CFIA-AIRS Updates November 14th, 2023

November 14, 2023

A) Chapter 03

Chapter 03 was published to add the following OGD extensions with the end uses “Food service”, “Further processing for human consumption” and “Retail use”.

03.07.91.0703 – Taxonomic names starting with At (cont.)
03.07.91.0703.74 – Atrina maura – Maura pen shell (live or non-ready-to-eat, shell on) (fresh or chilled)
03.07.91.0703.75 – Atrina maura – Maura pen shell (non-ready-to-eat, shell off) (fresh or chilled)
03.07.91.0703.76 – Atrina maura – Maura pen shell (ready-to-eat) (fresh or chilled)
03.07.91.0703.77 – Atrina oldroydii – TSN 79583 – Oldroyd penshell (live or non-ready-to-eat, shell on) (fresh or chilled)
03.07.91.0703.78 – Atrina oldroydii – TSN 79583 – Oldroyd penshell (non-ready-to-eat, shell off) (fresh or chilled)
03.07.91.0703.79 – Atrina oldroydii – TSN 79583 – Oldroyd penshell (ready-to-eat) (fresh or chilled)
03.07.91.0703.88 – Atrina tuberculosa – Tuberculate pen shell (live or non-ready-to-eat, shell on) (fresh or chilled)
03.07.91.0703.89 – Atrina tuberculosa – Tuberculate pen shell (non-ready-to-eat, shell off) (fresh or chilled)
03.07.91.0703.90 – Atrina tuberculosa – Tuberculate pen shell (ready-to-eat) (fresh or chilled)
03.07.92.0703 – Taxonomic names starting with At (cont.)
03.07.92.0703.74 – Atrina maura – Maura pen shell (non-ready-to-eat, shell on) (frozen)
03.07.92.0703.75 – Atrina maura – Maura pen shell (non-ready-to-eat, shell off) (frozen)
03.07.92.0703.76 – Atrina maura – Maura pen shell (ready-to-eat) (frozen)
03.07.92.0703.77 – Atrina oldroydii – TSN 79583 – Oldroyd penshell (non-ready-to-eat, shell on) (frozen)
03.07.92.0703.78 – Atrina oldroydii – TSN 79583 – Oldroyd penshell (non-ready-to-eat, shell off) (frozen)
03.07.99.0703.79 – Atrina oldroydii – TSN 79583 – Oldroyd penshell (ready-to-eat) (frozen)
03.07.92.0703.88 – Atrina tuberculosa – Tuberculate pen shell (live or non-ready-to-eat, shell on) (frozen)
03.07.92.0703.89 – Atrina tuberculosa – Tuberculate pen shell (non-ready-to-eat, shell off) (frozen)
03.07.92.0703.90 – Atrina tuberculosa – Tuberculate pen shell (ready-to-eat) (frozen)
03.07.99.0703 – Taxonomic names starting with At (cont.)
03.07.99.0703.74 – Atrina maura – Maura pen shell (non-ready-to-eat, shell on) (other)
03.07.99.0703.75 – Atrina maura – Maura pen shell (non-ready-to-eat, shell off) (other)
03.07.99.0703.76 – Atrina maura – Maura pen shell (ready-to-eat) (other)
03.07.99.0703.77 – Atrina oldroydii – TSN 79583 – Oldroyd penshell (non-ready-to-eat, shell on) (other)
03.07.99.0703.78 – Atrina oldroydii – TSN 79583 – Oldroyd penshell (non-ready-to-eat, shell off) (other)
03.07.99.0703.79 – Atrina oldroydii – TSN 79583 – Oldroyd penshell (ready-to-eat) (other)
03.07.99.0703.88 – Atrina tuberculosa – Tuberculate pen shell (live or non-ready-to-eat, shell on) (other)
03.07.99.0703.89 – Atrina tuberculosa – Tuberculate pen shell (non-ready-to-eat, shell off) (other)
03.07.99.0703.90 – Atrina tuberculosa – Tuberculate pen shell (ready-to-eat) (other)

B) Chapter 16

Chapter 16 was published to change the release recommendation from “Approved” to “Refuse entry” for the following HS codes with the end use “Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution” originating from all countries except the United States:

16.01.00.5457.04 – Lamb sausages – canned
16.01.00.5457.14 – Lamb sausages – canned – organic
16.01.00.5458.10 – Sausages – dry cured, fermented, shelf stable, ready to eat
16.01.00.5458.30 – Sausages – dry cured, fermented, shelf stable, ready to eat – organic

C) Chapter 31

Chapter 31 was published to:

i) add the end use “For fertilizing crops/plants” to the following HS codes.

31.01.00.1810 – Pure manure, processed, packaged or bulk
31.01.00.1811.01 – Avian (bird) – pure manure, unprocessed
31.01.00.1811.02 – Bovine (cattle or farmed bison) – pure manure, unprocessed
31.01.00.1811.03 – Equine (horse) – pure manure, unprocessed
31.01.00.1811.04 – Ovine/caprine (sheep/goat) – pure manure, unprocessed
31.01.00.1811.05 – Porcine (swine) – pure manure, unprocessed
31.01.00.1811.99 – From other species or wild animals – pure manure, unprocessed
31.01.00.1850 – Fish based organic fertilizers with no composted growing medium or other plant material
31.01.00.4010 – Fertilizer – with ground/processed plant materials (except bark), no animal materials and no supplements that require registration
31.01.00.4030.01 – Containing avian (bird) ingredients (e.g., feathermeal)
31.01.00.4030.02 – Containing bovine (cattle) ingredients (e.g., bone meal, meat-and-bone meal)
31.01.00.4030.03 – Containing equine (horse) ingredients (e.g., bone meal, meat-and-bone meal)
31.01.00.4030.04 – Containing ovine/caprine (sheep/goat) ingredients (e.g., bone meal, meat-and-bone meal)
31.01.00.4030.05 – Containing porcine (swine) ingredients (e.g., bone meal, meat-and-bone meal)
31.01.00.4030.06 – Containing cervid (deer) ingredients (e.g., bone meal, meat-and-bone meal)
31.01.00.4030.07 – Containing fish ingredients (e.g., fishmeal, fish oil)
31.01.00.4030.08 – Containing a mixture of avian, bovine, equine, ovine/caprine, porcine, cervid, and/or fish ingredients
31.01.00.4030.99 – Containing animal ingredients otherwise not specified
31.01.00.5010.01 – Fertilizer containing feather meal
31.01.00.5010.09 – Fertilizer containing unspecified avian (bird) ingredients
31.01.00.5010.11 – Fertilizer containing bovine (cattle) blood meal
31.01.00.5010.12 – Fertilizer containing bovine (cattle) bone meal or blood-and-bone meal
31.01.00.5010.13 – Fertilizer containing bovine (cattle) hoof meal, horn meal or hoof-and-horn meal
31.01.00.5010.19 – Fertilizer containing unspecified bovine (cattle) ingredients
31.01.00.5010.21 – Fertilizer containing equine (horse) blood meal
31.01.00.5010.22 – Fertilizer containing equine (horse) bone meal or blood-and-bone meal
31.01.00.5010.23 – Fertilizer containing equine (horse) hoof meal, horn meal or hoof-and-horn meal
31.01.00.5010.29 – Fertilizer containing unspecified equine (horse) ingredients
31.01.00.5010.31 – Fertilizer containing ovine/caprine (sheep/goat) blood meal
31.01.00.5010.32 – Fertilizer containinge ovine/caprine (sheep/goat) bone meal or blood-and-bone meal
31.01.00.5010.33 – Fertilizer containing ovine/caprine (sheep/goat) hoof meal, horn meal, or hoof-and-bone meal
31.01.00.5010.39 – Fertilizer containing unspecified ovine/caprine (sheep/goat) ingredients
31.01.00.5010.41 – Fertilizer containing porcine (pig) blood meal
31.01.00.5010.42 – Fertilizer containing porcine (pig) bone meal or blood-and-bone meal
31.01.00.5010.43 – Fertilizer containing porcine (pig) hoof meal, horn meal, or hoof-and-horn meal
31.01.00.5010.49 – Fertilizer containing unspecified porcine (pig) ingredients
31.01.00.5010.51 – Fertilizer containing cervid (deer) blood meal
31.01.00.5010.52 – Fertilizer containing cervid (deer) bone meal or blood-and-bone meal
31.01.00.5010.53 – Fertilizer containing cervid (deer) hoof meal, horn meal, or hoof-and-horn meal
31.01.00.5010.59 – Fertilizer containing unspecified cervid (deer) ingredients

ii) remove the end uses “For direct application to the soil by importer and not for sale in Canada” and “For use or sale as a Specialty Fertilizer” from the following HS codes.

iii) remove the end use “For agricultural use (product not listed in Schedule II, mixed fertilizer)” and “For agricultural use (product not listed in Schedule II, single-ingredient fertilizer)” and add the end use “For fertilizer or supplement” to the following HS codes.

31.01.00.1850 – Fish based organic fertilizers with no composted growing medium or other plant material
31.01.00.4010 – Fertilizer – with ground/processed plant materials (except bark), no animal materials and no supplements that require registration
31.01.00.4030.01 – Containing avian (bird) ingredients (e.g., feathermeal)
31.01.00.4030.02 – Containing bovine (cattle) ingredients (e.g., bone meal, meat-and-bone meal)
31.01.00.4030.03 – Containing equine (horse) ingredients (e.g., bone meal, meat-and-bone meal)
31.01.00.4030.04 – Containing ovine/caprine (sheep/goat) ingredients (e.g., bone meal, meat-and-bone meal)
31.01.00.4030.05 – Containing porcine (swine) ingredients (e.g., bone meal, meat-and-bone meal)
31.01.00.4030.06 – Containing cervid (deer) ingredients (e.g., bone meal, meat-and-bone meal)
31.01.00.4030.07 – Containing fish ingredients (e.g., fishmeal, fish oil)
31.01.00.4030.08 – Containing a mixture of avian, bovine, equine, ovine/caprine, porcine, cervid, and/or fish ingredients
31.01.00.4030.99 – Containing animal ingredients otherwise not specified
31.01.00.6040 – Worm Castings

iv) remove the end use “For resale as a specialty fertilizer” from the following HS code.

31.01.00.5010.09 – Fertilizer containing unspecified avian (bird) ingredients

v) remove the end uses “Commercial”, “For fertilizing crops/plants”, “Further processing”, “Manufacturing”, “Resale”, “Retail use” and “Samples for testing” from the following HS code.

31.02.10.6000 – Biuret
31.02.21 – Ammonium sulphate; double salts and mixtures of ammonium sulphate and ammonium nitrate: Ammonium sulphate
31.02.29 – Ammonium sulphate; double salts and mixtures of ammonium sulphate and ammonium nitrate: Other
31.02.30 – Ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution
31.02.40 – Mixtures of ammonium nitrate with calcium carbonate or other inorganic non-fertilizing substances
31.02.50 – Sodium nitrate
31.02.60 – Double salts and mixtures of calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate
31.02.80 – Mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution
31.02.90 – Other, including mixtures not specified in the foregoing subheadings
31.03.11 – Superphosphates: Containing by weight 35 % or more of diphosphorus pentaoxide (P2O5)
31.03.19 – Superphosphates: Other
31.03.90 – Other
31.04.20 – Potassium chloride
31.04.30 – Potassium sulphate
31.04.90 – Other
31.05.10 – Goods of this Chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg
31.05.20 – Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium
31.05.30 – Diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)
31.05.40 – Ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)
31.05.51 – Other mineral or chemical fertilizers containing the two fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus: Containing nitrates and phosphates
31.05.59 – Other mineral or chemical fertilizers containing the two fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus: Other
31.05.60 – Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing the two fertilizing elements phosphorus and potassium
31.05.90 – Other

vi) remove the end uses “Other end uses” and “Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution” from the following HS codes.

31.02.21 – Ammonium sulphate; double salts and mixtures of ammonium sulphate and ammonium nitrate: Ammonium sulphate
31.02.50 – Sodium nitrate
31.04.30 – Potassium sulphate
31.05.30 – Diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)

vii) add the end uses “Manufacturing and further processing”, “For fertilizer or supplement” and “Scientific use (Research)” to the following HS codes.

If you have any questions, please contact your National Import Service Centre.

Topic(s)

Other Government Departments (OGDs) Requirements

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Release - General

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

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