On March 21 FSIS updated the Export Library for China to reflect market access changes negotiated in the U.S.-China “Phase One” trade agreement.

Key provisions include:

Beef and beef products

• Effective March 17, 2020, beef and beef products slaughtered and/or further processed from cattle of all ages, and certified in facilities added to China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) website are eligible to export to China.

• China has adopted Codex maximum residue limits (MRLs) for zeranol, trenbolone acetate and melengestrol acetate.

• China still enforces a zero tolerance for ractopamine resides on all beef products.

• For establishments that participated in the USDA-AMS Export Verification Program for Bovine for China and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Beef Traceability Program, the programs will no longer be required effective March 17, 2020. However, beef products produced from cattle slaughtered prior to March 17, 2020 must be EV-compliant product produced in establishments enrolled in the AMS Export Verification Program.

SOURCE: USMEF