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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XX94
2010 Russian Export Certification for
Fishery Products
Seafood Inspection Program
(SIP), National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Seafood
Inspection Program (NOAA SIP),
through this notice, is announcing the
requirements for exportation of fish and
fishery products to the Russian
Federation as set forth in the
Memorandum of Understanding
between Rosselkhoznadzor (the
responsible Russian government agency)
and the United States Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, which
became effective on February 25, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Steven Wilson,
Steven.Wilson@noaa.gov, Chief Quality
Officer, Seafood Inspection Program,
NOAA National Marine Fisheries
Service, 1315 East West Highway, Room
10840, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (301)
713–2355 EXT. 217
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
On February 25, 2010, a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
was signed by Russian officials marking
the completion of an agreement between
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) and
Rosselkhoznadzor of the Russian
Federation regarding the certification of
seafood products exported from the
United States to the Russian Federation.
The purpose of the agreement is to
establish the terms for cooperation on
monitoring the quality and safety of
seafood products exported from the
United States to the Russian Federation.
Pursuant to the MOU, NOAA, through
its Seafood Inspection Program, will
issue export health certificates only to
those firms on the SIP List of Approved
Establishments and approved by
Rosselkhoznadzor for export of seafood
products to Russia.
The Seafood Inspection Program of
the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce, operating
under authority of the Agricultural
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Marketing Act (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.)
and the Fish and Wildlife Act (16 U.S.C.
742a et seq.), is responsible for the
development and advancement of
commercial grade standards for fishery
products and better health and
sanitation standards in the industry and
for furnishing inspection, evaluation,
analytical, grading, and certification
services to interested parties. Its primary
purpose is to encourage and assist the
industry in improving the quality,
wholesomeness, safety, proper labeling,
and marketability of seafood products.
In 2006, Rosselkhoznadzor notified
the U.S. Government through the U.S.
Embassy in Moscow of a change in
Russian domestic law which allows
Russian officials to deny entry of
products into the Russian Federation in
the absence of an agreement between
the exporting country and Russia
regarding certification of the safety and
sanitary condition of fish and fishery
products for export to the Russian
Federation. Russian and U.S. officials
met several times and exchanged
correspondence regarding the new
requirements in 2008 and 2009. In
March 2009, NOAA and U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) officials met
with representatives of Russia’s
Rosselkhoznadzor. The U.S. delegation
clarified that FDA is the responsible
agency for the safety of imported food
products from the Russian Federation
and NOAA will provide certification
services to exporters shipping seafood to
the Russian Federation. In August 2009,
the U.S. agreed to allow officials of
Rosselkhoznadzor to visit selected
seafood processing firms during which
time Russian officials could observe and
determine the status of controls in place
for approved establishments of the
NOAA Seafood Inspection Program.
During the course of that visit, the
parties had a series of discussions to
arrive at the agreements found in the
MOU between the two agencies.
New Procedures for Export Health
Certification to the Russian Federation
According to the terms of the MOU,
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 are required to
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,
including but not limited to being in
regulatory good standing with the FDA.
Only such establishments meeting the
requirements and subsequently
approved by Rosselkhoznadzor may
receive certification from the NOAA
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Seafood Inspection Program for export
of fish and fishery products to the
Russian Federation. The NOAA Seafood
Inspection Program will allow a 90 day
grace period after which U.S. seafood
firms must fully comply with the new
requirements.
More specifically, each U.S. seafood
firm in the supply chain for export to
the Russian Federation must:
• Demonstrate through inspection by
the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program
that seafood products produced at each
U.S. seafood firm in the supply chain
and exported to the Russian Federation
meet the applicable Codex Alimentarius
Commission (Codex), and the
Organization for International
Epizootics (OIE) standards, and meet the
food safety objectives of U.S. and
Russian Federation laws and regulations
for seafood products
• Maintain regulatory good standing
with the FDA. Only those U.S. seafood
firms with a unique firm identification
number, either a Central File Number or
Firm Establishment Identifier, issued by
the FDA are eligible to receive an export
health certificate from the Seafood
Inspection Program for export of seafood
products to Russia.
• Demonstrate through inspection by
the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program
that each U.S. seafood firm in the
supply chain meets the Seafood
Inspection Program requirements for
inclusion on a List of Approved
Establishments. Only those
establishments on the List of Approved
Establishments will be eligible to export
seafood products to Russia. The NOAA
Seafood Inspection Program will post
the List of Approved Establishments on
the its website. (https://
www.seafood.nmfs.noaa.gov/) and
submit to Rosselkhoznadzor all changes
in the list of approved establishments
for export to the Russian Federation,
including changes resulting from audits
by Rosselkhoznadzor or the NOAA
Seafood Inspection Program. The
establishment is not finally approved
until notification is provided by
Rosselkhoznadzor. Only firms approved
by Rosselkhoznadzor will be eligible to
receive export certificates from the
NOAA Seafood Inspection Program.
In order to meet the Seafood
Inspection Program requirements as an
approved establishment, U.S. seafood
firms must contract for inspection
services by the Seafood Inspection
Program, provide a guarantee of
payment, pass an initial audit of the
seafood firm, and continually pass
audits on a minimum of a quarterly
basis. Under the terms of the contractual
agreement between the firm and the
Seafood Inspection Program, the firm
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must allow the program to conduct
random, periodic audits of the firm to
ensure that the relevant veterinary and
sanitary requirements of the Seafood
Inspection Program are met. If an audit
reveals that an approved establishment
is not in substantial compliance with
the appropriate regulations, the Seafood
Inspection Program will cease issuing
export certificates to this establishment
and inform Rosselkhoznadzor. The
Seafood Inspection Program will inform
Rosselkhoznadzor when an
establishment is once again eligible for
exporting seafood to the Russian
Federation.
Separate and apart from the terms of
the MOU, Rozzelkhozdzor has informed
the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program
that it will request information from
U.S. seafood firms on the List of
Approved Establishments shipping
product to the Russian Federation
regarding the importer of record in the
Russian Federation. If the firm refuses to
provide this information,
Rosselkhoznadzor has stated that it may
not allow the import of product from the
firm into Russia.
Dated: August 9, 2010.
Eric C. Schwaab,
Assistant Administrator For Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final Implementation
Guidelines for the Coral Reef
Conservation Program.
AGENCY:
This document provides
NOAA’s revised Grant Program
Implementation Guidelines (Guidelines)
for the Coral Reef Conservation Program
(CRCP or Program) under the Coral Reef
Conservation Act of 2000 (Act). The Act
authorizes the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary), through the NOAA
Administrator (Administrator) and
subject to the availability of funds, to
provide matching grants of financial
assistance for coral reef conservation
projects under the Act. NOAA revised
the Implementation Guidelines for the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XX94
2010 Russian Export Certification for Fishery Products
AGENCY: Seafood Inspection Program (SIP), National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seafood
Inspection Program (NOAA SIP), through this notice, is announcing the
requirements for exportation of fish and fishery products to the
Russian Federation as set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding
between Rosselkhoznadzor (the responsible Russian government agency)
and the United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, which became effective on February 25,
2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Steven Wilson,
Steven.Wilson@noaa.gov, Chief Quality Officer, Seafood Inspection
Program, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East West
Highway, Room 10840, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (301) 713-2355 EXT. 217
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 25, 2010, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was
signed by Russian officials marking the completion of an agreement
between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and
Rosselkhoznadzor of the Russian Federation regarding the certification
of seafood products exported from the United States to the Russian
Federation. The purpose of the agreement is to establish the terms for
cooperation on monitoring the quality and safety of seafood products
exported from the United States to the Russian Federation. Pursuant to
the MOU, NOAA, through its Seafood Inspection Program, will issue
export health certificates only to those firms on the SIP List of
Approved Establishments and approved by Rosselkhoznadzor for export of
seafood products to Russia.
The Seafood Inspection Program of the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce, operating under authority of the Agricultural
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Marketing Act (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) and the Fish and Wildlife Act (16
U.S.C. 742a et seq.), is responsible for the development and
advancement of commercial grade standards for fishery products and
better health and sanitation standards in the industry and for
furnishing inspection, evaluation, analytical, grading, and
certification services to interested parties. Its primary purpose is to
encourage and assist the industry in improving the quality,
wholesomeness, safety, proper labeling, and marketability of seafood
products.
In 2006, Rosselkhoznadzor notified the U.S. Government through the
U.S. Embassy in Moscow of a change in Russian domestic law which allows
Russian officials to deny entry of products into the Russian Federation
in the absence of an agreement between the exporting country and Russia
regarding certification of the safety and sanitary condition of fish
and fishery products for export to the Russian Federation. Russian and
U.S. officials met several times and exchanged correspondence regarding
the new requirements in 2008 and 2009. In March 2009, NOAA and U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials met with representatives
of Russia's Rosselkhoznadzor. The U.S. delegation clarified that FDA is
the responsible agency for the safety of imported food products from
the Russian Federation and NOAA will provide certification services to
exporters shipping seafood to the Russian Federation. In August 2009,
the U.S. agreed to allow officials of Rosselkhoznadzor to visit
selected seafood processing firms during which time Russian officials
could observe and determine the status of controls in place for
approved establishments of the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program. During
the course of that visit, the parties had a series of discussions to
arrive at the agreements found in the MOU between the two agencies.
New Procedures for Export Health Certification to the Russian
Federation
According to the terms of the MOU, 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 are required to 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, including but not limited to being in
regulatory good standing with the FDA. Only such establishments meeting
the requirements and subsequently approved by Rosselkhoznadzor may
receive certification from the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program for
export of fish and fishery products to the Russian Federation. The NOAA
Seafood Inspection Program will allow a 90 day grace period after which
U.S. seafood firms must fully comply with the new requirements.
More specifically, each U.S. seafood firm in the supply chain for
export to the Russian Federation must:
Demonstrate through inspection by the NOAA Seafood
Inspection Program that seafood products produced at each U.S. seafood
firm in the supply chain and exported to the Russian Federation meet
the applicable Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), and the
Organization for International Epizootics (OIE) standards, and meet the
food safety objectives of U.S. and Russian Federation laws and
regulations for seafood products
Maintain regulatory good standing with the FDA. Only those
U.S. seafood firms with a unique firm identification number, either a
Central File Number or Firm Establishment Identifier, issued by the FDA
are eligible to receive an export health certificate from the Seafood
Inspection Program for export of seafood products to Russia.
Demonstrate through inspection by the NOAA Seafood
Inspection Program that each U.S. seafood firm in the supply chain
meets the Seafood Inspection Program requirements for inclusion on a
List of Approved Establishments. Only those establishments on the List
of Approved Establishments will be eligible to export seafood products
to Russia. The NOAA Seafood Inspection Program will post the List of
Approved Establishments on the its website. (https://www.seafood.nmfs.noaa.gov/) and submit to Rosselkhoznadzor all changes
in the list of approved establishments for export to the Russian
Federation, including changes resulting from audits by Rosselkhoznadzor
or the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program. The establishment is not
finally approved until notification is provided by Rosselkhoznadzor.
Only firms approved by Rosselkhoznadzor will be eligible to receive
export certificates from the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program.
In order to meet the Seafood Inspection Program requirements as an
approved establishment, U.S. seafood firms must contract for inspection
services by the Seafood Inspection Program, provide a guarantee of
payment, pass an initial audit of the seafood firm, and continually
pass audits on a minimum of a quarterly basis. Under the terms of the
contractual agreement between the firm and the Seafood Inspection
Program, the firm must allow the program to conduct random, periodic
audits of the firm to ensure that the relevant veterinary and sanitary
requirements of the Seafood Inspection Program are met. If an audit
reveals that an approved establishment is not in substantial compliance
with the appropriate regulations, the Seafood Inspection Program will
cease issuing export certificates to this establishment and inform
Rosselkhoznadzor. The Seafood Inspection Program will inform
Rosselkhoznadzor when an establishment is once again eligible for
exporting seafood to the Russian Federation.
Separate and apart from the terms of the MOU, Rozzelkhozdzor has
informed the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program that it will request
information from U.S. seafood firms on the List of Approved
Establishments shipping product to the Russian Federation regarding the
importer of record in the Russian Federation. If the firm refuses to
provide this information, Rosselkhoznadzor has stated that it may not
allow the import of product from the firm into Russia.
Dated: August 9, 2010.
Eric C. Schwaab,
Assistant Administrator For Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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