FSIS to Onboard Peru and Papua New Guinea in PHIS Export Component

Starting July 28, 2025, all FSIS meat and poultry product export certificates for products exported to Peru and Papua New Guinea will be generated, issued and officially maintained in FSIS’ Public Health Information System (PHIS). This change excludes certificates for casings and egg products. FSIS plans to make Peru and Papua New Guinea PHIS Industry Test Environment (ITE) available for testing on May 5, 2025.

All export certificates (FSIS Form 9060-5 series) generated through PHIS will be digitally signed by FSIS and will be printed on plain paper by industry personnel with PHIS access. These plain paper forms must include the PHIS-generated watermark. Any attestations for Peru, as documented in the FSIS Export Library, will be captured in the FSIS Form 9060-5 remarks section or the FSIS Form 9060-5B (continuation sheet). The digitally signed FSIS Form 9060-5 series printed on plain watermarked paper and available for validation in PHIS will replace all letterhead certificates for meat and poultry exported to Peru. Beginning July 28, 2025, no wet-signed 9060-5 series export certificates, including letterhead certificates, will be issued for meat and poultry products for export to Peru or Papua New Guinea.

When FSIS makes the ITE available on May 5, 2025, industry is strongly encouraged to use the ITE to test application submittals for export to Peru and Papua New Guinea. To facilitate preparation and a successful industry testing period, FSIS is providing industry users with testing instructions for export requirements unique to Peru: Industry Testing Instructions: Peru PHIS Export Onboarding, July 28, 2025. These instructions can also be found on the FSIS website by navigating to the PHIS components page under the heading Export, Information for Industry, Constituent Updates. Please note that an electronic identification account with identity verification steps is required for all persons who will access PHIS for both the test environment and the live production environment. User accounts are disabled for those who have not used PHIS in 60 days. For those new to the PHIS export component, please register with Login.gov to initiate, update, or complete the electronic identification account and the PHIS enrollment process. Instructions can be found in the PHIS Industry User Guide, section 2 (Overview of PHIS). Further guidance on PHIS export and enrollment is available in the following user guides:

• PHIS Industry User Guide
• Editing 9060 Records Quick Reference Guide
• PHIS Quick Reference Guide for Corporate and Establishment Management

Please contact internationalcoordination@usda.gov with questions regarding these changes. Technical questions can be directed to PHISTechnicalQA@usda.gov.

Policy Update

FSIS notices and directives on public health and regulatory issues are available on the FSIS Policy webpage. The following policy update was recently issued:

FSIS Notice 11-25 - Export Module of the Public Health Information System - Phase Eleven Philippines

Export Requirements Update

The Library of Export Requirements has been updated for products for the following:

• Singapore
• North Macedonia
• Azerbaijan
• Tunisia
• India
• Qatar
• United Arab Emirates
• Turkey
• Japan
• Jordan
• Cuba
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Chile
• Barbados

Complete information can be found at the FSIS Import & Export Library.