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Chapter 10 ANNEX A
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Conditions for importation of meat products from Japan:
| 1. Meat Inspection systems approved: |
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1.1. beef, veal, slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal,
natural salted animal intestinal casings |
| 2. Types of meat products accepted for import:
(Based on animal health restrictions) |
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2.1. fresh (chilled or frozen) beef: |
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2.1.1. Beef meat (excluding mechanically separated meat from the skull and
vertebral column of animals aged 30 months or older) ,for fresh, chilled or frozen beef
see 3.1.and 4.1 - additional certification statements required |
| 3. Additional certification statements/attestations
required on the OMIC*: |
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3.1. for fresh (chilled or frozen) beef: The beef meat is
derived from animals which / La viande de boeuf est dérivée
d’animaux qui: |
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3.1. were not subjected to a stunning process, prior to slaughter, with a
device injecting compressed air or gas into the cranial cavity, or to a pithing process; n'ont pas été soumis à un processus renversant, avant l'abattage, avec un
dispositif injectant l'air ou le gaz comprimé dans la cavité crânienne, ou à un
processus de piquage |
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3.2. were subject to ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections and were not
suspect or confirmed BSE cases, étaient sujets à des inspections
antérieures à la mort et post mortem et n'étaient pas les cas suspects ou confirmés de
BSE, |
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3.1.3. the meat does not contain and was prepared in such a manner as to
avoid contamination with the following tissues:
- the skull including the brain, trigeminal ganglia and eyes, the spinal cord and the
vertebral column, from all bovine animals aged 30 months or older, and the small intestine
and tonsils from bovine animals of all ages
la viande ne contient pas et a été préparée de façon quant à
éviter la contamination avec les tissus suivants :
- le crâne comprenant le cerveau, le ganglia de trigeminal et les yeux,
le cordon médullaire et la colonne vertébrale, de tous les bovins âgés 30 mois ou plus
vieux, et le petit intestin et amygdales des bovins de tous les âges.
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| 4. Additional certificates (documents) required: |
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4.1. for fresh (chilled or frozen) beef: Animal Health Import
Permit, issued by the Animal Health and Production Division of the CFIA** is required. |
| 5. Establishments eligible for export to Canada: |
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5.1 list available on request |
| 6. Final use restrictions: |
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6.1. Consult chapter 11 for possible export restrictions |
* 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 December 23, 2005/ E. Guirguis
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