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15 November 2019  
(19-7805) 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 Socialist Republic of Vietnam To Export Siluriformes Fish and Fish 
Products to the United States  
3. Parties involved:  Viet Nam  
4. Date of entry into force of the determination of the recognition of equivalence 
and any associated procedures or regulations:  5 December 2019   
5. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading):  Siluriformes fish and fish products  
6. Description of measures recognized to be equivalent:  The Food Safety and 
Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the siluriformes fish inspection regulations to list 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Viet Nam) as a country eligible to export siluriformes 
fish and fish products to the United States. FSIS has reviewed Viet  Nam's laws, 
regulations, and inspection system as implemented and has determined that Viet Nam's 
siluriformes fish inspection system is equivalent to the system that th e United States 
has established under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) and its implementing 
regulations. Under this final rule, only raw siluriformes fish and fish products produced 
in certified Vietnamese establishments are eligible for export to th e United States. All 
such products are subject to reinspection at US points -of-entry by FSIS inspectors.  
Text is available in English at  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-11-
05/pdf/2019 -24057.pdf . 
7. Further information available from:  
[X]  National Enquiry Point    [X]  Other (specify)  
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
Internati onal Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 
20250; Tel: +(1 202) 720 1301; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E -mail: 
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
For further information contact  Terri Nintemann, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy 
and Program Development, Food Safety and Inspection Service, US Department of 
Agriculture; Tel: +(202) 205 0495  
 