Effective December 23, 2014, unpasteurized egg products are not eligible for export to Thailand.
Documentation Requirements
All FSIS export certificates accompanying the product must be signed by a FSIS veterinarian. The veterinary degree (DVM or equivalent) must be indicated after the signature.
- See required documentation for all countries on the Requirements for Processed Egg Products in the middle of the page.
- Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5EP.*
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- Natural casings, except those derived from ineligible species.
- All fresh/frozen beef and beef products, including tongue, cheek meat, oxtails, tendons, hanging tenders, inside skirts and outside skirts, derived from cattle of any age slaughtered on or after April 1, 2017. An AMS Export Verification (EV) Program is no longer required for these products.
- Boneless Beef from cattle slaughter before April 1, 2017.
Plants are required to export boneless beef and processed boneless beef products under an approved Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) BEV program. Information regarding the AMS USDA Beef Export Verification program and a list of eligible establishments can be accessed from AMS' Web site.
Effective March 19, 2012, a Statement of Verification (SOV) is no longer required as part of the export certification process for Thailand. FSIS inspection personnel will continue to verify the eligibility of the establishment and product. The unique product identification system can be accessed by authorized FSIS inspection personnel from SharePoint. Details of the Export Verification program can be accessed from the Export Verification (EV) Programs Additional Requirements page on the AMS' Web site.
If FSIS inspection personnel become aware of concerns that an AMS approved BEV establishment is not properly executing its BEV program, AMS should be notified at QAD.AuditService@ams.usda.gov. Inspection personnel should include their immediate supervisor on messages to AMS. The following information should be included in the message:- Establishment name, address, and establishment number
- Product type, product code, and quantity of product
- Date of production, lot number, and shift
- Date and nature of observation
- Name of country product is intended for export
- Export certificate number (if applicable)
- Any other information to verify claim
- Name of inspection official
The export applicant must certify on the FSIS 9060-6, Application for Export, in the Remarks section, "The product was produced under a Beef Export Verification (BEV) program that was audited and approved by the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service." In addition, slaughter and all subsequent processing plants must appear on AMS' list of BEV Thailand approved establishments. - Heat treated/cooked pork meat products.
- Processed sheep meat products, including cooked products or marinated raw products.
- Fully cooked or heat treated poultry products are exempt from poultry restrictions.
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- Unprocessed sheep meat, sheep offal and sheep casings.
- Uncooked pork meat products and pork offal.
- Unprocessed chicken.
- Effective December 23, 2014, fresh/frozen or raw poultry and poultry products
- Beef offal and beef offal products.
- Meat - All carcasses, meat and offals must bear the meat inspection legend. Products too small to be marked, shall be packed in closed containers bearing the inspection legend.
- Poultry products must be packed in closed containers bearing the inspection legend.
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.
All FSIS export certificates accompanying the product must be signed by a FSIS veterinarian. (PHIS will add DVM) after the digital signature.*
- Fresh/frozen beef and beef products from cattle slaughtered on or after April 1, 2017. PHIS will generate FSIS Form 9060-5. *
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 United States of America (USA) is free from Rinderpest and Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) and officially approved by the Office International des Epizootics (OIE) for at least 3 (three) years prior to export.
- The animals received ante and post-mortem inspection and were found healthy and free of clinical signs of the following diseases: tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis, taeniasis, and bovine cysticercosis.
- The farm(s) or premises of origin have been free from contagious bovine pleuropneumonia during the past 12 (twelve) months preceding the slaughter of the animals and until the time of export.
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The product was obtained from animals of U.S. origin or legally imported in accordance with U.S. import requirements.
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The cattle have received ante and post-mortem inspections by an FSIS veterinarian or may be performed by an official FSIS inspector with appropriate training, knowledge, skills and abilities.
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The product was obtained from animals which were not stunned by means of gas injection in the cranial cavity, or cutting of the spinal cord by laceration of the central nervous tissue by means of introducing a sharp cutting instrument in the cranial cavity, or by a pithing process.
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The product contains no specified risk materials including brain, skull, eyes, trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, tonsils, distal ileum, vertebral column (excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the transverse processes of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, and the wings of the sacrum), and dorsal root ganglia.
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The product does not contain meat from advanced meat recovery and mechanically separated meat.
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The meat was derived from animals which received ante and post-mortem inspection. The meat was not derived from animals that were suspect or confirmed BSE cases.
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The slaughter, processing, and storage of the product were from establishment(s) under federal inspection.
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The meat contains no preservatives, additives or other substances posing a harmful risk to human health.
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The meat has been produced according to a residue and microbiological sampling program in accordance with USDA regulatory requirements.
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The meat was produced in accordance with the FSIS National Residue Program.
In addition, include in the remarks of FSIS Form 9060-5 the following:
- The date(s) of slaughter, manufacture, or packaging must be reflected in the Remarks Section of the FSIS Form 9060-5.
- Import permit number issued by DLD.
Note: Cooked/heated products listed below require a DLD import permit:- Sausages
- Chinese sausages
- Sour pork sausages
- Salami
- Ham
- Bacon
- Smoked Meat products as:
- Smoked beef
- Smoked pork
- Smoked mutton meat
- Smoked goat meat
- Smoked chicken meat
- Smoked duck meat
- Smoked goose meat
- Smoked turkey meat
- Smoked ostrich meat
- Pickled Meat products as:
- Pickled beef
- Pickled pork
- Pickled mutton meat
- Pickled goat meat
- Pickled chicken meat
- Pickled duck meat
- Pickled goose meat
- Pickled turkey meat
- Pickled ostrich meat
- Cured Meat products as:
- Cured beef
- Cured pork
- Cured mutton meat
- Cured goat meat
- Cured chicken meat
- Cured duck meat
- Cured goose meat
- Cured turkey meat
- Cured ostrich meat
- Meat products burger as:
- Beef burger Pork burger
- Mutton meat burger
- Goat meat burger
- Chicken meat burger
- Duck meat burger
- Goose meat burger
- Turkey meat burger
- Ostrich meat burger
- Each carton must bear the slaughter or production date (month, day and year) and must be marked "Product of USA".
- Each carton must bear USDA's mark of inspection.
- Each carton must be closed in a manner whereby tampering would be evident.
B. Poultry and poultry products - PHIS will generate FSIS Form 9060-5.*
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- In addition, include in the remarks of FSIS Form 9060-5 the following: Record the date of processing or packing.
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.
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- The product was derived from birds from an establishment that is free from notifiable avian influenza and exotic Newcastle disease.
- The birds are born and reared in the United States or have been in the United States for not less than thirty days.
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The products have been processed in an approved establishment in a sanitary manner under constant veterinary supervision and derived from birds that received antemortem and post-mortem examination and found free of disease.
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The products do not contain preservatives, additives, or other substances at a level harmful to human health.
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The products are fit for human consumption and every precaution has been taken to prevent contamination prior to export.
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Duck and duck products. The ducks have come from farms free from Duck viral Hepatitis and Duck Viral Enteritis for the 12 months.
C. Cooked Pork - PHIS will generate FSIS Form 9060-5. Also include in the remark section of the certificate the following:*
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- Record the date of processing or packing.
NOTE: For exports certified on or after March 6, 2023, the statement below must be added to the export certificate via the statements module when completing the export application in PHIS. The selected statement will be added by PHIS in the remarks continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B.
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- The following statement: "The products were manufactured in accordance with the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulatory requirement."
D. All canned or preserved meat products - PHIS will generate FSIS Form 9060-5.*
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.
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- The canned or preserved meat and poultry products are heat treated and achieve commercial sterility (shelf stability) in accordance with FSIS canning regulations cited in 9 CFR 431.
E. Edible Product for Animal Food - PHIS will generate FSIS Form 9060-5. Beginning March 6, 2023, the following statement must be selected via the statements module when completing the export application in PHIS. The selected statement will be added by PHIS in the remarks continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5: "For Animal Food - For Export to Thailand."*
F. Processed sheep products: PHIS will generate FSIS Form 9060-5 - Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness. In addition; include in the remarks of FSIS Form 9060-5 the following:*
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- Record the date of processing or packing in the "remarks" section of FSIS Form 9060-5.
NOTE: For exports certified on or after March 6, 2023, the statement below must be added to the export certificate via the statements module when completing the export application in PHIS. The selected statement will be added by PHIS in the remarks continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B.
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- "The products were manufactured in accordance with the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulatory requirement."
G. Natural casings- Obtain FSIS Form 9060-18 (08/25/2011), Animal Casing Export Certificate for Countries Requiring Ante-Mortem, Post Mortem and Sound and Clean Statements.
H. Ship Stores: Import permit is required. However, an import permit waiver can be requested from the Thai Department of Livestock Development on a case-by-case basis by the U.S. Embassy in Thailand on behalf of an importer and with appropriate documentation. Contact the U.S. Embassy in Thailand at agbangkok@usda.gov.
Note to Exporters: Exporters are advised that importers must have a valid import license to allow entry of meat and poultry and meat and poultry products. Exporters should work closely with their importer to assure that the proper licenses have been obtained.
All Federally inspected meat and poultry establishments are eligible to export to Thailand. However, beef products must originate from AMS EV approved establishments for cattle slaughtered prior to April 1, 2017.
Import Requirements
Last update Feb 28, 2022
Additional Import Information
The products identified in the table above are eligible for export from Thailand to the United States as determined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Equivalence Process.
Thailand has been allowed to export Siluriformes fish and fish products to the United States under the conditions described in the proposed rule (83 FR 47532). On November 5, 2019, FSIS published a final rule to list Thailand in the regulations as eligible to export Siluriformes fish and fish products to the United States.
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).
- For raw Siluriformes products, the Order Siluriformes includes the following Families: Ictaluridae (Catfish), Clariidae, Pangasius, and others. For guidance on acceptable common or usual names, see Siluriformes Fish Species List.
Link to Thailand’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.