USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) late last week unveiled a host of changes in the U.S. export library for meat products to China reflecting terms of the phase-one agreement.
Most of the actions detailed by FSIS involve the moves made by China to remove the age limit on beef and the setting of maximum residue limits (MRLs) on beef hormones. The guidance also reminded exporters are urged to “to work closely with their importer regarding Chinese standards of meat and poultry products intended for export to China.”
Meanwhile, China has indicated it will move away from a nationwide ban on imports of U.S. poultry should the U.S. experience a case of avian influenza, another component of the phase-one agreement between the two countries.
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