Notice to Industry: Changes to import procedures for pet food products from Thailand

I, the undersigned Official Veterinarian of the Department of Livestock Development (DLD), after due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, do hereby certify:

1. The pet food in the shipments imported under this import permit was processed strictly at the following approved establishment(s), under the supervision of the competent animal health authority in Thailand.
   *** Insert approved manufacturing facility name and address, name of competent authority, and CFIA Foreign Establishment number here (FE-###) ***
2. The pet food imported under this permit is commercially sterile and hermetically sealed and have been thermally treated to reach a minimum F0 value greater than or equal to 3.
3. ALL terrestrial animal origin materials originate from animals that received and passed ante - mortem inspection and were presented for post-mortem inspection in a slaughter facility under the supervision of an official veterinarian of the competent animal health authority in the country of origin.
4. The manufacturing facility and all suppliers of animal derived ingredients do not receive, store, or process any ruminant materials (other than those listed in Footnote 1) from countries other than Australia and New Zealand, other than bovine bone broth originating from EU member states with BSE Negligible Risk Status.
5. Where applicable, any legally imported ruminant-derived ingredients (other than those listed in Footnote 1), imported with an official zoosanitary export certificate from the competent animal health authority of the country of origin, were shipped in sealed containers directly from the suppliers directly to the manufacturing facility in Thailand, or to approved cold storage facilities under the supervision of the competent animal health authority in Thailand.
6. The pet food products for export to Canada include only the following approved ingredients:
   • Meat (including skin and organs) of avians, reptiles, and fish/molluscs/crustaceans, as well as milk, eggs, insect meals, and cheese may all originate from any country.
   • Porcine (pig) ingredients originate only from EU member states, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States.
   • Ruminant ingredients (bovine, ovine, caprine, and cervid) originate from and have been legally imported only from federally registered establishments in Australia and/or New Zealand, other than bovine bone broth originating from EU member states with BSE Negligible Risk Status. See Footnote 1 for ingredients that are not considered to be of ruminant origin.
   • Rendered avian ingredients (such as meat meal, bone meal, meat-and-bone meal, blood meal, blood cake, feather meal, processed animal proteins, digests, suet, greaves, poultry digest, and spray-dried blood/plasma/eggs) originate from and have been legally imported from a country whose rendering system has been approved by Canada (Footnote 2).
   • Hydrolyzed poultry proteins, chicken broth, and chicken soluble (fit for human consumption, and made in facilities that do not handle or process ruminant material) originate from and have been legally imported from EU member states, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, or originate from Thailand.
   • Fish/mollusc/crustacean (including green lipped mussel powders) and other rendered aquatic ingredients originate only from countries that have a BSE Negligible Risk Status.
   • Fish oil and gelatin may originate from any country.
7. The list of animal origin ingredients present in the facility matches the list in DLD's current copy of the Annex 1 (Importation of commercially prepared pet food products from Thailand).
8. Every precaution was taken to prevent any direct or indirect contact of the products for export with any other animal product or by-product of lesser zoosanitary status during handling, packaging, and transportation.
9. The manufacturer keeps records of inventory for incoming animal-origin products and by-products received and for finished pet food dispatched.
10. The pet food is packaged in new packaging

Footnote 1 - ingredients not considered to be of ruminant origin

• Gelatin derived from bones or hides
• Collagen
• Chondroitin sulphate sodium
• Dicalcium phosphate with no trace of protein or fat
• Milk and milk products including cheese
• Vitamin D made from lanolin from sheeps' wool
• Derivatives of any of the above

Footnote 2 - Countries with non-ruminant rendering systems approved by Canada

• Canada
• Australia
• New Zealand
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Spain
• United Kingdom
• United States