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- 1. Meat Inspection Systems recognized
- 2. Types of meat products accepted for import
- 3. Certification statements/attestations required on the OMIC
- 4. Additional certificates (documents) required
- 5. Establishments eligible for export to Canada
- 6. Specific import and final use conditions and restrictions
1. Meat Inspection Systems recognized
1.1 Beef, veal: slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal, natural salted animal intestinal casings.
1.2 Sheep, lamb, goat: slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal, natural salted animal intestinal casings.
1.3 Farmed deer: slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal, natural salted animal intestinal casings.
1.4 Processing: comminuting, formulating, curing, cooking and canning.
2. Types of meat products accepted for import
2.1 Fresh meat and raw processed meat products (chilled or frozen):
2.1.1 meat and meat products derived from ruminant animals– see section 3.1 for additional certification statements required.
2.1.2 meat and meat products derived from sheep, lamb and goat – no animal health restrictions.
2.2 All processed meat products (heat treated and raw), other than shelf stable commercially sterile meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans and/or retortable pouches), and shelf stable dried soup–mix products, bouillon cubes and meat extracts:
2.2.1 meat and meat products derived from ruminant animals– see 3.1 for additional certification statements required.
2.2.2 meat and meat products derived from sheep, lamb and goat – no animal health restrictions.
2.3 Shelf stable commercially sterile meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans and/or retortable pouches) and shelf stable dried soup–mix products, bouillon cubes, meat extracts:
2.3.1 meat products derived from ruminant animals – no animal health restrictions.
2.3.2 meat and meat products derived from sheep, lamb and goat – no animal health restrictions.
3. Certification statements/attestations required on the OMIC
The additional certification statements in this section are official statements which must be provided in both official languages, in the order of English first, followed by French.
3.1 For meat and meat products derived from ruminant animals, other than commercially sterile, cooked, canned meat products/Pour la viande et les produits de viande issus de ruminants, autre que les produits de viande commercialement stérilisés, cuits et en conserve:
"I hereby certify that New Zealand has been free of foot and mouth disease, rinderpest or other serious epizootic disease for not less than six months, and that anthrax is not prevalent in New Zealand."
« Je certifie que la Nouvelle–Zélande a été exempt de la fièvre aphteuse, de la peste bovine ou d'autres maladies épizootiques graves depuis au moins six mois, et que la fièvre charbonneuse n'est pas prévalente en Nouvelle–Zélande. »
4. Additional certificates (documents) required
None.
5. Establishments eligible for export to Canada
5.1 Refer to the List of foreign countries establishments eligible to export meat products to Canada
6. Specific import and final use conditions and restrictions
6.1 See the Export Requirements Library for possible export restrictions.