Annex C-2: Official Meat Inspection Certificate Forms From The United States

A. For All Meat Products from the United States Except Natural Intestinal Casings

Certificate for Export of Meat and Poultry Products

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Certificate for Export of Meat and Poultry Products
Description for the Certificate for Export of Meat and Poultry Products

B. Official Meat Inspection Certificate

For Natural Intestinal Casings from the United States (*)

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Animal Casings Export Certificate for Countries Requiring Ante-mortem, Post-mortem and Fit for Human Food Statements
Description for the Animal Casings Export Certificate for Countries Requiring Ante-mortem, Post-mortem and Fit for Human Food Statements

(*) This OMIC cannot be accepted unless a Letterhead Certificate is attached. See below.

C. Official Meat Inspection Certificate

For Natural Intestinal Casings of Foreign Origin,
Imported Into Canada From the United States (*)

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Animal Casings Export Certificate for Countries Requiring Ante-mortem, Post-mortem and Sound and Clean Statements
Description for the Animal Casings Export Certificate for Countries Requiring Ante-mortem, Post-mortem and Sound and Clean Statements

(*) This OMIC cannot be accepted unless a Letterhead Certificate is attached. See below.

D. Letterhead Certificate for Natural Bovine Casings

United States Department of Agriculture letterhead

Letterhead Certificate for the Export of Natural Bovine Casings into Canada

Serial/Certificate Number:

Country of Origin:

Species:

Type of Packaging:

Product Exported from Est. Number:

Port of Loading:

Means of Transport:

Seal Number (if applicable):

This is to certify that the bovine casings covered by this certificate:

  • were derived from animals which were not subjected to a stunning process in which a device is used to inject compressed air or gas into the animal's cranial cavity, or to a pithing process involving laceration, after stunning of the animal, of the animal's central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument that is introduced into the animal's cranial cavity and which were subject to ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections and were not suspect or confirmed BSE cases and,
  • do not contain the following risk material: skull, brain, trigeminal ganglia, eyes, spinal cord, dorsal root ganglia, vertebral column, excluding the vertebrae of the tail the transverse processes of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, and the wings of the sacrum, from bovine animals aged 30 months and older, and tonsils from bovine animals of all ages, and the distal ileum of the small intestine from bovine animals of all ages, from the ileo-cecal junction and a minimum of 200 cm (80 inches ) of the attached and uncoiled small intestine proximal to the ileo-cecal junction; the removal of the distal ileum was done under an FSIS verified program, and
  • do not contain mechanically separated meat from the skull and vertebral column from bovine animals aged 30 months or older

Signature of FSIS Veterinarian:

Printed Name of FSIS Veterinarian:

Title/Professsional Degree:

Date Signed:

FSIS Form 2630-9 (6/86)

Equal Opportunity in Employment and Services

E. Letterhead Certificate for Natural Porcine Casings

United States Department of Agriculture letterhead

Letterhead Certificate for the Export of Natural Porcine Casings to Canada

Serial/Certificate Number:

Country of Origin:

Species:

Type of Packaging:

Product Exported from Est. Number:

Port of Loading:

Means of Transport:

Seal Number (if applicable):

Signature of FSIS Veterinarian:

Printed Name of FSIS Veterinarian:

Title/Professsional Degree:

Date Signed:

FSIS Form 2630-9 (6/86)

Equal Opportunity in Employment and Services

F. Letterhead Certificate for Natural Ovine Casings

United States Department of Agriculture letterhead

Letterhead Certificate for the Export of Natural Ovine Casings to Canada

Serial/Certificate Number:

Country of Origin:

Species:

Type of Packaging:

Product Exported from Est. Number:

Port of Loading:

Means of Transport:

Seal Number (if applicable):

This is to certify that the product covered by this certificate was derived from animals that were under 12 months of age when slaughtered.

Signature of FSIS Veterinarian:

Printed Name of FSIS Veterinarian:

Title/Professsional Degree:

Date Signed:

FSIS Form 2630-9 (6/86)

Equal Opportunity in Employment and Services