MEAT HYGIENE DIRECTIVE: 2006 - 45

11.7.3.1 General information

11.7.3.2 Import prohibitions or restrictions

2.1 meat which consists of scraps, trimmings or other pieces (whether with or without bone) of such shape or in such condition as to afford insufficient means of identification with a definite part of a carcass, or

2.2 meat comprising the wall of the thorax or abdomen from which there has been detached any part of the pleura or (save in the case of meat derived from a pig) the peritoneum, other than a part necessarily removed in preparing the meat, or

2.3 meat other than mutton and lamb, from which a lymphatic node, except a node necessarily removed in preparing the meat, has been taken out, or

2.4 the head of an animal without the maxillary lymph nodes.

2.5 Bovine meat must comply with the following requirements:

2.5.2 comprise boneless skeletal muscle cuts or identifiable trimmings, excluding all parts of the diaphragm, cheek and head meat, trimmings from the vertebral column, mechanically separated meat and product from advanced meat recovery systems.

2.5.3 The following establishments are eligible to export bovine meat to Hong Kong (as of May 4, 2006):

• 11, 38, 40, 42, 51, 93, 96, 152, 161B, 205, 235A, 283, 309, 395, 400, 401, 444, 454, 523, 587, 597

2.6.2 a report must be made to the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of Hong Kong within 24 hours of the arrival of the consignment, stating the amount, description of the goods and the place of storage,

2.6.3 on arrival, the consignment must be inspected by food officers of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of Hong Kong,

2.6.4 an import permit must be obtained in advance, and

2.6.5 in the case of pig uteri only non-gravid uteri are permitted.

11.7.3.3 Specific or additional inspection procedures

The inspection of pig uteri must be conducted as follows:

3.1 For gilts: inspected visually and by palpation.

3.2 For sows: inspected visually, by palpation and by incision.

Since pig uteri are highly vascular organs, care must be taken to ensure that they do not show any inflammatory changes and that, whenever possible, these pig uteri are not obtained from sows which have a high ratio of inflammation or congestion.

Uteri from post-parturient sows should be excluded from export, along with those from pigs in estrus.

11.7.3.4 Additional certification

4.1 In the case of pig uteri, form CFIA 1454 shall be endorsed as follows:

I, ....., veterinary officer duly designated by the Government of Canada, certify that:

• the pig uteri of the consignment described above were derived from pigs which were inspected before and after slaughter by veterinary inspectors approved by the Government of Canada and are certified healthy.
• the pig uteri of the consignment described above are wholesome and free from disease and congestion.

or an additional certificate may be attached to form CFIA 1454, using the format shown in Annex A.

4.2 In the case of beef, the certificate shown in Annex B shall be used.

4.3 In the case of game, farmed game and farmed game bird meat, Annex C shall be used.

4.4 In the case of antlers form CFIA 5246 (Annex D) shall be used.

4.5 It is illegal in Hong Kong to offer for sale for human consumption any fish, meat or poultry which contains synthetic growth promoting hormones. Since these hormones are also banned in Canada, it would be acceptable to certify their absence in meat products for export to Hong Kong, if requested to do so.

11.7.3.5 Special packaging and marking requirements