Archived - Chapter 11 – Export
11.7 Special Requirements by Export Markets
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11.7.1 Introduction
While the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is responsible for ensuring that specific requirements as described in the appropriate sections have been met prior to certifying shipments for export, it is the responsibility of management to determine what special requirements are demanded by the competent authorities of the market of destination in respect to permits, prohibited products, special procedures and certification, and to meet applicable requirements and to verify where applicable that the information on hand is still valid.
Wherever information on requirements is forwarded directly to headquarters this information will be incorporated in this section. It would be appreciated if all information obtained by plant managements be forwarded for verification and inclusion in the manual. The information in this section reflects the information currently on hand. For each market available information is provided under the following headings:
- General information
- Import prohibitions or restrictions
- Specific or additional inspection procedures
- Additional certification
- Special marking and packaging requirements
- Other requirements
Where no information is available this will be indicated by "Nil".
Please note that the export certificates (Annexes identified under heading 4 - Additional certification) for each country are only available through a CFIA inspector in a registered establishment.
11.7.2 Index of Export Markets
Markets have been listed in alphabetical order.
- Albania
- Antigua
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belize - No additional requirements or restrictions
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Annex 1 - List of Establishments Approved to Export to China (People's Republic of China)
- Annex B - Chinese Meat Labelling Requirements
- Annex D - Weekly List of Export Certificates Issued for China
- Annex E - Recording Table
- Annex F - Application for Export of Meat and Meat Products to P. R. China
- Annex G - Declaration of cold storage
- Annex H - Form of storage capacity of meat establishments
- Colombia
- Congo (Democratic Republic of) - No additional requirements or restrictions
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- European Union (E.U.)
- Fiji
- France
- French Polynesia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar - No additional requirements or restrictions
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Annex 1 - List of Establishments Approved to Export to Japan
- Annex D - List of Establishments Not Eligible to Export Meat Products Derived From Cloven-hoofed Animals (1) to Japan
- Annex F - Additional Requirements for Establishments Eligible to Export Beef Products to Japan
- Annex G - Application for Designation of Establishment For Export of Beef/Offal to Japan
- Annex H - Export Audit Checklist: Japan Beef
- Annex I - Verification Sheet for Beef Destined to Japan to Attach to Annex the Export Verification Sheet
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Korea (Republic of)
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Liberia - No additional requirements or restrictions
- Macao
- Macedonia
- Malaysia
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Annex 1 - List of Establishments, Names and Species Approved to Export to Mexico
- Annex C - Correspondence Between CFIA Veterinary Certificates and HRZs
- Annex E - Specific requirements relative to over-land transit in the USA of meat derived from ruminants destined to Mexico
- Annex K - Export Certificate and Labelling of Meat Products Exported to Mexico
- Moldova
- Mongolia - No additional requirements or restrictions
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Norway
- Oman
- Panama
- Peru
- Philippines
- Puerto Rico (see U.S.)
- Qatar
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Sierra Leone - No additional requirements or restrictions
- Singapore
- South Africa (Republic of)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Sri Lanka
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Surinam
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United States of America
- Annex A - CFIA/ACIA 5733, official meat inspection certificate for export of meat and poultry to United States and the instructions for its completion. Annexes A-1 to A-11, and Annex C listed below are the additional certifications to be issued with CFIA/ACIA 5733, when required.
- Annex A-1 - Veterinary Certificate for bovine meat and meat by-products intended for human consumption destined to the USA and for bovine meat products in transit in the USA.
- Annex A-2 - Veterinary certificate for meat, meat by-products and meat food products derived from ovine or caprine species intended for human consumption destined to the United States.
- Annex A-3 - Veterinary certificate for edible tallow destined to the United States.
- Annex A-4 - Reserved for future use
- Annex A-5 - Veterinary certificate covering beef meat, chilled or frozen, relative to Mexican requirements.
- Annex A-6 - Veterinary certificate covering beef viscera (tongue, rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum, heart, kidneys, liver, lung and thymus), relative to Mexican requirements.
- Annex A-7 - Veterinary certificate in relation to Japanese requirements.
- Annex A-8 - Veterinary certificate for meat products containing ovine or caprine meat products in transit in the United States.
- Annex A-9 - Veterinary certificate for poultry meat products, cooked or fresh, intended for human consumption destined to the United States.
- Annex A-10 - Veterinary certificate covering cooked, pre-cooked and smoked poultry meat (whole or in pieces), viscera and offal relative to Mexican requirements.
- Annex A-11 - Veterinary certificate covering fresh pork meat, viscera and offal, chilled or frozen, relative to Mexican requirements.
- Annex B - Samples for Laboratory Examination, Research, Evaluative Testing, or Trade Show Exhibition
- Annex C - Certificate for animal casings to the United States
- Annex D - List of Canadian microbiological screening and cultural methods for Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157:H5 recognized as equivalent by the FSIS
- Annex D-1 - Methodology for Escherichia coli O157:H7 testing of beef products
- Annex D-2 - CFIA risk-based Shiga toxin-producing E. coli verification sampling of beef trimmings for abattoirs eligible for export to the USA
- Annex D-2.1 - STEC in Beef Trimmings Verification Sampling Template
- Annex D-2.2 - Instructions for Completion of Shiga Toxins-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in Beef Trimmings Verification Sampling Template
- Annex E - Requirements applicable to poultry abattoirs
- Annex F - Reserved for future use
- Annex G - FSIS Product Categorization
- Annex H - Notice of intent to delist Canadian registered establishment for export to the United States
- Annex I - Notice of shipment of refused entry product (FSIS form 9135-1)
- Annex J - Application to return Canadian products exported to the United States
- Annex J-1 - Flow chart of application to return a shipment exported from Canada
- Annex J-2 - Operating procedures for processing of returns of exported edible meat and meat products
- Annex K - U.S. Rejection Codes
- Annex L - Import Inspection Procedures for Canadian Meat Products Exported to the United States
- Annex L-1 - Reserved for future use
- Annex L-2 - Reserved for future use
- Annex L-3 - Grouping of products for reinspection
- Annex L-4 - Instructions to Truck Drivers
- Annex L-5 - Reserved for future use
- Annex L-6 - Red Meat Carcasses Exports to the United States in Plant Import Reinspection Sample Selection Procedures
- Annex M - Reserved for future use
- Annex N - Labelling of Meat and Poultry Meat Products Destined to the United States
- Annex N-1 - Label Compliance for Imported Meat and Poultry Products
- Annex O - Reserved for future use
- Annex P - Application and permit for importation of un-denatured inedible meat product (FSIS 9540-4)
- Annex Q - Pathogen Reduction and HACCP Systems; Final Rule General Requirements and Implementation
- Annex R - Reserved for future use
- Annex S - Reserved for future use
- Annex T - Testing for Escherichia coli (E. coli) in Slaughter Establishments (ref. 9 CFR Part 310.25 and Part 381, Subpart K)
- Annex U - USDA Performance Standards for Salmonella
- Annex U-1 - USDA Performance Standards for Campylobacter on Chilled Carcasses of Young Chickens and Turkeys
- Annex V - Request for USDA Exemption Permit Number (Buddhist-Style Poultry)
- Annex W - List of establishments eligible to export to the United States and species and processing category information
- Annex W-1 - Changes to the List of Establishments Not Eligible to Export Poultry Meat (1) to the United States
- Annex X - Reserved for future use
- Annex Y - Guidance for Operators Submitting Protocols to the CFIA and for the Veterinarian in Charge (VIC) for Evaluating Protocols Submitted by Operators for CFIA Acceptance
- Annex Y-1 - Retained Water in Raw Meat and Poultry Products
- Annex Y-2 - Retained Water in Raw Meat and Poultry Products (specific to USDA)
- Annex Z - Conditions Relative to BSE Controls
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- West Indies
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