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2 March 2007 Senate drops 100-percent inspection proposal The following is excerpted from the 2 March 2007 edition of “American Shipper”. International shippers and ocean transportation providers dodged a bullet late Thursday when the Senate voted 58 to 38 to kill an amendment proposed by Charles…

2 March 2007 Customs expands e-manifest mandate for trucks The following article is extracted from the 23 February 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Customs and Border Protection announced that truckers must use the Automated Commercial Environment Truck Manifest System at all land borders…

1 March 2007 Allergy Alert - Undeclared Milk Protein In Certain Great Value Brand Cake And Brownie Mixes The previous public warning, issued on February 19, 2007, has been expanded to include new products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Wal-Mart Canada Corp. are warning people with…

1 March 2007 Customer Bulletin: Mainline Derailment Golden, British Columbia CPR released the following bulletin late last evening. At approximately 04:10 Mountain Time February 28 th, 2007 train 470-25 derailed near Golden British Columbia on our Transcontinental Mainline between Vancouver, BC and…

1 March 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site – Chapters 07, 10 and 12 Chapters 07, 10 and 12 were published - requirements with additional instructions for Plants with Novel Traits. i) Change in release recommendation; and/or ii) end use changed from "Scientific use (Research - genetically or not…

1 March 2007 EDI Outage for clients transmitting over the Customs Internet Gateway (CIG) The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients from the Canada Border Services Agency. For maintenance purposes, the CIG will be unavailable from 5:00 am until 6:00 am (ET) on Sunday March 4th…

28 February 2007 Expanded Health Hazard Alert - Moccacino Terrine Atff And Autentico Tiramitsu Pacini May Contain A Toxin Produced By Staphylococcus Bacteria The previous public warning, issued on February 20, 2007, has been expanded to include new products based on the results of an on-going food…

28 February 2007 Allergy Alert - Undeclared Milk Protein In Laura Secord Brand No Added Sugar Lactose Free Dark Chocolate Flavoured Bar The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Laura Secord are warning people with allergies to milk protein not to consume Laura Secord brand No Added Sugar…

28 February 2007 CN Service Update - UTU Workers Back at Work The majority of UTU workers have now been back at work in CN’s Eastern Region for several days, and we have re-instated our normal scheduled trains and scheduled local services. Equipment supply is also improving in our Eastern Region. We…

28 February 2007 D15-2-41 Certain Xanthates Originating In Or Exported From The People’s Republic Of China This memorandum refers to the application of anti-dumping duty in accordance with section 3 of the Special ImportMeasures Act to importations of certain Xanthates originating in or exported…

28 February 2007 Import Permits - Tariff Classification Members may have been advised by regional customs offices that import permits applied for in 2007 would require correction if the permits reflected a 2006 tariff classification. As all members are aware, for a short period of time in early 2007…

28 February 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site – Chapter 02 and Chapter 19 a) Chapter 02 was published to streamline the requirement for the end use of "In transit trough Canada" for the United States only. 02 - Meat and Edible Meat Offal b) Chapter 19 was published with new OGD extensions. 19.01.20…

28 February 2007 CFIA Updates on BSE in North America and on Canadian Breeding Cattle to Egypt CFIA has provided an update on BSE in North America. It is found at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/bseesb/bseesb… e.shtml and to exports of Canadian Breeding Cattle to Egypt…

28 February 2007 CPR Customer Bulletin: New User Fee from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Delayed Until June 1, 2007 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the USDA have announced that the implementation of the interim rule that will impose agricultural…

28 February 2007 CN Service Update We have now re-instated normal operations and we are focused on helping our customers recover from the backlog, specifically in CN’s Western Region. On behalf of the CN team, we want to thank all our customers and industry associations for your continued support…

28 February 2007 U.S. Politicians, Premiers Join Forces Over Border Travel IDs. This article is excerpted from today’s edition of the “National Post”. WASHINGTON - A key U.S. lawmaker on Tuesday pledged to try and fast-track new legislation in Congress aimed at convincing the Bush administration to…

Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site – Chapter 05 Chapter 05 was published to change the requirements for embryos intact from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. 05.11.99.1294.03 Animal embryos - intact - Bovine (cattle) - dairy 05.11.99.1294.04 Animal embryos - intact - Bovine (cattle) - beef

27 February 2007 Windsor Commercial Clients' Meeting Minutes, 22 February 2007 Minutes of the meeting held on 22 February in Windsor, ON are available on the Ontario Region page of the members-only section of the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgon_min_20070222_e.pdf http://www…

27 February 2007 Save That Date – 2007 Quebec Region Annual Conference Mark your calendars for the CSCB Quebec Region 2007 conference and annual general meeting, scheduled to take place on Wednesday, June 6 at the Hilton Montreal Airport. This year’s conference will offer a business program designed…

27 February 2007 Save That Date – 2007 Ontario Region Annual Conference Mark your calendars for the CSCB Ontario Region 2007 conference and annual general meeting, scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 7 and Friday, June 8 at the Holiday Inn Select, Windsor. This year’s conference will offer a…