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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.
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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.

Western Samoa (Samoa)

Library Updates

Export - 6/05/2023, WS-177

Export Requirements

Last update Jun 05, 2023

  1. Poultry and poultry products except as indicated in the Ineligible section below.

  1. Poultry and poultry products sourced from the following ineligible zones:
    1. Arkansas
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Madison County, Arkansas on or after October 7, 2022 and before December 31, 2022.

    2. California
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Fresno County, California on or after August 22, 2022 and before February 18, 2023. 

      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Glenn County, California on or after December 22, 2022 and before June 1, 2023.*

      3. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Merced County, California on or after February 6, 2023 and before April 10, 2023. 

      4. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Monterey County, California on or after October 4, 2022 and before November 30, 2022.

      5. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Sacramento County, California on or after August 30, 2022 and before November 23, 2022. 

      6. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Stanislaus County, California on or after October 3, 2022 and before February 28, 2023. 

      7. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Tuolumne County, California on or after August 26, 2022 and before December 10, 2022. 

      8. 50km radius ineligible zones shown on the attached map around Southern California on or after December 14, 2018 (and later dates; reference map for applicable dates and zones) and before February 24, 2020.
    3. Colorado 
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Montrose County, Colorado on or after April 19, 2022 and before September 23, 2022.

      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Prowers County, Colorado on or after December 9, 2022 and before May 12, 2023. 

      3. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Weld County, Colorado on or after April 29, 2022 and before April 11, 2023. 

    4. Delaware
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Kent County, Delaware on or after March 17, 2022 and before May 26, 2022.

      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in New Castle County, Delaware on or after February 22, 2022 and before June 24, 2022. 

    5. Idaho
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Gooding County, Idaho on or after September 21, 2022 and before March 23, 2023. 
    6. Illinois
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Wayne County, Illinois on or after February 24, 2023 and before April 22, 2023. 
    7. Indiana
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Daviess County, Indiana on or after December 13, 2022 2022 and before April 18, 2023. 
      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Dubois County, Indiana on or after February 8, 2022 and before May 11, 2022 (Dubois 01), on or after February 16, 2022 and before May 4, 2022 (Dubois 02), on or after February 24, 2022 and before May 28, 2022 (Dubois 03) or on or after March 2, 2022 and before June 14, 2022 (Dubois 04). 
      3. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Elkhart County, Indiana on or after April 8, 2022 and before June 18, 2022. 

      4. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Greene County, Indiana on or after February 23, 2022 and before May 31, 2022.
    8. Iowa
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Bremer County, Iowa on or after April 21, 2022 and before August 3, 2022. 
      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Buena Vista County, Iowa on or after March 6, 2022 and before May 22, 2023. *
      3. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Cherokee County, Iowa on or after March 31, 2022 and before March 11, 2023. 
      4. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Franklin County on or after March 25, 2022 and before May 25, 2022. 
      5. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Guthrie County, Iowa on or after March 28, 2022 and before June 24, 2022. 
      6. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Hamilton County, Iowa on or after March 28, 2022 or before May 26, 2022. 
      7. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Hardin County, Iowa on or after April 5, 2022 and before July 21, 2022. 

      8. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Humboldt County, Iowa on or after April 2, 2022 or before May 29, 2022. 

      9. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Ida County, Iowa on or after December 12, 2022 and before March 15, 2023. 

      10. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Osceola County, Iowa on or after March 31, 2022 and before June 22, 2022. 
      11. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Sac County, Iowa on or after April 2, 2022 and before April 7, 2023. 

      12. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Taylor County on or after March 10, 2022 and before June 3, 2022. 
      13. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Wright County on or after October 31, 2022 and before January 29, 2023. 

    9. Kansas
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Anderson County, Kansas on or after January 4, 2023 and before March 17, 2023. 

      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in McPherson County, Kansas on or after April 13, 2022 and before August 4, 2022.

      3. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Mitchell County, Kansas on or after January 17, 2023 and before March 23, 2023. 

    10. Kentucky
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Fulton County, Kentucky on or after February 12, 2022 and before May 8, 2022.
      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Webster County, Kentucky on or after February 15, 2022 and before May 14, 2022.
    11. Maryland
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Cecil County, Maryland on or after March 4, 2022 and before August 16, 2022.
      2. 50km radius zone shown on the attached map in Queen Anne’s County on or after March 8, 2022 and before June 5, 2022.
      3. 50km radius zone shown on the attached map in Washington County on or after November 29, 2022 and before January 17, 2023. 

    12. Michigan 
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Muskegon County, Michigan on or after May 10, 2022 and before August 2, 2022. 
    13. Minnesota
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Becker County, Minnesota on or after September 9, 2022 and before November 28, 2022.

      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Becker County, Minnesota on or after April 3, 2022 and before July 21, 2022. 

      3. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Big Stone County, Minnesota on or after April 5, 2022 and before June 4, 2022. 

      4. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Blue Earth County, Minnesota on or after April 13, 2022 and before June 24, 2022. 

      5. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Brown County, Minnesota on or after September 13, 2022 and before November 21, 2022. 

      6. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Dakota County, Minnesota on or after May 21, 2022 and before July 12, 2022. 

      7. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Dodge County, Minnesota on or after April 3, 2022 and before February 8, 2023. 
      8. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota on or after March 29, 2022 and before August 26, 2022.
      9. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota on or after March 29, 2022 and before June 30, 2022. 
      10. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Le Sueur County, Minnesota on or after April 3, 2022 and before December 30, 2022. 

      11. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Lyon County, Minnesota on or  after May 3, 2022 and before July 25, 2022. 

      12. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Meeker County, Minnesota on or after March 25, 2022 and before November 28, 2022. 
      13. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Morrison County, Minnesota on or after September 7, 2022 and before November 27, 2022.
      14. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Morrison County, Minnesota on or after March 31, 2022 and before August 8, 2022. 
      15. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Otter Tail County, Minnesota on or after April 8, 2022 and before January 27, 2023. 

      16. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Renville County, Minnesota on or after April 8, 2022 and before July 5, 2022.

      17. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Roseau County, Minnesota on or after September 21, 2022 and before February 17, 2023. 

      18. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Stearns County, Minnesota on or after March 26, 2022 and before December 30, 2022. 

      19. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Swift County, Minnesota on or after April 9, 2022 and before January 25, 2023. 

      20. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Todd County, Minnesota on or after April 20, 2022 and before February 6, 2023. 
      21. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Wadena County, Minnesota on or after December 12, 2022 and before February 10, 2023. 
      22. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Waseca County, Minnesota on or after April 5, 2022 and July 1, 2022. 

      23. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota on or after April 12, 2022 and before July 23, 2022. 

    14. Mississippi
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Lawrence County, Mississippi on or after November 4, 2022 and before January 6, 2023. 

      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Leake County, Mississippi on or after February 7, 2023 and before May 16, 2023. 

    15. Missouri
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Dade County, Missouri on or after April 6, 2022 and before June 16, 2022. 

      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Jasper County, Missouri on or after March 8, 2022 and before June 29, 2022.
      3.  50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Jasper County, Missouri on or after April 1, 2022 and before June 20, 2022. 
      4. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Lawrence County, Missouri on or after March 9, 2022 and before June 17, 2022. 
      5. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Osage County, Missouri on or after December 9, 2022 and before February 18, 2023. 

      6. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Lawrence County, Missouri on or after April 5, 2022 and before July 21, 2022. 
      7. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Stoddard County, Missouri on or after March 4, 2022 and before July 19, 2022. 
      8. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Webster County, Missouri on or after November 28, 2022 and before February 7, 2023. 
    16. Nebraska
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone show on the attached map in Butler County, Nebraska on or after March 22, 2022 and before June 30, 2022.
      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Dixon County, Nebraska on or after April 12, 2022 and before February 7, 2023. 

      3. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Knox County, Nebraska on or after April 27, 2022 and before July 5, 2022.

      4. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in York County, Nebraska on or after October 4, 2022 and before April 4, 2023. 

    17. New York
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Suffolk County, New York on or after March 23, 2022 and before September 23, 2022. 
    18. North Carolina
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Johnston County, North Carolina on or after March 29, 2022 and before July 24, 2022.
      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Wayne County, North Carolina on or after April 2, 2022 and before August 9, 2022. 
    19. North Dakota
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Dickey County, North Dakota on or after April 1, 2022. 

      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in LaMoure County, North Dakota on or after April 2, 2022 and before July 3, 2022.
      3. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Ransom County, North Dakota on or after September 27, 2022 and before November 25, 2022.
      4. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Richland County, North Dakota on or after April 21, 2022 and before August 6, 2022. 
    20. Ohio
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Defiance County, Ohio on or after September 3, 2022 and before November 26, 2022. 

    21. Oklahoma
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma on or after April 30, 2022 and before June 8, 2022. 
    22. Pennsylvania
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Adams County, Pennsylvania on or after October 17, 2022 and before December 20, 2022.

      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Berks County, Pennsylvania on or after May 3, 2022 and before August 7, 2022. 

      3. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Chester County, Pennsylvania on or after March 16, 2023 and before May 25, 2023. *

      4. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on or after April 15, 2022. 
      5. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on or after November 3, 2022 and before March 18, 2023. 

      6. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in York County, Pennsylvania on or after September 29, 2022 and before December 16, 2022. 
    23. South Carolina
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Chesterfield County, South Carolina on or after April 8, 2020 and before August 5, 2020.
    24. South Dakota
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Beadle County, South Dakota on or after March 22, 2022 and before June 2, 2023. *
      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Bon Homme County, South Dakota on or after March 29, 2022 and before May 27, 2022. 
      3. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Brule County, South Dakota on or after March 30, 2022 and before November 4, 2022. 
      4. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Charles Mix County, South Dakota on or after March 5, 2022 and before January 12, 2023. 
      5. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Clark County, South Dakota on or after March 27, 2022 and before January 19, 2023. 
      6. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Deuel County, South Dakota on or after April 13, 2022 and before May 23, 2022.
      7. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Edmunds County, South Dakota on or after March 23, 2022 and before December 23, 2022. 

      8. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Faulk County, South Dakota on or after April 5, 2022 and before January 6, 2023. 

      9. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Gregory County, South Dakota on or after October 11, 2022 and before April 4, 2023. 

      10. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Hamlin County, South Dakota on or after November 30, 2022 and before January 20, 2022. 

      11. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Hanson County, South Dakota on or after March 18, 2022 and before February 28, 2023. 
      12. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Hutchinson County, South Dakota on or after March 20, 2022 and before May 23, 2022.
      13. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Hutchinson County, South Dakota on or after March 27, 2022 and before May 31, 2022. 
      14. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Jerauld County, South Dakota on or after March 24, 2022 and before May 3, 2022.
      15. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Kingsbury County, South Dakota on or after March 18, 2022 and before May 17, 2022.
      16. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Lake County, South Dakota on or after April 2, 2022 and before June 4, 2022; and on or after December 1, 2022 and before February 4, 2023. 
      17. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Moody County, South Dakota on or after December 14, 2022 and before February 9, 2023. 
      18. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in McPherson County, South Dakota on or after March 27, 2022 and before November 11, 2022. 
      19. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Roberts County, South Dakota on or after October 19, 2022 and before December 21, 2022.
      20. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Spink County, South Dakota on or after March 29, 2022. 
      21. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Yankton County, South Dakota on or after April 9, 2022 and before May 26, 2022. 

    25. Tennessee
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Bledsoe County, Tennessee on or after November 15, 2022 and before January 19, 2023. 
      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Weakley County, Tennessee on or after December 28, 2022.
    26. Texas
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Erath County, Texas on or after April 2, 2022 and before May 19, 2022.  
    27. Utah
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Cache County, Utah on or after April 25, 2022 and before July 13, 2022. 
      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Sanpete County, Utah on or after July 14, 2022 and before January 20, 2023. 
    28. Virginia  
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Rockingham County, Virginia on or after January 19, 2023 and before May 8, 2023. 
    29. Washington 
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Franklin County, Washington on or after December 14, 2022 and before March 7, 2023. 
    30. Wisconsin
      1. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Barron County, Wisconsin on or after April 12, 2022 and before August 3, 2022. 
      2. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Dunn County, Wisconsin on or after September 29, 2022 and before December 2, 2022.
      3. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Jefferson County, Wisconsin on or after March 14, 2022 and before April 19, 2023. 
      4. 50km radius zone shown on the attached map in Polk County, Wisconsin on or after April 15, 2022 and before July 4, 2022. 
      5. 50km radius ineligible zone shown on the attached map in Racine County, Wisconsin on or after September 28, 2022 and before December 30, 2022.

  1. FSIS Form 9060-5 must be signed by a FSIS veterinarian.
    NOTE: The export applicant will select the equivalent statement via the PHIS statements module when completing the export application in PHIS. The selected statement will be added by PHIS to FSIS Form 9060-5B.
  2. For poultry and poultry products, the following statement must be added to the export certificate via the statements module.

"The poultry meat and poultry meat products have been sourced from a zone (at least 50 km area) free of Newcastle disease and highly pathogenic avian influenza (as both diseases are defined by the World Organization for Animal Health) in commercial poultry."

Last Updated: Jun 05, 2023
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