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- 1. Meat Inspection Systems recognized
- 2. Types of meat products accepted for import
- 3. Certificate requirements for meat products imported from Thailand
- 4. Establishments eligible for export to Canada
1. Meat Inspection Systems recognized
1.1 Poultry (chicken and duck only): slaughter, cutting, deboning and edible meat by products
1.2 Processing: comminuting, formulating, cooking and canning.
2. Types of meat products accepted for import
Only the following types of meat products are allowed to be imported from Thailand:
2.1 Fully cooked chicken and duck meat products
2.2 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
3. Certification requirements for meat products imported from Thailand
3.1 For fully cooked chicken and duck meat products :
"I hereby certify that:
3.1.1 All raw poultry meat products must meet Canadian requirements for water retention water retention in edible raw poultry meat products.
3.1.2 The cooked ready-to-eat meat products have been produced, reaching an internal temperature of at least 80°C for not less than one minute.
3.1.3 The meat product meet Canadian requirements for cooling heat processed meat products;
3.1.4 There is a complete physical separation between the uncooked and cooked meat product areas of the processing establishment.
3.1.5 The meat was handled and prepared in accordance with Canadian requirements ensuring that there was no direct or indirect recontamination of the product after cooking and packaging.
3.1.6 The meat products covered by this certificate has been subjected to the control and verification of Listeria controls in the meat product and in the environment where the food has been prepared in accordance with Control measures for Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods."
3.2 For 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:
"I hereby certify that:
3.2.1 The meat products were subjected to a heat treatment process achieving a minimum F0 value of 3."
4. Establishments eligible for export to Canada
4.1 Refer to the List of foreign countries establishments eligible to export meat products to Canada.