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USDA/FSIS RIN: 0583-AD39 Publication ID: Spring 2014 
Title: Electronic Imported Product Inspection Application and Certification of Imported Product and Foreign Establishments; Amendments to Facilitate the Public Health Information System (PHIS) 
Abstract: FSIS is developing final regulations to amend the meat, poultry, and egg products import regulations to provide for the Agency's Public Health Information system (PHIS) Import Component. The PHIS Import Component, launched in May 2012, provides an electronic alternative to the paper-based import inspection application and imported product foreign inspection, and foreign establishment certificate processes. In addition, the Agency proposed to delete the discontinued "streamlined" import inspection procedures for Canadian products (9 CFR 327.5(d) and 381.198(b)) and to require sanitation standard operating procedures (SOPs) at official import establishments. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 9 CFR 304.3    9 CFR 327.1, 327.2, and 327.4 to 327.6    9 CFR 381.1, 381.22, and 381.195 to 381.199    9 CFR 590.915    9 CFR 590.920   
Legal Authority: Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 USC 601 to 695)    Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 USC 451 to 470)    Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA) (21 USC 1031 to 1056)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/27/2012  77 FR 70714   
NPRM Comment Period End  01/28/2013 
Final Rule  05/00/2014 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Mary Stanley
Director, International Relations and Strategic Planning Staff (IRSPS)
Department of Agriculture
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Office of Policy and Program Development, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2925, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250-3700
Phone:202 720-0287
Fax:202 720-4929
Email: mary.stanley@fsis.usda.gov