July 17, 2020

At the request of Fiji, CFIA has updated the Food Export Requirements Library to include the export of fish and seafood products From:    CFIA Webmaster <CFIAMaster@INSPECTION.GC.CA>    To:    CFIA-FIS_ACIA-POI@WWW.AGR.GC.CA    Subject:    20200715 – New food certificate for Export of Fish and Seafood Products…

This message is to advise that the additional 20% Tariff Rate Quota volume for refined sugar has been triggered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement From:    <eics.scei@international.gc.ca>    To:    <eics.scei@international.gc.ca>    Subject:    Message to Industry – 2020 Additional TRQ Volume for Ref ined Sugar…

A balance of 217,862 kilograms of the Canada – United States – Mexico (CUSMA) milk tariff rate quota (TRQ) is available for reallocation under the processors pool, for the 2019 – 2020 quota year Read More

A balance of 34,796 kilograms of the Canada – United States – Mexico (CUSMA) cream tariff rate quota (TRQ) is available for reallocation under the processors pool, for the 2019 – 2020 quota year Read More

Customs Notice 20-25 provides clarification regarding trans-border air shipments in highway service and the responsibility of air carriers who transmit pre-arrival Advance Commercial Information Read More

The eight round allowed for thorough discussions covering all areas of the future agreement The European Commission reports that the eighth round of negotiations for a European Union (EU)-New Zealand trade agreement was held from June 8 to 22 2020,…

Customs is now collecting more information from all travellers, including commercial drivers, at several ports or entry Since June 30, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) started collecting more information from persons (all travellers, including commercial drivers) exempt from quarantine…

Priorities regarding industry compliance during the pandemic remain the same as announced in April The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued an update on the part of the “Safe Food for Canadians Regulations” which came into force on July 15,…

IPPC establishes a common approach to preventing the introduction and spread of plant pests The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is inviting stakeholders to submit comments on proposed revisions to the international standards for phytosanitary measures under the International Plant…

Expanded arrangement recognizes Canadian and Japanese organic livestock standards as being equivalent The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced the conclusion of an expanded organic arrangement between the governments of Canada and Japan. Effective July 16, 2020, the expanded Canada-Japan Organic…