The shipment shall only be released by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) upon accomplishment of the following:

1.	Presentation by the importer of the VQC (original), IVC (original), Bill of Landing/Airway Bill, and Packing List o the DAVQC for verification and evaluation;
2.	Initiation and completion of the mandatory veterinary quarantine inspection done by random sampling and/or documentation and clearance;
3.	Payment of veterinary quarantine inspection fee;
4.	Resealing (BAI seal) of the container van/s with the goods inspected; and
5.	Issuance of a VQIC and stamped "inspected and passed" mark on the original copies of the BOC import documents/entries from the initiation of the quarantine inspection.

The NMIC shall:

1.	Initiate meat inspection by random sampling within 48 hours. In no case shall the importer break the BAI seal and/or unload the goods from the container van/s in the absence of a NMIC inspector.
2.	Subject the goods to microbial and chemical analyses to determine whether these conform to Philippine requirements.
3.	Issue an Imported Meat Inspection Clearance (IMIC) to the consignee (within 3 working days from the date of meat inspection) upon payment of the NMIC inspection fee. If laboratory result is not yet available within 3 days, an IMIC will still be issued to state that the subject goods wil be subject to surveillance and mandoatry recall should the result proves that the goods are unfit/unsafe for human consumption.

 

Imported meat and meat products shall be confiscated if any of th following exists:

1.	The goods lack authentic VQC/SPS Import permit and/or IVC;
2.	The information on the IVC does not match/address the requirements/information stipulated in the VQC e.g., SPS conditions, among other irregularities;
3.	The volume/quantity of goods imported exceeds the volume indicated in the approved VQC and IVC;
4.	The goods lack appropriate labeling and packing requirements referred to in Section IV; and
5.	Part of or the entire shipment is unloaded frfom the container van/s in the absence of a NMIC inspector, as evidenced by a tampered BAI seal, and/or evidence of alteration, usage, or distribution.

Imported meat and meat products shall be consfiscated under any of the following circumstances and shall either be destroyed or returned/re-exported:

1.	The goods are sourced from a country/zone from which importation is banned in view of disease outbreak or contamination;
2.	The goods are found to be infected by any OIE lists A and B disease and/or carrying any disease-cauing organism;
3.	The goods contain any toxic or deleterious substance, which may render them injurious to health;
4.	The goods contain any added toxic or deleterious substance other than (a) allowed pesticides, (b) food additives, (c) color additives and (d) contaminants at levels beyond the prescribed/established tolerances;
5.	The goods have been prepared, packed or held under unsanitary conditions in which they may have been contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to health;
6.	The goods consist, in whole or part, of any fithy, putrid, rotten, decomposed substance or foreign matter, or otherwise unfit for human consumption;
7.	The container or packaging materials in direct contact with the goods are found to be composed of, in whole or part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance, which render the contents injurious to health; and
8.	The goods have arrived beyond the "date of minimum durability"/expiraiton date prescribed in Section IV (E).