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7 January  2022 
(22-0162) 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 Lithuania to Export Egg Products to the United States  
3. Parties involved:  Lithuania  
4. Date of entry into force of the determination of the recognition of equivalence 
and any associated procedures or regulations:  Comments must be received on or 
before 28 February 2022.  
5. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading):  Egg Products  
6. Description of measures recognized to be equivalent:   
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) 
is proposing to add Lithuania to the list of countries eligible to export egg products to the 
United States. After extensive review, FSIS determined that Lithuania's egg product laws, 
regulations, and inspection system achieve an equivalent level of protection as applied 
domestically in the United States under the Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA)  and its 
implementing regulations.  
FSIS is requesting public comment before it makes a final determination. Should FSIS 
make a final determination to list Lithuania as eligible to ship egg products to the United 
States, only egg products produced in certif ied Lithuanian establishments would be 
eligible for export to the United States. Imported Lithuanian egg products would be 
subject to reinspection at U.S. points -of-entry by FSIS inspectors and FSIS would 
evaluate and verify on an ongoing basis the equival ence of Lithuania's food safety 
inspection system for egg products through document reviews, on -site audits, and point -
of-entry reinspection, as done for all countries exporting to the United States. FSIS will 
announce its final determination in a subseque nt Federal Register notice.  
Full text for this Federal Register notice (86 FR 73721) can be accessed at:  
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/12/28/2021 -28119/eligibility -of-
lithuania -to-export -egg-products -to-the-united -states  
7. Further information available from:  
[X]  National Enquiry Point    [X]  Other (specify)  
Rachel Edelstein, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development, 
telephone +(202) 205 0495  
 