Import Policies

Animal Products and By Products | General | Live Animals | Semen and Embryos

Animal Products and By Products

• Bee Products, January 5, 2011
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2001-3-6)
• Milk and Regulated Milk Products, August 18, 2006
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2001-4-4)
• Egg Products, December 20, 2005
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2001-5-3)
• Fertilizers and Manure, April 6, 2009
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2001-7-2)
• Highly Processed Products, October 23, 2009
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2001-8-4)
• Import of Pet Food, Treats and Chews Containing Animal Products and By-Products, 10 September, 2010
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2001-9-8)
  
• Fodder, May 8, 1998
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2001-10-1)
  This page is currently under review. For more information on its availability, please contact: Dr. Debbie Barr, National Manager
• Terrestrial Animal Health Import Requirements for Rendered and Inedible Products, January 7, 2011
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2002-10-6)
• Animal Products/By-Products to be Used as Medicinal or Natural Health Products, March 17, 2004
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2002-14-2)
• Guidelines for returning various Canadian animal products/by-products refused because of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2003-9-2)

  No longer applicable, This document has been added in the Directive Returns and Permit Application Process for Canadian Animals, Semen, Embryos, Animal Products, Animal By-Products, and Finished Pet Food Return and Permit Application Process, October 28, 2010
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2010-9-1)

• Guidelines for Returning Various Canadian Avian Products/By-Products Refused Because of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2004-2-2)

  No longer applicable, This document has been added in the Directive Returns and Permit Application Process for Canadian Animals, Semen, Embryos, Animal Products, Animal By-Products, and Finished Pet Food Return and Permit Application Process, October 28, 2010
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2010-9-1)

• Import of Bovine Blood and Bovine Blood Products into Canada from the United States Effective July 12th, 2007 under the Enhanced Feed Ban Regulations
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2007-9-1)
  No longer available - July 7, 2010
• Bulk Rendered, Dry and Liquid Inedible Products from USA (non prohibited meal material only, includes fish meal)
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2007-14-2)
  No longer available - July 7, 2010

General

• Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)
• List of Restricted Commodities from a Country Infected with Foot and Mouth Disease, October 21, 2005
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2001-11-6)
• Procedures for Import of Vehicles and Equipment from Countries Infected with Foot and Mouth Disease, October 21, 2005
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2001-12-2)
• Procedures for Settlers' (Personal) Effects, October 21, 2005
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2001-13-1)
• AHPD-DSAE-IE-2001-17-6

  No longer applicable, This document has been added in the Directive Canadian Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) for Small Ruminants (Ovine/Caprine) Import Policy, November 23, 2007
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2007-15-1)

• International Waste Directive, September 16, 2010
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2002-17-4)
• Development of New Import Protocols - Procedures for Clients, April 8, 2011
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2003-3-7)
• Criteria for Minimum Security Quarantine Facilities, April 11, 2003
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2003-5-1-A)
• Criteria for Medium Security Quarantine Facilities, April 11, 2003
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2003-5-1-B)
• Criteria for High Security Quarantine Facilities, April 11, 2003
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2003-5-1-C)
• BSE Import Policy for Bovine Animals and Their Products and By-Products, August 23, 2010
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2005-9-2)
• Returns and Permit Application Process for Canadian Animals, Semen, Embryos, Animal Products, Animal By-Products, and Finished Pet Food Return and Permit Application Process, October 28, 2010
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2010-9-1)

Live Animals

• Import Reference Document (As referenced in the Health of Animals Regulations), January 25, 2007
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2002-3-4)

  Please note: This document is a subset of the Health of Animals Regulations. Any changes to this document must go through a full official regulatory amendment process.

• Pet Imports
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has Prepared Basic Guidelines for Frequently Imported Pets
• Does the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) Assessment Procedure Apply to This Import? March 30, 2011
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2002-13-2)
• Import Measures for Live Birds to Prevent the Introduction of Avian Influenza in Domestic Birds, September 21, 2006
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2006-2-5)
• Requirements for Breeding Cattle Imported from the United States to Canada, November 10, 2009
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2007-4-4)
• Requirements for Small Ruminants Imported From the United States for Breeding, Domestic or Captive Purposes, February 18, 2011
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2007-5-5)
• Import of Restricted Feeder Cattle from the United States, March 13, 2009
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2007-6-1)
• Requirements for Small Ruminants Imported from the United States for Feeding and Subsequent Slaughter, January 26, 2010
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2007-11-5)
• Requirements for Small Ruminants Imported from the United States for Immediate Slaughter, October 30, 2007
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2007-13-1)
• Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) Import Policy for Small Ruminants and their Products, November 23, 2007
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2007-15-1)
• Import Conditions for Breeding Swine from European Community Member States, September 8, 2010
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2008-3-4)
• Requirements for Farmed Cervids Imported from the United States to Canada, January 26, 2010
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2008-6-2)
• Requirements for Frozen Cervine Semen Imported from the United States into Canada, November 17, 2008
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2008-7-1)
• Requirements for Non-Human Primates Imported into Canada, November 5, 2009
  (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2009-1-2)
• Requirements for Wild Ruminants Imported from the United States to Canada, August 26, 2010
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2009-5-2)
• Import of Restricted Feeder Cattle From the United States to a Terminal Feedlot, November 3, 2010
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2010-16-2)

Semen and Embryos

• Import Procedure for Canadian Semen and Embryo Shipments That Are Returned to Canada, October 28, 2010
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2010-10-1)
• Shipments of Semen and Embryos Arriving with a Compromised Seal, October 1, 2010
  (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2010-11-2)

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