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- Countries officially recognized by Canada as free of notifiable avian influenza.
Program: Animals
- Countries officially recognized by Canada as being free of Newcastle Disease which is listed in the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) Terrestrial Animal Code.
Program: Animals
- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) takes serious measures to prevent the introduction of FMD into Canada. When officially recognizing a country as free of FMD, the CFIA assesses a country's…
Program: Animals
- This module describes background and procedures required to qualify a donor or teaser animal for entry into an artificial insemination (AI) centre.
Program: Animals
- This table applies only to those listed organisms which have not been genetically modified. See section 2.1 of D-12-02 for further information on plant health requirements.
Program: Plants
- Under the authority of the Plant Protection Act, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) establishes import and domestic requirements to prevent the import or spread of pests in Canada.
Program: Plants
- Import requirements for live or raw molluscan shellfish (frozen or unfrozen) for direct consumption or to be cooked prior to consumption.
Program: Food
- The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to CFIA inspection staff when conducting verification of the domestic poultry pathogen reduction programs.
Program: Food
- November 09, 2023 - Guidance to inspection staff at slaughter establishments for conducting poultry and rabbit slaughter Preventive Control Inspections.
Program: Food
- Certification bodies accredited by the CFIA can cancel a holder's certification if the holder has not complied with any provision of the Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations or the issued…
Program: Food