G/SPS/N/CAN/1244  
 
3 April 2019  
(19-2108) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Raw/unprocessed grains and their associated meals. Implicated 
HS codes:  
Chapter 10  
10 01 19 Durum wheat: Other; 10 01 99 Wheat and meslin: Other ;10 02 90 Rye: Other; 
10 03 90 Barley: Other; 10 04 90 Oats: Other; 10 05 90 Maize (corn): Other; 10 06 10 
Rice in the husk (paddy or rough); 10 07 90 Grain sorghum: Other; 10 08 10 Buckwheat; 
10 08 60 Triticale  
Chapter 11  
All commodities  
Chapter 12  
12 01 90 Soya beans, whether or not broken: Other; 12 04 00 Linseed, whether or not 
broken; 12 05 10 Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds; 12 05 90 Other;  12 06 00 Sunflower 
seeds;  12 07 60 Safflower ( Carthamus tinctorius ) seeds; 12 07 99 Other: Other; 12 08 
Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard  
Chapter 23  
23 02 Brans, sharps, and other residues derived from cereals or leguminous plants; 
23 03 10 Residues of starch  manufacture and similar residues; 23 04 Oil -cake and other 
solid residues from extraction of soya -bean oil; 23 06 oil cake and other solid residues 
from extraction of vegetable fats or oils ; 23 06 10 Of cotton seeds; 23 06 20 Of linseed; 
23 06 30 Of sunfl ower seeds; 23 06 41 Of rape or colza seeds (low erucic acid); 23 06 49 
Of rape or colza seeds (other); 23 06 90 Other; 23 09 90 Other (select commodities)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, 
Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Côte 
d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Estonia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea -Bissau, Hungary,  
Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Republic of  Moldova , 
Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, 
Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Ukraine, Viet Nam, 
Zambia, Zimbabwe  
5. Title of the notified document: Order Imposing Conditions in Relation to Secondary 
Control Zones In Respect of African Swine Fever . Language(s): English and French.  
Number of pages: 4 and 5  G/SPS/N/CAN/1244  
 
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  6. Description of content: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA ) has implemented 
new import requirements for select feed ingredients imported from countries identified as 
posing a potential concern with respect to African Swine Fever (ASF). The identified 
products will require an import permit prior to importation fro m the specified countries 
and the conditions in the implementing order and the import permit will need to be met. 
These conditions include heat treatment and/or hold times (depending on the product in 
question) designed to mitigate the risk of contaminatio n of these products with the African 
Swine Fever virus.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: Emerging scientific 
studies have demonstrated that livestock feed contaminated with the African Swine Fever 
(ASF) virus is a possible pathway for the transmission of ASF and that ASF may be able  
to survive transoceanic shipping in feed ingredients. Given the recent spread of ASF 
globally and the dependence of Canada's swine industry on the export of pork products, 
urgent action by the CFIA is necessary.  
9. Is there a relevant international stand ard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− African  swine  fever:  http://www.inspection.gc.ca/animals/terrestrial -animals/  
diseases/reportable/african -swine -fever/eng/1306983245302 /1306983373952  
(English)  
− Peste  porcine  africaine:  http://www.inspection.gc.ca/animaux/animaux -terrestres/  
maladies/declaration -obligatoire/peste -porcine -africaine/fra/1306983245302/  
1306983373952  (French)   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
29 March 2019  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National E nquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Canada's SPS and TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca