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3 August 2006 CFIA EDI Outage This message is from CFIA’s National Import Operations Division. It has come to our attention that the CFIA MQ server for EDI went down overnight. Our IT are aware of the situation and are working on a repair. Estimated time of this repair is still unknown. During this…

3 August 2006 Appeal No. AP-2005-036 Ka Wong v. President of the CBSA IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on July 12, 2006, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency dated September 8…

3 August 2006 EDI Outage - Update This message is from CFIA’s National Import Operations Division. The server that hosts the CFIA EDI system must be replaced. There was an outage overnight, and our IT are working to resolve the issue. Unfortunately, the only solution is to replace the server. Our IT…

3 August 2006 Meat Hygiene Directive: 2006 – 39 Chapter 5 – Sampling and Testing Section 5.9, instructions for the use of Residue, Anti-microbial and micro-organisms system (RAMS), is added. Minor typographical errors in the table of contents have been corrected. http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english…

3 August 2006 Meat Hygiene Directive: 2006 – 41 Chapter 11 – Mexico Pages 1 and 2 should be replaced, and Annex D-9 should be added to the section on Mexico of Chapter 11 of Manual of Procedures: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/meavia/mmopmmhv/direct/2006/d… http://www…

3 August 2006 Meat Hygiene Directive: 2006 – 40 Chapter 11 – Vietnam Pages 3 and 4 of Vietnam of Chapter 11 of the Manual of Procedures should be replaced with the information found at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/meavia/mmopmmhv/direct/2006/d… http://www.inspection.gc.ca…

3 August 2006 Emerson out to salvage softwood deal The following article is excerpted from the 2 August 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Federal Trade Minister David Emerson is calling a meeting of two dozen forestry CEOs in Toronto next Wednesday in an attempt to salvage the controversial Canada…

3 August 2006 Vancouver hub for sale: Report The following article is extracted from the 3 August 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Vancouver's Fraser Surrey Docks is expected to be sold for as much as $150 million, according to a Bloomberg report. The sale has attracted at least six bids…

2 August 2006 Determination of the Safety of BASF's Imidazolinone-Tolerant CLEARFIELD™ Wheat Events BW255-2 and BW238-3 The following news release was issued by the CFIA on 1 August 2006, and is found on their web site at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/bio/dd/dd0660e.shtml. This…

2 August 2006 CSCB Annual Conference Registration Form Now Available The registration form for the 2006 Annual Conference is now available at: http://www.cscb.ca/conference2006/RegistrationForm.pdf A preliminary conference program can be viewed at: http://www.cscb.ca/conference2006/program.htm To…

2 August 2006 U.S. agents crossed borders with fake ID The following article is excerpted from the 1 August 2006 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Undercover U.S. investigators repeatedly entered the United States from Canada and Mexico using fake documents this year — including some cases in which…

2 August 2006 Harbor Maintenance Tax exemption bill filed This article is excerpted from the 2 August 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. A bill that could benefit short sea shipping in the Great Lakes has been filed in the [US] House. The measure… would exempt all but bulk cargo moving…

1 August 2006 SIMA Index for August, 2006 The SIMA index for August, 2006 is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima/monthly-e.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima/monthly-e.html

1 August 2006 Amendment of the CFIA Conditions for Importation of Beef from the United States The following note is from Dr. E. Guiguis, Chief, Import Program, in the Food of Animal Origin Division at CFIA. On 27 June 2006 the “Certain Ruminants and Their Products Importation Prohibition Regulations…

1 August 2006 Lumber deal in trouble, Emerson warns The following article is excerpted from the 1 August 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Scrambling to salvage the controversial Canada-U.S. softwood truce, International Trade Minister David Emerson warned the agreement could end up "dead before…

1 August 2006 Trade offers guidance for Senate security legislation The following article is excerpted from the 31 July 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. A broad coalition of supply chain interests has presented the [US] Senate leadership with guidelines for new security legislation. … [T…

1 August 2006 Monthly Trade Payments to CBP Reach $5 Billion This news release was issued by US Customs and Border Protection on 31 July 2006. Monthly collection of duties and fees by U.S. Customs and Border Protection has topped $5 billion as the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) monthly…

31 July 2006 Revision to Directive D-01-08, "Canadian Plant Protection import requirements for fresh blueberry fruit (Vaccinium) from Argentina" Directive D-01-08,"Canadian Plant Protection import requirements for fresh blueberry fruit (Vaccinium) from Argentina", has been revised and is available…

31 July 2006 CN Announcement of Detroit Service Change The following message is from CN’s Intermodal Product Team. In order to increase capacity in our key Chicago to Halifax corridor, the following change will be effected on all Northbound traffic destined to Detroit. Units will now be available at…