Project Title

FSCF Electronic Certification for Animal Products

Project Year

2024

Project Number

SCSC_03_2024S

Project Session

Project Type

Self-Funded

Project Status

Completed Project

Project No.

SCSC_03_2024S

Project Title

FSCF Electronic Certification for Animal Products

Project Status

Completed Project

Fund Account

Self-Funded

Project Year

2024

Sponsoring Forum

Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance (SCSC)

Topics

Conformance; Standards and Conformance

Committee

Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI)

Other Fora Involved

Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved

Proposing Economy(ies)

United States

Co-Sponsoring Economies

Chile

Expected Start Date

01/04/2024

Expected Completion Date

31/01/2025

Project Proponent Name 1

Bryce Carson / Leah Markowitz

Job Title 1

Intl Program Specialist / Industry Analyst

Organization 1

US Department of Agriculture / US Department of Commerce

Telephone 1

+1-202 909-8559

Email 1

Bryce.carson@usda.gov / leah.markowitz@trade.gov

Project Proponent Name 2

Not Applicable

Job Title 2

Not Applicable

Organization 2

Not Applicable

Telephone 2

Not Applicable

Email 2

Not Applicable

Declaration

Bryce Carson / Leah Markowitz

Project Cost (US$)

$0.00

Project Summary

Electronic certification (eCert), and intermediate technologies to achieve this goal, is key to supporting robust food-safety systems’ supply chain efficiency and trade facilitation. The topic was last raised in APEC in 2021 in the workshop “Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Document Digitalization, What Industry and Economies Need: Seminar to Collect Perspectives on E-Certification in the Past and Future,” as well as on the margins of the Codex Committee on Food Import Export Inspection and Certification Systems in 2018. This project will connect eCert Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), regulators, and government officials engaged in trade facilitation. The workshop will recognize the stages that may be necessary to transition to the paperless exchange of electronic certificates, e.g. as indicated in Codex Guidance (CXG 38-2001, Annex II). The project will include a workshop during SOM 3 in Lima, Peru, to highlight how eCert can improve the efficiency and security of import and export certification, specifically for animal products; how eCert uses technology to support regulatory objectives; and how eCert benefits both regulators and industry in eliminating unnecessary paper processes, expediting certification, enhancing security, and supporting more rapid resolution of questions and problems when they occur.

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