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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) would like to advise of an update to section 6.3 of the Operational procedure: onion pilot project for Canadian Partners in Quality preventive control inspection . In addition to the use of a lot verification system, program participants may now also choose…

On June 19, 2025, amendments to the Products Containing Mercury Regulations came into force. As a reminder, these amendments were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on June 19, 2024, as the Regulations Amending the Products Containing Mercury Regulations . The main objective of the amendments…

Based on an investigation in October 2024, CBSA officers in Mississauga intercepted a silencer being imported from China and a parcel containing a 50-round drum magazine coming from the United States, both for the same address. CBSA’s Ontario Firearms Smuggling Enforcement Team (OFSET) then…

Vietnam now requires a phytosanitary certificate for fresh fruit and vegetables that are frozen at a temperature higher than -18°C. A phytosanitary certificate will not be issued for fresh fruit and vegetables destined to Vietnam that were frozen at -18°C or lower. The exporter will be responsible…

As seen on the CARM Client Portal home page: A fix has been implemented to address certain timeout errors related to Commercial Accounting Declarations (CAD), delegation requests or to request a report. However, the error message may still display when uploading a document in the CARM Client Portal…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is notifying Canadian producers and exporters of apple juice products (including apple cider) and apple juice for production of apple juice products (including apple cider) of enhanced monitoring by Japan. Effective July 1, 2025, Japan implemented an…

On July 14, 2025, t he Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated a preliminary injury inquiry into a complaint by Canada Pipe Company ULC, d/b/a Bibby‑Ste‑Croix, of Sainte-Croix, Quebec, that it has suffered injury as a result of the dumping and subsidizing of cast iron soil pipe from China…

In May 2025, CBSA officers in New Brunswick examined a marine container destined for export to Scotland, United Kingdom and uncovered over 6,700 kilograms of suspected cannabis, valued at $49.6 M inside almost 400 boxes. This is three times more than the total amount of cannabis seized by the CBSA…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has imposed restrictions on cheese made from unpasteurized milk of cattle and water buffalo imported from France, Italy, and Switzerland due to outbreaks of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). Unpasteurized cheese made from milk collected prior to the restriction…

Effective July 8, 2025, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has removed restrictions on imports of poultry and related products originating from or transiting zone PCZ-269 in Saskatchewan, Canada, originally imposed due to concerns about avian influenza. There are currently…

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) has provided brokers with an information package, please click here to review the document and links in English and French. English text of the document is shown below. Steel tariff rate quota information package To support the Department of Finance’s measures to protect…

Link: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/cn-ad/cn25-26-eng.html 1. This notice is intended to provide information on the processing of claims with surtax for participants of the Casual Refund Electronic Data Interchange Transaction System (CREDITS) Program. 2. CREDITS participants are…

A) Chapter 04 Chapter 04 was published to modify the import conditions of the following HS codes originating from New Zealand: 04.07.21.0271 – Shell eggs from chicken. 04.07.29 – Other fresh eggs: Other. 04.08.19.0276 – Egg yolk from avian species other than chickens (Gallus domesticus) and turkeys…

1. This notice is intended to provide information on the processing of claims with surtax for participants of the Casual Refund Electronic Data Interchange Transaction System (CREDITS) Program. 2. CREDITS participants are permitted to submit refund claims where Surtax was paid at the time of…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated investigations on July 11, 2025, under the Special Import Measures Act, respecting the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing of cast iron soil pipe originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China. The investigations follow a…

On Thursday, July 10th, United States President Donald Trump used his Truth Social platform to publish a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney in which he promised a blanket 35 percent tariff on Canadian goods effective August 1, 2025. Some media sources are reporting that the tariff will only apply…

On February 10, 2025, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), pursuant to subsection 76.03(1) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiated an expiry review of its order made on March 13, 2020 in Expiry Review No. RR-2019-001, concerning the dumping of hot-rolled carbon steel plate…