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CFIA-AIRS Updates March 18th 2020

A) Chapter 05 was published to:

i) remove a registration type for the following HS codes.  NO VERSION CHANGE.

05.04 - Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked.
05.05 - Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers.
05.06.10 - Ossein and bones treated with acid.
05.10.00.1286 - Glands and other animal products used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products.
05.11.91 - Other: Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter 3.
05.11.99 - Other.

ii) change the release recommendation from "Refer to CFIA-NISC" to "Approved" for the following HS codes.

05.04.00.5339 - Sausage casings of sheep.
05.04.00.5341.07 - Horse offal - intestines.
05.04.00.5341.08 - Goat tripes. 
05.04.00.5341.09 - Goat casings - prepared, salted. 
05.04.00.5341.98 - Other casings. 
05.04.00.5341.99 - Other, other.
05.05.10.1257 - Processed feathers or down. 
05.05.90.1257 - Processed feathers or down.
05.06.90.1274.02 - Other bones. 
05.06.90.1274.05 - Bison skulls.
05.07.90.1283 - Unprocessed horns, hooves, nails, claws and beaks.
05.07.90.1284 - Professionally prepared horns, hooves, nails, claws and beaks.
05.10.00.1286.02 - Bear. 
05.10.00.1286.05 - Cervid (deer).
05.10.00.1286.09 - Tiger.
05.10.00.1286.99 - Other.
05.11.91.1996 - Raw fish (edible and inedible) for pet food manufacturing.
05.11.99.1297.01 - Whole carcass or body parts, preserved in formaldehyde or other preserving solution, or unpreserved, not suitable for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included. - Avian (bird).
05.11.99.1297.04 - Equine (horse). 
05.11.99.1297.06 - Porcine (swine).
05.11.99.1297.07 - Primates (monkey).
05.11.99.1297.11 - Canine (dog). 
05.11.99.1297.12 - Feline (cat). 
05.11.99.1297.99 - Other.

B) Chapter 06 was published to remove a registration type for the following HS codes with the end use "Propagation (growing or sowing)" and the miscellaneous code "Mushroom spawn with growing media (processed barley, oat, rye, triticale or wheat straw)" originating from the continental United States. NO VERSION CHANGE.

06.02.90.0029.02 - Mushroom spawn - morel Armilaria (Armilaria spp., Armillariella spp.).
06.02.90.0029.03 - Mushroom spawn - morel (other spp. than Armilaria spp.). 
06.02.90.0029.99 - Mushroom spawn - other.

Please verify your version numbers before submitting through EDI. 

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

Topic(s)

Other Government Departments (OGDs) Requirements
Release
System Updates/Outages & Delays at the Border

Information source

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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