Georgia - Export requirements for meat and poultry products

Eligible/ineligible product

Eligible products

  • Certification requirements have been agreed for export of meat derived from bison, deer, cattle, swine and poultry. Georgia allows import of frozen boneless and bone-in beef and beef offal, frozen pork and pork offal, frozen bison meat, frozen venison, frozen poultry meat, and ready -to-eat processed meat products from Canada.

Pre-export approvals by competent authority of importing country

There are no pre-export approvals by competent authority of importing country at this time.

Products specifications, production controls and inspection requirements

There are no product specifications, production controls and inspection requirements at this time.

Labelling, marking and packaging requirements

There are no country-specific labelling, marking and packaging requirements at this time.

Documentation requirements

Certificate of Inspection Covering Meat Products (CFIA/ACIA 1454) must be issued.

In addition:

  • Pork, pork products and offal: Annex A must be issued in addition to CFIA/ACIA 1454.

Other information

It is the responsibility of the exporter and importer to ensure that the labelling requirements of the importing country are met as well as to obtain required import permit from the competent authorities, when applicable, for the products they intend to export.