Notice - Notification of WTO Members: Order Imposing Conditions in Relation to Secondary Control Zones In Respect of African Swine Fever


WTO code G/SPS/N/CAN/1244/Add.19
Date notice 15/09/2023
Notice type Regular
Title Order Imposing Conditions in Relation to Secondary Control Zones In Respect of African Swine Fever
Summary

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has implemented new import requirements for select feed ingredients imported from countries identified as posing a potential concern with respect to African Swine Fever (ASF). The identified products will require an import permit prior to importation from the specified countries and the conditions in the implementing order and the import permit will need to be met. These conditions may include certification of origin, heat treatment and/or hold times (depending on the product in question) designed to mitigate the risk of contamination of these products with the African Swine Fever virus. 

anada has amended the list of regions or countries likely to be affected by this measure to add Sweden. The updated list is noted below:

Specific regions or countries: Benin; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria*; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; China; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Croatia; Czech Republic*; Dominican Republic; Estonia*; The Gambia; Germany*; Ghana; Greece*; Guinea-Bissau; Haiti; Hong Kong, China; Hungary*; India; Indonesia; Italy*; Kenya; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Latvia*; Lithuania*; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Republic of Moldova; Mongolia; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nepal; Nigeria; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Poland*; Republic of Korea; Republic of North Macedonia; Romania*; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Senegal; Serbia; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovakia*; South Africa; Sweden*; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Ukraine; Viet Nam; Zambia; Zimbabwe 

This addendum concerns a: Other: Amendment to the list of regions or countries likely to be affected by this measure.

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Country Canada

File attach:
NCAN1244A19.pdf

Orther Notice:


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