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

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend the Siluriformes fish inspection regulations to list China as a country eligible to export Siluriformes fish and fish products to the United States. FSIS is proposing this action because the Agency 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 proposal, only raw Siluriformes fish and fish products produced in certified Chinese establishments would be eligible for export to the United States. All such products would continue to be subject to re-inspection at United States points-of-entry by FSIS inspectors.