Export Animal Products to El Salvador

Last Modified: December 20, 2024

Certification Requirements for Pet Foods to El Salvador

The export of pet food to El Salvador requires a valid import permit.

The certification statements below, as applicable, should be provided on a VS Form 16-4, and continuation page VS form 16-4A as needed, for the export of canned, extruded (pelleted or biscuits), or semi-moist pet foods containing animal origin ingredients. Product description product box on VS Form 16-4) should include the species of origin for all animal origin ingredients, as well as the nature of the product. Certification statements should be given in English and in Spanish. El Salvador may require for an official translation provided by an independent translator.

The Veterinary Services Field Office has on file a notarized affidavit from [company name] verifying the accuracy of the statements below. / La Oficina de Área tiene en sus archivos una declaración juramentada de [nombre de la compañía] certificando la veracidad de las afirmaciones enunciadas a continuación:

  1. The product is freely sold in the United States as pet food. The product has been manufactured in plants authorized by the official competent authority of the United States. / El producto se comercializa libremente en los Estados Unidos como alimento para mascotas. El producto ha sido elaborado en plantas autorizadas por la autoridad oficial correspondiente de los Estados Unidos.
  2. The product has been manufactured in accordance with U.S. laws and regulations designed to validate microbial, physiochemical, and compositional quality. / El producto ha sido elaborado de acuerdo de las leyes y regulaciones de los Estados Unidos diseñadas para validar calidad microbiológica, fisicoquímica y composicional.
  3. All animal-origin ingredients in dry, semi moist, and dehydrated pet food products have been heated to a minimum internal temperature of 70°C. Finished products (except for hermetically sealed containers) were processed to assure the destruction of harmful pathogens as demonstrated by the fact that finished products were found in compliance with the most updated regulations on pathogens. Canned pet food products have been treated in hermetically sealed containers with an F0 of 3.0 or more. / Todos los ingredientes de los alimentos secos, semi- húmedos, y deshidratados para mascotas han sido tratados a una temperatura interna mínima de 70°C. Los productos terminados fueron monitoreados periódicamente y encontrados en cumplimiento con la legislación vigente sobre patógenos. Los alimentos enlatados para mascotas han sido tratados en empaques herméticamente sellados con un F0 de 3.0, o mayor.
  4. The pet food products described herein are unlikely to disseminate agents of infectious diseases of domestic animals, including foot-and-mouth disease, avian influenza Newcastle disease, and classical swine fever. Precautions have been taken to avoid contamination of the product with pathogenic agents after heat treatment. / Los alimentos para mascotas descritos en este documento presentan poca probabilidad de diseminar agentes de enfermedades infecciosas para los animales domésticos, incluyendo fiebre aftosa, influenza aviar, enfermedad Newcastle y peste porcina clásica. Se han tomado las precauciones para evitar contaminación del producto con agentes patógenos después del tratamiento térmico.
  5. Precautions have been taken during processing and storage of cat food products to prevent any commingling or cross-contamination with prohibited ruminant-origin materials. / Se han tomado las debidas precauciones durante el procesamiento y almacenamiento de alimento para gatos para evitar contaminación cruzada con ingredientes prohibidos de origen rumiante.

Certification Requirements for Poultry Meals for Animal Consumption to El Salvador

The export of poultry meals to El Salvador requires a valid import permit. The importer and exporter is responsible for ensuring all of El Salvador’s requirements for registration and permitting are met prior to export.

The certification statements below, as applicable, should be provided on a VS Form 16-4, and continuation page VS form 16-4A as needed, for the export of poultry meals. Product description product box on VS Form 16-4 should include the species of origin for all animal origin ingredients, as well as the nature of the product. Certification statements should be given in English and in Spanish. El Salvador may require for an official translation provided by an independent translator.

The Veterinary Services Field Office has on file a notarized affidavit from [company name] verifying the accuracy of the statements below. / La Oficina de Área tiene en sus archivos una declaración juramentada de [nombre de la compañía] certificando la veracidad de las afirmaciones enunciadas a continuación: 

  1. The product is of U.S. origin. / El producto es de origen estadounidense.
  2. The product has been manufactured in plants authorized by the official competent authority of the United States. / El producto ha sido elaborado en plantas autorizadas por la autoridad oficial competente de los Estados Unidos.
  3. The product has been produced under the rules and regulations of the United States. / El producto ha sido producido bajo las reglas y regulaciones de los Estados Unidos.
  4. The product has been subjected to a treatment with moist heat at a minimum temperature of 118ºC for minimum of 40 minutes; or with a continuous hydrolysing process under at least 3.79 bar of pressure with steam at a minimum temperature of 122ºC for a minimum of 15 minutes; or with an alternative rendering process that ensures the internal temperature throughout the product reaches at least 74ºC. / El producto ha sido sometido a un tratamiento con calor húmedo a una temperatura mínima de 118ºC durante un mínimo de 40 minutos; O con un proceso de hidrolizado continuo bajo al menos 3,79 bares de presión con vapor a una temperatura mínima de 122ºC durante un mínimo de 15 minutos; O con un proceso alternativo de procesamiento que asegure que la temperatura interna en todo el producto alcance al menos 74ºC.
  5. The slaughterhouse from which the product was derived and produced are officially authorized by the competent authority of the United States. / El matadero del cual el producto fue obtenido y producido esta oficialmente autorizado por la autoridad competente de los Estados Unidos.
  6. The product is fit for animal consumption. / El producto es apto para el consumo animal.
  7. Precautions have been taken after processing to avoid contamination of the products with other animal origin materials. / Se han tomado precauciones después del procesamiento para evitar la contaminación de los productos con otros materiales de origen animal.

Need Help Exporting Animal Products?

If you have any questions or concerns about the procedures and requirements for exporting animal products, or to obtain a zoosanitary certificate for an animal product, contact the APHIS Veterinary Services office covering the area from which the product will be exported, the area in which your office is located, or the area in which the product is manufactured.
 

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Certificate Endorsement or Export Questions

For animal product export certificate endorsement or questions, select your State or Territory to email the appropriate office and include "Animal products: endorsement or question" plus your State or Territory's name in the subject line. Note: Offices may serve multiple States and Territories.

Facility Inspections or Questions

For animal product export facility inspection requests or questions, select your State or Territory to email the appropriate office and include "Facility Inspection" plus your State or Territory's name in the subject line. Note: Offices may serve multiple States and Territories.