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6 January 2022  
(22-0135) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF DETERMINATION OF THE RECOGNITION OF EQUIVALENCE  
OF SANITARY OR PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES  
The following notification of determination of the recognition of equivalence has been received.  
 
1. Member notifying: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
2. Title of the text stating the determination of the recognition of equivalence : 
Eligibility of the Republic of Poland To Export Poultry and Poultry Products to the 
UnitedStates  
3. Parties involved:  Poland  
4. Date of entry into force of the determination of the recognition of equivalence 
and any associated procedures or regulations:  7 October 2021   
5. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading):  Poultry and Poultry Products  
6. Description of measures recognized to be equivalent:   
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) 
is announcing that the Republic of Poland (Poland) is eligible to export poultry products 
to the United States. FSIS has reviewed Poland's poultry laws, regulations, and inspection 
system, as implemented, and has determ ined that they are equivalent to the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act (PPIA), the regulations implementing this statute, and the United 
States food safety inspection system for poultry products. Therefore, poultry products 
derived from poultry slaughtered a nd processed in certified Polish establishments are 
now eligible for export to the United States. Although Poland may be identified by FSIS 
as eligible to export poultry products to the United States, the products must also comply 
with all other applicable  requirements of the United States, including those of USDA's 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), before any products can enter the 
United States. All such products will be subject to reinspection at United States 
points -of-entry by FSIS in spectors. Poland's poultry products eligible for import to the 
United States will be added to the FSIS Import Library 
(https://www.fsis.usda.gov/importlibrary ) on 7 October 2021.  
Full text for this  Federal Register notice (86 FR  55799) can be accessed at: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-10-07/pdf/2021 -21889.pdf  
7. Further information available from:  
[X]  National Enquiry Point    [X]  Other (specify)  
Rachel Edelstein, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development by 
telephone at +(202) 205 0495  
 