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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/135
21 May 2002
(02-2783)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English/
French
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Dairy products for human consumpti on (04) (ICS:  67.100.01) and livestock
feed containing dairy products (23) (ICS: 07.100.30)
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Countries not recognized free of FMD by the CFIA
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Milk and Regulated Milk
Products;  Animal Health Import Procedures (3 pages)
6. Description of content:  The CFIA is harmonizing its import requirements with international
standards in regards to acceptable processing treatments for dairy products being imported
from countries that the CFIA does not recogniz e free of FMD.  The CFIA does not anticipate
any impact with current trading partners.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  OIE International Animal Health Code 2001
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Milk and Regulated
Milk Products;  Animal Health Import Pro cedures (Available in English and French)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  10 May 2002
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  15 July 2002G/SPS/N/CAN/135
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12. Final date for comments:  15 July 2002
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: