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Conditions for importing meat products from Uruguay

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1. Meat Inspection systems approved

1.1 Bovine:

slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal, natural salted animal intestinal casings.

1.2 Ovine:

slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal, natural salted animal intestinal casings.

1.3 Processing (for meat inspection system(s) approved):

comminuting, formulating, curing, cooking and canning.

2. Types of meat products accepted for import (based on animal health restrictions)

2.1 Fresh meat and raw meat products (chilled or frozen) including boneless cuts, offal, natural salted animal intestinal casings:

2.2 All processed meat products (heat treated and raw), other than shelf stable, commercially sterile meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans or retortable pouches) and shelf stable dried soup-mix products, bouillon cubes and meat extract:

2.3 Shelf stable, commercially sterile meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans or retortable pouches) and shelf stable dried soup-mix products, bouillon cubes, meat extract:

3. Additional animal health certification attestations required on the Official Meat inspection Certificate (OMIC)

3.1 For deboned fresh (chilled or frozen) raw meat and meat product derived from bovine of Uruguayan origin identified in section 2.1 except natural salted casings:

"I hereby certify that the meat and/or meat products covered by this certificate:

3.2 For bovine natural salted intestinal casings of Uruguayan origin:

"I hereby certify that the natural intestinal casings:

3.3 For deboned fresh (chilled or frozen) raw meat and meat product derived from ovine of Uruguayan origin identified in section 2.1 except natural salted casings:

"I hereby certify that the meat and/or meat products:

3.4 For ovine natural salted intestinal casings of Uruguayan origin:

"I hereby certify that the natural intestinal casings:

3.5 For all deboned processed meat products derived from bovine of Uruguayan origin, other than shelf stable commercially sterile meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans and/or retortable pouches) and shelf stable dried soup-mix products, bouillon cubes, meat extract

"I hereby certify that the processed meat products:

3.6 For frozen, cooked, tubed, boneless meat products derived from bovine of Uruguayan origin, when they cannot satisfy conditions specified under section 3.5:

"I hereby certify that the processed meat products covered by this certificate:

3.7 For all processed meat products derived from ovine of Uruguayan origin, other than shelf stable commercially sterile, cooked, meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers and meat extracts:

"I hereby certify that meat product:

3.8 Shelf stable commercially sterile meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans or retortable pouches) and shelf stable dried soup-mix products, bouillon cubes, meat extract derived from bovine of Uruguayan origin:

"I hereby certify that the meat products:

3.9 For meat and meat products prepared from meat and meat products imported into Uruguay, including commercially sterilized shelf stable meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans or retortable pouches) and shelf stable dried soup-mix products, bouillon broth cubes and meat extract:

"I hereby certify that:

4. Additional, other than animal health, certification attestations required on the OMIC

4.1 For meat and meat products derived from bovine considered as precursor material for the preparation of finished raw ground meat including, but not limited to, trim, bench trim (trim derived from primal and sub-primal cuts), head meat, cheek meat, tongue roots, weasand meat, hearts and finely textured beef:

"I hereby certify that:

4.2 For raw ground meat derived from bovine:

"I hereby certify that:

4.3. For all meat and meat products derived from animals of Uruguayan origin:

"I hereby certify that:

5. Establishments eligible for export to Canada

5.1 Refer to the List of foreign countries establishments eligible to export meat products to Canada

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