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Export - 4/18/2025, VI-161

Import - 10/03/2022, VI-02

Export - 5/13/2019, EVI-01

Export Requirements

Last update Apr 18, 2025

Import Requirements

Last update Oct 03, 2022

Process Category
Product Category
Product Group
Process Raw - Non Intact
Eligible Products Raw Ground Comminuted or Otherwise Non-Intact Siluriformes
Product category Siluriformes – All Products Eligible
Process Raw - Intact
Eligible Products Raw Intact Meat - Other
Product category Siluriformes – All Products Eligible
Process Heat Treated - Not Fully Cooked - Not Shelf Stable
Eligible Products NRTE Otherwise Processed Meat
Product category SILURIFORMES - ALL PRODUCTS ELIGIBLE

Additional Import Information

The products identified in the table above are eligible for export from Vietnam to the United States as determined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Equivalence Process.

Vietnam has been allowed to export Siluriformes fish and fish products to the United States under the conditions described in the proposed rule (83 FR 47528). On November 5, 2019, FSIS published a final rule to list Vietnam in the regulations as eligible to export Siluriformes fish and fish products to the United States.

Source materials used to produce product intended for export to the United States must originate from a certified establishment in an eligible country that has an equivalent raw or processed products inspection system.

The above are the Process Categories, Product Categories, and Product Groups as listed in the FSIS Product Categorization document and defined in the Public Health Information System (PHIS).

  • For raw Siluriformes products, the Order Siluriformes includes the following Families: Ictaluridae (Catfish), Clariidae, Pangasius, and others.  For guidance on acceptable common or usual names, see Siluriformes Fish Species List.

Link to Vietnam’s Certified Establishment List

A certified establishment is an establishment that the Central Competent Authority (CCA) of the foreign country has certified as meeting the requirements of the inspection system that FSIS has determined equivalent to the United States inspection system and, therefore, eligible to export meat, poultry, or egg products to the United States. 

Last Updated: Apr 18, 2025