Export Requirements by Country and Jurisdiction (N-Z)

Requirements

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Acts and Regulations

Prior to import, approval must be obtained from the Bureau of Fisheries and the Food and Drug Administration.

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Arcadia Bldg.
860 Quezon Ave.
Quezon City, Metro Manila, 3008, Philippines

Food and Drug Administration
Rizal Ave.
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Labeling and Marking Standards:

Label must be marked in English, Spanish or Filipino, showing brand name, trade mark or trade name, physical or chemical composition, weight or measurement in metric units, name and address of packer or seller, and country of origin.

Bureau of Standards
TML Bldg.
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Tolerances and Guidelines

• Mercury (as methyl mercury): 0.5 ppm
• Tin: 200.0 ppm
• Lead: 0.5 ppm
• Arsenic: 3.0 ppm

Certification Requirements - None specified.

Listed below are the certification requirements for shipments to Russia. As of fall 2014, Russia imposed a ban on imports of fish and fishery products from the United States. This ban is still in effect. For this reason, USDC Seafood inspection program cannot issue Export Certificates for product bound for Russia. In addition, while the ban is in effect, USDC Seafood Inspection Program is unable to request any updates to the Rosselkhoznadsor list.

Certification Requirement

Effective November 10, 2010, U.S. seafood firms in the supply chain desiring to produce, pack, store, or ship fish and fishery products for export to the Russian Federation must meet the requirements of the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program to be “approved establishments” in accordance with the regulations and policies of the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program. Only establishments approved by the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program and subsequently approved by Rosselkhoznadzor—the Russian food safety agency—may receive certification from NOAA for export to the Russian Federation. This export procedure is required by Russian law and is in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding approved by United States and Russian officials and Federal Register Notice.

Any firm requesting an export health certificate for the Russian Federation must be listed on the Russian Federation website and be an approved establishment with the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program. All operations within the supply chain for a specific lot of product being shipped to the Russian Federation, including vessels, storage warehouses, and processors, are to be approved establishments of the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program.

All supply chain points for a specific lot of product to be certified need not be listed on the Russian Federation website. However the requestor of the certificate may only request certificates for products that have originated, been handled, or processed by firms that are on the List of approved establishments for SIP. One exception exists, brokers, which may be listed on the Russian Federation site are not required to be approved establishments. Brokers are still required to send products that have met all the requirements.

Firms desiring to be listed on the Russian site of approved shippers must follow the following procedures:

• Submit your request to the nearest Seafood Inspection Program Regional Inspection Branch.  When submitting the request firms must provide the full name of the firm to be listed, the FEI number, address, type of operation (broker, processor, vessel, etc.) and products to be included on the list.
• Submission requests for inclusion on the list are collected by SIP and submitted monthly. Inclusion on the list takes a minimum of 45 days from the time it is submitted by the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program to Rosselkhoznadzor.
• Once a firm is listed and desires a certificate, they are to contact the servicing Regional Inspection Branch for such a request.  The product lot must not only originate from and be handled by approved establishments it must also be inspected either through in-plant inspection service or lot inspected. Firms must be able to provide evidence the product came through approved establishments throughout the supply chain.  (Note: We are now only requiring the product be processed by an approved establishment. The industry will be notified when it is required to have all points in the chain approved.)
• Certificates must be issued prior to shipment.

There are a number of analytical tests performed by the Russian border inspection posts and at times there are issues related to these test results. SIP will investigate any positive findings and report back to the Russian Federation.

Acts and Regulations

Product Standards:

GOSSTANDART

Joint Russian Federation State Customs Committee and State Committee of the Russian Federation for Standardization, Metrology and Certification

Importation Regulations:

Ministry of Foreign Trade
32/34 Smolenskaya – Sennaya
Moscow G–200

Tolerances or Guidelines

Mercury:

Fish (live, raw, refrigerated, frozen) viscera, minced blocks, fillets:

• freshwater non–predatory fish, fish oil: 0.3 ppm
• freshwater predatory fish: 0.6 ppm
• saltwater fish, fish liver and products made of fish liver, fish flour: 0.5 ppm
• milt, fish eggs, mollusks, crustaceans: 0.2 ppm
• seaweed: 0.1 ppm

All firms requesting an export health certificate must be listed on the Saudi Arabia Seafood Export list before fishery and/or aquaculture products can be certified by NOAA SIP for export to Saudi Arabia. Firms may apply for inclusion on the list using the FDA Export Listing Module (ELM). Please visit Online Applications for Export Lists for a link to this electronic system and step-by-step instructions. 

It is important to note that NOAA-SIP will only issue certificates to establishments for products produced by Saudi Arabia Seafood Export list listed/approved establishments.

The Republic of Serbia has adopted the certification and import requirements in place for the European Union (EU); however, Serbia is not a member of the European Union.

Consult the European Union certification requirements for certification of product exported to Serbia.

Serbia has elected to use the EU model health certificate with public and animal health attestations. All intentions of the attestations must be met including Approved Facility listings and raw material sourcing requirements. Serbia is not a participant of the Veterinary Equivalence Agreement between the U.S. and EU, therefore all product exported to Serbia, require physical inspection.

If the product is produced in a USDC HACCP QMP facility a Lot inspection is not required. All documentation verification must still be done for each consignment. If the product is produced in a USDC resident inspection facility or a non-contract facility, physical consignment by consignment inspection is required prior to certification.

Acts and Regulations - None specified.

Tolerances or Guidelines - None specified.

Certification Requirements - None specified.

South Korea - Rendered Fishery By-Products

Export health certification for fishery by-products not intended for human consumption will be provided to requesting facilities that are USDC Approved Establishments for Fishery By-products, are in good standing with SIP program requirements, and have had product tested within the last 12 months.

Acts and Regulations

An application for an import license is required for dried and salted or curried fish.

Labeling:

• country of origin
• consignee's mark with port mark

Tolerances or Guidelines - None specified.

Certification Requirements - None specified.

Acts and Regulations

Labeling (canned fishery products):

Labeled and marked in the Thai language showing the common name food, registration number, name and address of manufacturer, date of manufacturing, net weight of content, and any additives used.

Certification Requirements

There are no specified requirements for export to Thailand. A model certificate is available upon request for U.S. exports to Thailand. If a certificate is requested, it must be issued prior to departure from the U.S. and an original version of the certificate must accompany consignments on entry into Thailand.  

Tolerances or Guidelines

(*in fish and fish products on a fresh weight basis)

Thailand - Rendered Fishery By-Products

Export health certification for fishery by-products not intended for human consumption will be provided to requesting facilities that are USDC Approved Establishments for Fishery By-products, are in good standing with SIP program requirements, and have had product tested within the last 12 months.

Acts and Regulations

Importers of fish (fresh, chilled or frozen) shrimp or prawns (excluding canned shrimps and prawns), and canned tuna must have an import license.

Contacts:

Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Consumers Affairs
Salvatory Bldg.
Frederick Street
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Telephone: 62-38841

Food and Drug Division
Ministry of Health

Labeling:

Outer containers:

• consignee's mark and port mark
• numbered unless containers can be readily identified

Food products:

• brand name, common brand, net weight, volume, ingredients list, declaration of preservatives, food colors and imitation flavorings used.

Tolerances or Guidelines - None specified.

Certification Requirements

All fishery products must be accompanied by the origin country export health certificate.

Acts and regulations - None specified.

Tolerances or Guidelines - None specified.

Certification Requirements - None specified.

Turkey

Acts and Regulations - None Specified.

Tolerances or Guidelines - None Specified

Certification Requirements

The Republic of Turkey has elected to use the EU model health certificate with public and animal health attestations. All intentions of the attestations must be met including approved facility listings and raw material sourcing requirements. The Republic of Turkey is not a participant of the Veterinary Equivalence Agreement between the U.S. and EU, therefore all product exported to the Republic of Turkey requires physical inspection.

If the product is produced in a USDC HACCP QMP facility a lot inspection is not required. All documentation verification must still be done for each consignment.

If the product is produced in a USDC resident inspection facility or a non-contract facility, physical consignment by consignment inspection is required prior to certification.

U.S. facilities should appear on both the domestic FDA List and the European Union Approved list.

Certifying officers should verify that all foreign-sourced material should be from manufacturing facilities listed.

The certificate must be issued before the consignment to which it relates leaves the control of the competent authority of the country of dispatch. Therefore the health certificate must be issued after all the products in the consignment have been produced but before the consignment leaves the country, ideally when the product leaves the dispatch establishment.

The original version of the certificate must accompany consignments on entry into the Republic of Turkey (original signature of an authorized officer, the name in capital letters, the qualification and title, and original stamp of the competent authority).

Tolerances or Guidelines - None specified.

Certification requirements

Each shipment of fish and seafood products exported to Ukraine must be accompanied by Ukraine Export Health certificate. The original version of the certificate must accompany consignments on entry into Ukraine (original signature of an authorized officer, the name in capital letters, the qualification and title, and original stamp of the competent authority).

Ukraine has adopted the certification requirements in place for the European Union (EU).

Ukraine is not a participant of the Veterinary Equivalence Agreement between the U.S. and EU, therefore all product exported to Ukraine requires physical inspection. If the product is produced in a USDC HACCP QMP facility, a lot inspection is not required.

Certifying officers must verify that all firms that handled processed or stored the product and its ingredients are listed as current approved shippers to the EU.

U.S. facilities should appear on European Union Approved list.

Certifying officers should verify that all foreign-sourced material should be from manufacturing facilities listed.

United Arab Emirates

Acts and Regulations - None specified.

Tolerances or Guidelines - None specified.

Certification Requirements

These instructions establish and implement a procedure, which will assure national uniformity in the completion and issuance of the USDC Seafood Inspection program the Health Certificate for aquatic animals (live/products) including molluscs, crustaceans, amphibians and echinoderms intended for human consumption exported to the United Arab Emirates unique to the product and shipment to UAE.

Beginning November 2018, each shipment of fish and seafood products exported to United Arab Emirates must be accompanied by a Health Certificate for aquatic animals (live/products) including mollusks, crustaceans, amphibians and echinoderms intended for human consumption exported to the United Arab Emirates.

Normal inspection procedures apply to these products, e.g. lot inspection, in-plant inspection or a current HACCP QMP system.

Acts and Regulations

Labeling requirements:

• each carton or container in the lot must be labeled with the importer's license number
• each box or carton must have the port of destination clearly marked
• all units of measurement, weight, length, etc., must be stated in metric on all documentation

Tolerances and Guidelines

These tolerances apply to all products either fresh or frozen:

Certification Requirements - None specified.

Tolerances or Guidelines

Certification Requirements -None specified.

For countries A-F

For countries G-M

Foreign Approved Lists