Trade News

30 October 2006 Health Hazard Alert (botulism) – Certain Phillips Brand Pasteurized Canned Crab Meat Products may contain danger bacteria The following food recall notice was published by the CFIA on 28 October 2006. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Export Packers Company Limited are…

30 October 2006 Items 135 to 139 – Eggs and Egg Products This Notice informs importers of the Minister’s policies and practices respecting the administration of the eggs and egg products TRQ. It should be read with the Import Allocation Regulations and the Import Permit Regulations. Where elements…

30 October 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapters 01, 04, 06, 10, 12, 19 and 21 were published because of changes to country codes : Ceuta and Melilla (EA), Jersey (JE), Guernsey (GG) and Isle of Man (IM) were added to Europe. / Les chapitres 01, 04, 06, 10, 12, 19 et 21 ont été publiés à cause…

30 October 2006 CFIA E-mail Service Restored On 27 October the CBSA, on CFIA’s behalf, reported that the CFIA’s e-mail service and web site were unavailable. The CSCB has been informed this morning that this issue has been resolved.

30 October 2006 Companies Receive US Duty Refunds Less than Three Weeks after Softwood Lumber Agreement Came into Force The following is excerpted from a news release issued by DFAIT on 30 October 2006. The Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade, and the Honourable Maxime Bernier…

30 October 2006 Copper Rod, Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2006-002 IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, under subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING OF COPPER ROD ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM BRAZIL AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE SUBSIDIZING…

30 October 2006 U.S. lawyers the big softwood winners This article is excerpted from the 29 October 2006 edition of the “Toronto Star”. The softwood lumber dispute with the United States may have delivered a hard blow to the Canadian forest industry but it was a boon to American lawyers, according…

27 October 2006 EICS Instructional Environment - Reload of Database 28-29 October 2006 This message was sent by the EICB on 26 October. The EICS Instructional environment/database will be reloaded this weekend, 28-29 October, 2006, to update the commodities and business rules. This means that any…

27 October 2006 Changes in Country Codes Effective 26 October, the following changes were made to the country codes. Add Country Code JE JERSEY Add Country Code GG GUERNSEY Add Country Code IM ISLE OF MAN Add Country Code EA CEUTA AND MELILLA Rename EAST TIMOR to TIMOR-ESTE Rename NETHERLANDS…

27 October 2006 Message from CBSA re: Time Change on 29 October 2006 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit. The following is a message to all electronic commerce clients. In order to complete the time change from the Eastern Daylight Time to Standard Time, all of the CBSA's EDI…

27 October 2006 Message from CBSA on behalf of CFIA The following message is sent on behalf of CFIA by CBSA. Please be advised that Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) email service and website are presently down. Unfortunately, we do not have an ETA. We will advise as soon as the services…

27 October 2006 President Bush Signs the Secure Fence Act of 2006 The following news release was issued by US Customs on 26 October 2006. On October 26, 2006, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner W. Ralph Basham and Border Patrol Chief David V. Aguilar were present as the President signed…

27 October 2006 CBP to Announce Mandatory Filing of Truck Electronic Manifests This news release from US Customs was issued on 26 October 2006. Mandatory use of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) to transmit advance electronic truck cargo information to U.S. Customs and Border Protection…

27 October 2006 Final ACE Mandatory Notice for Trucks On October 27th, the Federal Register Notice (FRN) announcing required advance electronic presentation of cargo information for truck carriers was published (see 71 FR 62922). Mandatory electronic manifest (e-Manifest) for trucks, required by…

26 October 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 44 was published - change in release recommendation for California and Oregon (Quebec and Ontario destination). / Le chapitre 44 a été publié - modification à la recommandation de mainlevée pour la Californie et l'Oregon (destination Québec et…

26 October 2006 Item 125 – Products of Natural Milk Constituents, Serial No. 705 This Notice informs importers of the Minister’s policies and practices respecting the administration of the 4,345,000 kilogram TRQ for products of natural milk constituents. It should be read with the Import Allocation…

26 October 2006 Item 158 – Yogurt, Serial No. 707 This Notice informs importers of the Minister’s policies and practices respecting the administration of the 332,000 kg TRQ for yogurt. It should be read with the Import Allocation Regulations and the Import Permit Regulations. Where elements of the…

26 October 2006 Item 134 – Ice Cream and Ice Cream Novelties This Notice informs importers of the Minister’s policies and practices respecting the administration of the 484,000 kg TRQ for ice cream and ice cream novelties for 2007. It should be read with the Import Allocation Regulations and the…