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Mexico – Export requirements for meat and poultry products

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  1. Eligible/ineligible product
  2. Pre-export approvals by competent authority of importing country
  3. Production controls and inspection requirements
  4. Labelling, marking and packaging requirements
  5. Documentation requirements
  6. Other information

1. Eligible/ineligible product

1.1 Eligible

1.2 Ineligible

2. Pre-export approvals by competent authority of importing country

2.1 Establishments and species

3. Production controls and inspection requirements

3.1 Imported meat products

3.2 Import of samples

Samples of meat and poultry meat products intended for laboratory examination, research, evaluative testing or trade show exhibition are not for human consumption. Products must be sourced and processed only from establishments eligible to export to Mexico

3.3 Ruminant products in transit through the USA

In addition to meeting Mexican requirements, meat products derived from ruminants are subjected to USDA-APHIS transit requirements. Please see details in Annex E – Specific requirements relative to over-land transit in the USA of meat derived from ruminants destined to Mexico

3.4 Return of Canadian meat products from Mexico to Canada

Canadian import requirements state that for exported and returned meat products, seals may only be broken and replaced by the competent authorities of the importing country or the country through which the meat product transits

For the United States (U.S.), the competent authorities include, but are not limited to: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (U.S. CBP); and, the United States Department of Agriculture – Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS)

When new seals are put, the consignment must be accompanied by the official documentation of the competent authorities which have made the change of the seal appearing on the export certificate, indicating the serial number of the seal of origin as well as the serial number of the replacement seal affixed to the transport container

4. Labelling, marking and packaging requirements

Note

The operator/exporter is responsible to make sure that vehicles or containers that transport the product must be kept sealed until their arrival in Mexico. The seal number must appear on export certificate.

4.1 Please also refer to Annex K: Export Certificate and Labelling of Meat Products Exported to Mexico

4.2 To be in compliance with the Mexican requirements, the labelling must be done as follows:

5. Documentation requirements

5.1 Certificate

Notes

6. Other information

The Mexican National Service for Health, Safety and Quality in Agri-food (Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria – SENASICA), maintains an online library of import requirements: Módulo de consulta de requisitos para la importación de mercancías zoosanitarias (Spanish only). The operator/exporter is responsible for matching the zoosanitary requirements of the product intended for export with the corresponding CFIA certification.

Note

The SENASICA zoosanitary requirements were previously named "Hojas de requisitos zoosanitarios" (HRZs). Currently, the SENASICA library has categorized the HRZ zoosanitary requirements under the heading "Clave de combinación".

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