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Food > Meat and Poultry Products > Manual of Procedures > Chapter 10  

Chapter 10 ANNEX A

Conditions for importation of meat products from Czech Republic:

1. Meat Inspection systems approved:
1.1. beef and veal, slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal, natural salted animal intestinal casings

1.2. lamb, mutton and goat, slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal, natural salted animal intestinal casings

1.3. farmed ruminant game, slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal, natural salted animal intestinal casings

1.4. pork and farmed wild boar slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal, natural salted animal intestinal casings

1.5. poultry and farmed feathered game, slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal - (subject to CFIA** poultry post-mortem procedure)

1.6. rabbit, slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal

1.7. ratites - ostrich, emu, rhea slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal

1.8. equine, slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal

1.9. processing - comminuting, formulating, curing, cooking and canning
2. Types of meat products accepted for import:
(based on animal health restrictions)
2.1. fresh meat and raw processed meat products (raw frozen or chilled)
2.1.1. all meat products derived from ruminants of Czech origin, including natural salted intestinal casings - BSE - importation not allowed

2.1.2. meat and meat products derived from pigs including farmed wild boar - the country is not recognised by CFIA** as being free of Foot and mouth disease (FMD), classical swine fever (CSF), African swine fever (ASF) and swine vesicular disease (SVD) - import not allowed

2.1.3. meat and meat products derived from rabbit - the country is not recognised by CFIA** as being free from rabbit haemorrhagic disease - import not allowed

2.1.4. meat and meat products derived from poultry and all other birds - the country is not recognised by CFIA** as being free from Newcastle Disease (END) and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) - import not allowed

2.1.5. meat and meat products derived from equine animals - no animal health restrictions
2.2. heat treated processed meat products , 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 extract:
2.2.1. all meat products derived from ruminants of Czech origin, including natural salted intestinal casings - BSE - importation not allowed

2.2.2. meat and meat products derived from pigs - the country is not recognised by CFIA** as being free of Foot and mouth disease (FMD), classical swine fever (CSF), African swine fever (ASF) and swine vesicular disease (SVD) - import not allowed

2.2.3. meat and meat products derived from rabbit - the country is not recognised by CFIA** as being free from rabbit haemorrhagic disease - import not allowed

2.2.4. meat and meat products derived from poultry and all other birds - the country is not recognised by CFIA** as being free from Newcastle Disease (END) and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) - import not allowed

2.2.5. meat and meat products derived from equine animals - no animal health restrictions
2.3. commercially sterile, shelf stable meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans or retortable pouches)and shelf stable dried soup-mix products, bouillon cubes, meat extract:

2.3.1. all meat products derived from ruminants of Czech origin, including natural intestinal casings - BSE - importation not allowed

2.3.2. all other, non-ruminant derived meat products from CFIA** approved sources - no animal health restrictions
3. Additional certification statements/attestations required on theOMIC* :
3.1. none
4. Additional certificates/documents required:
4.1. none
5. Establishments eligible for export to Canada:
5.1 official list has not yet been established
6. Specific import and final use conditions and restrictions:
6.1. none

* Official Meat inspection Certificate
** Canadian Food Inspection Agency/Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments
*** zone - only applies in situations where the CFIA** has made a formal zoning decision in relation to FMD, CSF, ASF or SVD.

Amended May 13, 2005 / Lou Skrinar

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