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Ref : EIC 191/2/8
30 July 2013
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 619/2013
Canada : Improved Model for Food Inspection in Canada
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has concluded consultations on an improved model for food inspection in Canada.
DETAILS
2.Pursuant to Commercial Information Circular No. 630/2012 of 10 August 2012 which informed the trade of CFIA's consultations on a more comprehensive inspection approach, the improved model for food inspection has now been built and finalised based on a single and consistent approach to food inspection across all regulated food commodities – whether imported, exported or prepared domestically for sale across provincial borders or internationally.
3.For details, please refer to consultation documents at CFIA's website: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/accountability/inspection-modernization/eng/1337025084336/1337025428609. The improved model is available at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/accountability/inspection-modernization/final-model/eng/1372168382925/1372178578738.
ENQUIRIES
4.For enquiries concerning this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5682.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Linda Ng)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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