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United States of America – Export requirements for processed egg

CFIA, in consultation with the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS), has initiated a comprehensive review of the Export library for the United States of America (USA) to remove outdated requirements and ensuring that this page reflects their updated United States (US) Egg Products Inspection Regulations that came into effect in 2020.

On this page

  1. Eligible/ineligible product
  2. Pre-export approvals by the competent authority of the importing country
  3. Production controls and inspection requirements
  4. Labelling, packaging and marking requirements
  5. Documentation requirements
  6. Additional information

1. Eligible/ineligible product

Eligible

Note: Canada is considered one of the countries that have a system of inspection equivalent to the United States of America (USA).

Ineligible

2. Pre-export approval by competent authority of the importing country

Establishments

Note: please note that FSIS has added the letter "E" to the registration numbers of Canadian egg products establishments to distinguish them from Canadian establishments producing meat/poultry products. To this effect, a note should be added to the export certificate in order to facilitate the controls at the border.

Egg product categories

HACCP process category

Finished product category

Species

Product group

Label

Approval of new egg product labels

Prior notice

3. Production controls and inspection requirements

Pasteurized processed egg products

Unpasteurized products

Sampling of egg product for export

Export tankers

Natural proportion whole egg

Failure to Present (FTP)

Canadian product returning from the United States

Note: The exporter should notify the CFIA of the returning product and the reason it was refused. The exporter is responsible to arrange for the return of the product.

4. Labelling, packing and marking requirements

Shipping marks

5. Documentation requirements

Certificate

The following statements and information must be written in the remarks section:

  1. "The product described was produced in accordance with the regulatory requirements in 9 CFR 590.910. Product was prepared under the continuous supervision of a CFIA inspector"
  2. Process CategoryFootnote 1
  3. Product CategoryFootnote 1
  4. SpeciesFootnote 1
  5. Product groupFootnote 1
  6. Shipping marks
  7. "The results were obtained from a lab that is accredited by the Standards Council of Canada or the Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation" (if applicable)
  8. Temperature of the product when shipped in °F or °C
  9. Temperature at time of loading in °F for export tankers
  10. "Diversion set point for this product was 134°F" (for shipments of liquid or frozen pasteurized albumen)
  11. "Samples only – No commercial value" (for shipments of samples)
  12. CFIA official seal number, and date and time of sealing
  13. "Natural proportion whole egg" (if applicable). The statement "eggs were broken in natural proportion" should also be included

6. Other information

Samples to the United States

Reinspection of products at entry

Relevant links:

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

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