0583-AD41 201504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0583 Food Safety and Inspection Service FSIS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Electronic Export Application and Certification as a Reimbursable Service and Flexibility in the Requirements for Official Export Inspection Marks, Devices, and Certificates

FSIS is developing final regulations to amend the meat, poultry, and egg product inspection regulations to provide for an electronic export application and certification system. The electronic export application and certification system will be a component of the Agency's Public Health Information System (PHIS). The export component of PHIS will be available as an alternative to the paper-based application and certification process. FSIS intends to charge users for the use of the system. FSIS is establishing a formula for calculating the fee. FSIS also is providing establishments that export meat, poultry, and egg products with flexibility in the official export inspection marks, devices, and certificates. In addition, FSIS is amending the egg product export regulations to parallel the meat and poultry export regulations.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 9 CFR 312.8 9 CFR 322.1 and 322.2 9 CFR 350.7 9 CFR 362.5 9 CFR 381.104 to 381.106 9 CFR 590.407 9 CFR 592.20 and 592.500 Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 to 695) Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451 to 470) Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA) (21 U.S.C. 1031 to 1056) Agricultural Marketing Act (AMA) (7 U.S.C. 1622(h) Yes NPRM 01/23/2012 77 FR 3159 NPRM Comment Period End 03/23/2012 Final Action 12/00/2015 No Businesses None No No No Yes Dorothy Feustel Director, Import/Export Coordination and Policy Development Staff 0583 Food Safety and Inspection Service FSIS 202 720-6508 202 720-7990 dorothy.feustel@fsis.usda.gov 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Office of Policy and Program Development, Room 2147, South Building, Washington DC 20250