U.S. Ambassador Paul Simons noted that trade in agricultural products has more than doubled since the FTA entered into force.

US Embassy in Chile

Chile’s Livestock and Agricultural Service (SAG) approved the entry of U.S. poultry and turkey into the Chilean market for the first time ever. After four years of negotiations within the framework of the bilateral U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement, the SAG accepted U.S. inspection, control and certification systems for poultry and turkey.

During a meeting with Chile’s Minister of Agriculture Marigen Hornkohl on January 31, U.S. Ambassador Paul Simons welcomed SAG and Chile’s Ministry of Agriculture’s hard work to declare U.S. poultry exports eligible to enter the Chilean market.

In comments to the press after the meeting, Ambassador Simons noted that the trade of agricultural products has more than doubled since the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) entered into force in 2004, benefiting citizens in both countries.

Chile’s National Register published on January 31, 2008, the SAG’s resolution approving “the United States of America’s poultry and turkey control, inspection and certification system to export these products to Chile.”

Under this regulation, slaughterhouses, cold-storage plants, and processing facilities of poultry and turkey, which are officially reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), will be incorporated into the list of commercial establishments approved to export their products to Chile.

The agreement also includes regular on-site audits to verify the inspection, control and certification systems.

U.S. Authorization to Chilean Poultry Exports

On December 3, 2007, FSIS made its regulation effective, allowing Chile to export poultry and poultry products -- processed in certified establishments within Chile
-- to the United States.

FSIS determined that Chile's laws, regulations and other materials showed that its poultry inspection system includes requirements equivalent to all provisions in the Poultry Products Inspection Act and its implementing regulations. FSIS, through annual on-site reviews, will verify that establishments certified by the government of Chile continue to meet all U.S. requirements.

In addition to relying on its initial determination of a country's eligibility and performing ongoing audits to ensure that products shipped to the U.S. are safe, wholesome and properly labeled and packaged, poultry and poultry products exported to the U.S. from Chile will be subject to FSIS reinspection procedures at ports of entry for proper certification, labeling, transportation damage and general condition. Selected shipments will be subject to additional reinspection procedures, including examinations for product defects, laboratory analyses to detect harmful chemical residues, or pathogen testing appropriate for the product.

The proposed rule to allow the export of poultry and poultry products from Chile was published in February 2007. This occurred following a thorough evaluation of Chile's poultry inspection system, laws, regulations and on-site reviews and a Chilean request to export these products to the United States.U.S. Ambassador Paul Simons noted that trade in agricultural products has more than doubled since the FTA entered into force.

US Embassy in Chile

Chile’s Livestock and Agricultural Service (SAG) approved the entry of U.S. poultry and turkey into the Chilean market for the first time ever. After four years of negotiations within the framework of the bilateral U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement, the SAG accepted U.S. inspection, control and certification systems for poultry and turkey.

During a meeting with Chile’s Minister of Agriculture Marigen Hornkohl on January 31, U.S. Ambassador Paul Simons welcomed SAG and Chile’s Ministry of Agriculture’s hard work to declare U.S. poultry exports eligible to enter the Chilean market.

In comments to the press after the meeting, Ambassador Simons noted that the trade of agricultural products has more than doubled since the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) entered into force in 2004, benefiting citizens in both countries.

Chile’s National Register published on January 31, 2008, the SAG’s resolution approving “the United States of America’s poultry and turkey control, inspection and certification system to export these products to Chile.”

Under this regulation, slaughterhouses, cold-storage plants, and processing facilities of poultry and turkey, which are officially reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), will be incorporated into the list of commercial establishments approved to export their products to Chile.

The agreement also includes regular on-site audits to verify the inspection, control and certification systems.

U.S. Authorization to Chilean Poultry Exports

On December 3, 2007, FSIS made its regulation effective, allowing Chile to export poultry and poultry products -- processed in certified establishments within Chile
-- to the United States.

FSIS determined that Chile's laws, regulations and other materials showed that its poultry inspection system includes requirements equivalent to all provisions in the Poultry Products Inspection Act and its implementing regulations. FSIS, through annual on-site reviews, will verify that establishments certified by the government of Chile continue to meet all U.S. requirements.

In addition to relying on its initial determination of a country's eligibility and performing ongoing audits to ensure that products shipped to the U.S. are safe, wholesome and properly labeled and packaged, poultry and poultry products exported to the U.S. from Chile will be subject to FSIS reinspection procedures at ports of entry for proper certification, labeling, transportation damage and general condition. Selected shipments will be subject to additional reinspection procedures, including examinations for product defects, laboratory analyses to detect harmful chemical residues, or pathogen testing appropriate for the product.

The proposed rule to allow the export of poultry and poultry products from Chile was published in February 2007. This occurred following a thorough evaluation of Chile's poultry inspection system, laws, regulations and on-site reviews and a Chilean request to export these products to the United States.