a) Chapter 06 was published to streamline the import conditions and add new miscellaneous codes to the following HS code.
06.02.90.0029.99 - Mushroom spawn - other
This created a requirement version change to the following HS codes.
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.)
b) Chapter 08 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refer to CFIA-ISC" to "Refuse entry" for the end uses: "Human consumption", "Other end uses", "Samples for testing" and "Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution" for the following HS code originating from South Africa.
08.10.10 - Strawberries (fresh)
c) Chapter 20 was published to add the following OGD extensions.
20.05.51.2068.01 - Baked beans with pork containing less than 2% meat
20.05.51.2068.02 - Baked beans with pork containing more than 2% but less than 20 % meat
This created a requirement version change to the following HS codes.
20.01.10 - Cucumbers and gherkins
20.01.90 - Other
20.02.10 - Tomatoes, whole or in pieces
20.02.90 - Other
20.03.10 - Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus
20.04.10 - Potatoes
20.04.90 - Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables
20.05 - Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading No. 20.06
20.06.00 - Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised)
20.07 - Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
20.08 - Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included
20.09 - Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
New miscellaneous codes added:
#900 - Mushroom spawn with wood plug (birch, without bark)
#901 - Mushroom spawn with wood plug (other than birch)
Please check your version numbers before submitting through EDI.
If you have any questions, please contact your Import Service Centre.
Topic(s)
Release
System Updates/Outages & Delays at the Border
Information source
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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