The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is implementing a new approach to issuing import permits for commonly traded plants intended for planting and propagation. Importers may now apply for permission to import all the plants on a new Horticulture Plant List (HPL) from all countries with a single entry on their import permit application form.
Imports
Canada Gazette - Official Regulations
Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 11 March 2015 in Part II of the Canada Gazette.
Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations
Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 7 March and 14 March 2015 in Part I of the Canada Gazette.
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Tobacco Act
Restriction on live birds, eggs, raw poultry products, raw pet foods from Missouri, Minnesota, California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is implementing measures to protect Canada's poultry resources from an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza reported in poultry in the states of Missouri, Minnesota, California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, USA.
CN 15-004, Public Works and Government Services Canada's Cheque Standardization Initiative
1. Public Works and Government Services Canada have announced a cheque standardization initiative, reducing the number of cheque formats used by the Government of Canada (GoC) to one standard format, effective February 28, 2015. The new standardized 8 ½" x 7" cheque will no longer include a stub.