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The following is excerpted from a 25 March 2011 news release by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is preparing to update the Feeds Regulations, specifically Schedules IV and V and sections of the Regulations referring to these Schedules.

a) Chapter 04 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS Codes from the Japanese Prefectures of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Gunma and Tochigi. This created requirement version changes for other countries. 04.02 - Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

Please be informed that effective March 29, 2011 the ICTS will generate a new IIR for all the Meat consignments being imported into Canada. The new IIR will have few additional fields which are as follows: 1. Replaced Certificate No. 2. Seal Number

a) Chapter 07 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS Codes from the Japanese Prefectures of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Gunma and Tochigi. This created requirement version changes for other countries. 07.01 - Potatoes, fresh or chilled

The following meat hygiene directives are now available in HTML and PDF versions at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/meavia/man/direct/directe.shtml

The following is from the WCO at http://www.wcoomd.org WCO Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya, recently visited Canada for the purpose of meeting Canada Border Services Agency officials and touring CBSA facilities.

a) Chapter 04 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refer to CFIA-ISC" to "Refuse Entry" for the following HS Code from the Japanese Prefectures of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Gunma and Tochigi. 04.01 - Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter This created requirement version changes for the following HS Codes for all countries except the USA. 04.02 - Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

The following is excerpted from a 25 March 2011 news release by EDC. Export Development Canada (EDC) today announced a 40 per cent increase in its Latin American business volumes in 2010, reaching a record CAD 10 billion.

The following is excerpted from the 23 March 2011 edition of Canadian Transportation and Logistics ”ctl.ca”.

The following is excerpted from the 24 March 2011 issue of Canadian Business Online. The Canadian dollar was higher against the greenback Thursday as oil prices rose and the appetite improved for risk despite another wave of concern about the European debt crisis.

The following is excerpted from a commentary by Derek H. Burney in the 24 March 2011 issue of The Gazette.

The following is excerpted from a23 March 2011 news release by Transport Canada.

The following is a 23 March 2011 news release by Transport Canada. Used vehicles from Mexico that can be modified to meet Canadian safety and environmental standards will be allowed to be imported into Canada in the near future.

The following is excerpted from a 23 March 2011 news release by Transport Canada.

CBSA has recently updated D17-1-3. Reasons for the revision and revisions include:

Additional import controls in place for food products from Japan http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2011/20110323e.shtml

Access to EICS is achieved using a PKI Certificate from the Internal Credential Management (ICM) Service of PWGSC. ICM Services = PKI Certificate Authority.