Among the estimated 100 U.S. cold storage facilities that export product, any that repackage pork before shipping it to Russia will need an approved EV program, according to Paul Clayton, USMEF senior vice president of Technical Services. Thus far, seven cold storage facilities have received approval of their EV programs.

“We are in the process of putting together a guidance document to help plants and cold storage facilities navigate the exporting process,” said Clayton, who indicated the document would be completed within several days. “We expect that other export plants and cold storage facilities will be relisted in the coming days.”

Following are the pork plants approved for export: John Morrell in Sioux Falls, S.D. (establishment No. 17D); Smithfield Packing plants in Smithfield, Va. (221A), Clinton, N.C. (413), and Tarheel, N.C. (18079); Tyson Fresh Meats in Madison, Neb. (244M), Waterloo, Iowa (244W); Farmland Foods plants in Denison, Iowa (717), Crete, Neb. (717CR) and Monmouth, Ill. (717M); and the Seaboard Foods plant in Guymon, Okla. (13597). An updated list of plants eligible to export pork to Russia is maintained online.

Cold storage facilities with approved EV programs for repackaging of product prior to export are: Hanson Cold Storage in Logansport, Ind. (3170); Cloverleaf Cold Storage in Napoleon, Ohio (3215 and 17202B), Sioux City, Iowa (17202A and 19246) and Chillicothe, Mo. (21059); and Crystal Distribution Services in Waterloo, Iowa (17626).

FSIS Notice 34-09, the “Revised Notice for Certifying Programs Under Export Verification (EV) Programs,” is available online. Exporters can check all export requirements at the online FSIS Library of Export Requirements and find information on AMS EV programs at the AMS Web site.

via USMEF