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15 November 2019  
(19-7812) 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 People's Republic of China (PRC) To Export to the United States Poultry 
Products From Birds Slaughtered in the PRC  
3. Parties involved:  China  
4. Date of entry into force of the determination of the recognition of equivalence 
and any associated procedures or regulations:  9 December 2019   
5. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading):  Poultry products  
6. Description of measures recognized to be equivalent:  The Food Safety and 
Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the Federal poultry products inspection 
regulations to add the People's Republic of China (PRC)  (China)  as eligible to export to 
the United States poultry products from birds slaughtered in China . FSIS has reviewed 
China's poultry laws, regulations, and inspection system, as implemented, and has 
determined that they are equivalent to the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA), the 
regulations implementing this statute, and the United States' food safety system for 
poultry. U nder this final rule, slaughtered poultry, or parts or other products thereof, 
processed in certified Chinese  establishments, are eligible for export to the United 
States. All such products are subject to reinspection at United  States ports of entry by 
FSIS inspectors.  
Text is available in English at  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-11-
08/pdf/2019 -24234.pdf . 
7. Further information available from:  
[X]  National E nquiry Point    [X]  Other (specify)  
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 
20250; Tel: +(1 202) 720 1301; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0 433; E -mail: 
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
For further information contact Roberta Wagner, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy 
and Program Development, Food Safety and Inspection Service, US Department of 
Agriculture; Tel: +(202) 720 0089  
 