News

Romaine lettuce E. coli O157 outbreak

December 15, 2018

The Government of Canada's food safety partners (Canadian Food Inspection Agency [CFIA], Public Health Agency of Canada [PHAC], Health Canada [HC]) are aware of the new information shared by the United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with respect to their investigation into the current outbreak of E.

Opening of the application period for the new CPTPP tariff rate quotas (TRQ)

December 15, 2018

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation Act received Royal Assent on October 25th, 2018.

Review of the TRQ administration for all products

December 15, 2018

In one of the recent notices, Global Affairs Canada has referred to a complete review of the TRQ administration for all products, as follows:

Business Barometer: Business confidence slump continues in November

December 15, 2018

Small business confidence rose 0.7 points to 61.2 in November, performing below expectations, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)’s Business Barometer® index. 

Are you ready to import food, plants and animals in the New Year?

December 15, 2018

An important deadline is coming for commercial importers who import food, plants or animals into Canada.

By January 1, 2019, all customs brokers, import service providers, and anyone who declares imports to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) must be certified to use the new Integrated Import Declaration (IID).

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