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4 August 2006 Appeal No. AP-2005-015, S.C. Johnson & Son, Limited IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on January 25, 2006, under section 67 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 April 11, 2005, with…

4 August 2006 Update - CFIA EDI Outage The following message is from the CFIA National Import Operations Division. There has been no change; the MC server hosting the CFIA EDI system is still down. Our IT continue to work to resolve the situation. Unfortunately, there is no ETA for repair at this…

4 August 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site a) Chapter 01 and 05 were published to streamline requirements. / Les chapitre 01 et 05 ont été publiés pour simplifier les exigences. 01.00.0000 - Live animals/Animaux vivants 05.11.99.1295 - Animal embryos - micromanipulated/Embryons d'animaux -…

4 August 2006 CSCB Ontario Region AGM Minutes, 2006 Minutes of the CSCB Ontario Region annual meeting are available on the Ontario Region page of the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgon_min_20060616_e.pdf 4 August 2006 http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgon_min_20060616_e.pdf

4 August 2006 Meat Hygiene Directive: 2006 - 42 Annex R-3 has been updated; pages 78 to 88 of the Introduction to Chapter 11 in the Manual of Procedures have been changed, as noted at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/meavia/mmopmmhv/direct/2006/d… http://www.inspection.gc.ca…

4 August 2006 Civic Holiday, 7 August 2006 Systems operations and accounting procedures for the Civic Holiday Monday August 7, 2006 will be as follows: CADEX reports will run the evenings of Friday August 4 and Monday August 7, 2006. The exchange rates from Saturday August 5 through Tuesday August 8…

4 August 2006 Timber truce ultimatum draws fire The following article is extracted from the 4 August 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Softwood producers reacted angrily yesterday to Ottawa's threat that it will offer them no further help if they reject the Canada-U.S. timber truce…. The…

4 August 2006 Temp members round out COAC This article is excerpted from the 4 August 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. The Department of Homeland Security has appointed Bradley Shorser, customs compliance manager at Sears Holdings Management Corp., and Bethann Rooney, port security manager for…

4 August 2006 Container seals await better security plans, says Customs official The following article is excerpted from the 4 August 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The trade should rethink the processes for supply chain security before it settles on a means of sealing containers or…

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…