ELM Update and Reminder to Firms Exporting Collagen, Gelatin, or Seafood Products to the European Union

ELM Update and Reminder to Firms Exporting Collagen, Gelatin, or Seafood Products to the European Union

September 3, 2019

In July, 2018, the FDA launched the Export Listing Module (ELM), an electronic portal for receiving and processing requests from FDA-regulated establishments that seek to be included on all export lists for FDA-regulated food products. For certain exported food products, some foreign food safety authorities require FDA to provide publicly available lists of exporters eligible to ship products to that country or region. The ELM allows FDA to efficiently process establishments’ requests to be added to the lists, monitor listed establishments, and generate updates for foreign food safety authorities.

Today, the FDA reports three updates:

• FDA has fully transitioned to the ELM for the European Union (EU) dairy export list and all export lists maintained for Chile and China.
• U.S. establishments that are currently included on the EU collagen, gelatin, or seafood export lists should submit applications in the ELM if they wish to remain on these lists.
• Effective immediately, any U.S. establishment that wishes to be included on any FDA-maintained export list for food products should apply in the ELM.

To ensure that the export lists are kept up-to-date, the ELM will notify currently-listed establishments every two years to resubmit their ELM applications to update and verify their listing information. Establishments that do not update and resubmit their ELM applications every two years will be removed from the lists.

Read the full update