Agriculture Minister Ritz held meetings [yesterday] with members of the U.S. Congress, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and U.S. and Canadian industry representatives in Washington D.C. on the subject of mandatory Country of Origin Labelling (COOL). Minister Ritz continued to pressure key members of the U.S.
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GoC announces plans to strengthen food safety enforcement
December 7, 2013
Today, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, announced the intention to introduce new penalties for businesses that fail to respect Canadian meat safety requirements...
[US] Importer Bona Fides, Benefits for Broker Best Practices Discussed at COAC Meeting
December 7, 2013
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and trade community representatives are continuing to work on developing a standard way for importers of record to establish their identity to customs brokers.
Next Deployment of [US] ACE Functionality Slated for Jan. 4; Re-engineered AES Expected in April
December 7, 2013
...CBP is planning to complete core trade processing capabilities in ACE through seven deployments of new features over the next three years. This approach is based on the Agile software development methodology, which produces smaller pieces of functionality more frequently. The first of these deployments (Deployment A) was implemented Nov. 2.
D13-10-1, Used Goods
December 6, 2013
The following has been updated and is available on the CBSA website:
Memorandum D13-10-1, Used Goods
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d13/d13-10-1-eng.html