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15 November 2019  
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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 Thailand To Export Siluriformes Fish and Fish Products to the United States  
3. Parties involved:  Thailand  
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 
Thailand as a country eligible to export siluriformes fish and fish products to the United 
States. FSIS has reviewed Thailand's laws, regulations, and inspection system as 
implemented and has determined that Thailand's siluriformes fish inspection system is 
equivalent to the system that the United States has established under the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (FMIA) and its implementing regulations. Under this final rule, only raw 
iluriformes fish and fish products produced in certified Thailand establishments are 
eligible for export to the United States. All such products are subject to reinspectio n 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 -24058.pdf . 
7. Further information available from:  
[X]  National Enquiry 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 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  
 