G/TBT/N/CAN/699  
23 June 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English /French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Canada's  Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Telephone: (343)203 -4273 
Fax: (613)943 -0346 
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Processed 
fruit and vegetable products in hermetically sealed packages  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Amendment to 
the Canadian Grade Compendium: Volume 9 – Import Grade Requirements Item 34. 
Processed Fruit or Vegetable Product in hermetically sealed package in Table of Import 
Grade Names for Imported Food (1 page(s), in French)  
6. Description of content:  Certain processed fruit and vegetable products must be labelled 
with the applicable grade name that is set out in the Compendium. Grade names for 
imported processed fruit and vegetable products in hermetically sealed packages are 
maintained and  enforced by the CFIA in an incorporated by reference document titled 
"Canadian Grade Compendium: Volume 9 – Import Grade Requirements" (CGC Volume 
9). 
CGC Volume 9 is incorporated by reference into the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations  
(SFCR). Changes to these documents follow the CFIA Incorporation by Reference Policy . 
CFIA has made changes to the French version of the Canadian Grade Compendium: 
Volume 9 - Import Grade Requirements to correct a translation error:  
Recueil des normes canadiennes de clas sification : Volume 9 – Exigences relatives aux 
catégories d'importation https://inspection.canada.ca/a -propos -de-l-acia/lois -et-G/TBT/N/CAN/699  
 
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The correction was made to the Table of Import Grade Names for Imported Food for Item 
34. Processed Fruit or Vegetable Product in hermetically sealed package. For item 34 only, 
the word "NORMALE" has been changed to "RÉGULIÈRE" to align with the translation in 
the Canadian Grade Compendium: Volume 3 – Processed Fruit or Vegetable Products  for 
processed fruit or vegetable products in hermeti cally sealed package and the existing text 
in the Industry Labelling Tool . No changes were made to the English  version of the 
Canadian Grade Compendium: Volume 9.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  These grade names have been corrected in the French version of the 
Canadian Grade Compendium: Volume 9 – Import Grad e Requirements to align with the 
Canadian Grade  Compendium: Volume 3 – Processed Fruit or Vegetable Products  for 
processed fruit or vegetable products in hermetically sealed packages and the existing 
text in the Industry Labelling Tool  
The CFIA recognizes that industry may need time to adjust labels to imported products. 
A transition period will be offered from June 21, 2023, when this change came into force, 
to December 31, 2025. This is in keeping with the Health Canada -CFIA Food Labelling 
Coord ination Policy  that establishes predictable compliance dates for food labelling 
changes that result from changes to regulations or changes to documents incorporated 
by reference.  
During the transition period, the French grade name declaration on the labels  of affected 
products may have either : 
· the previous import grade name (NORMALE), or 
· the corrected import grade name (RÉGULIÈRE)  
As of January 1, 2026, only the corrected import grade name RÉGULIÈRE will be allowed 
on labels.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Recueil des normes canadiennes de classification : Volume 9 – Exigences relatives aux 
catégories d'importation  
https://inspection.canada.ca/a -propos -de-l-acia/lois -et-reglements/liste -des-lois-et-
reglements/documents -incorpores -par-renvoi/recueil -des-normes -canadiennes -de-
classification -v/fra/1520647701525/1520647702274?chap=0  
Notice to Industry  
https://inspection.canada.ca/food -labels/labe lling/2023 -06-
21/eng/1687202136450/1687202137106  (English)  
https://inspection.canada.ca/etiquetage -des-aliments/etiquetage/2023 -06-
21/fra/1687202136450/1687202137106  (French)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  21 June 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  21 June 2023  
10. Final date for comments:  Not Applicable  G/TBT/N/CAN/699  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be found at:  
Recueil des normes canadiennes de classification : Volume 9 – Exigences relatives aux 
catégories d'importation  
https://inspection.canada.ca/a -propos -de-l-acia/lois -et-reglements/liste -des-lois-et-
reglements/documents -incorpores -par-renvoi/recueil -des-normes -canadiennes -de-
classificati on-v/fra/1520647701525/1520647702274?chap=0