Eligibility of the People's Republic of China To Export Siluriformes Fish and Fish Products to the United States

he Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the Siluriformes fish inspection regulations to list China as a country eligible to export Siluriformes fish and fish products to the United States (G/SPS/N/EQV/USA/5). FSIS has reviewed China's laws, regulations, and inspection system as implemented and has determined that China'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 Siluriformes fish and fish products produced in certified Chinese establishments are eligible for export to the United States. All such products are subject to re-inspection 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/2019-24055.pdf