G/SPS/N/CAN/1244/Add.7  
9 March 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 9 March 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Order Imposing Conditions in Relation to Secondary Control Zones In Respect of African Swine Fever  
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 
from 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 contamination of these products with the African Swine 
Fever virus.   
Canada has expanded the list of regions or countries likely to be affected by this measure to include 
Greece. The updated lis t is noted below:  
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; 
Cambodia; Cameroon; Central Africa n Republic; Chad; China; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Czech 
Republic; Estonia; The Gambia; Ghana; Greece; Guinea -Bissau; Hong Kong, China; Hungary; 
Indonesia; Italy; Kenya; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Latvia; Lithuania; Madagascar; 
Malawi; Republic of Moldo va; Mongolia; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nigeria; 
Philippines; Poland; Republic of Korea; Romania; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Senegal; 
Serbia; Sierra  Leone; Slovakia; South Africa; Tanzania; Togo; Ukraine; Viet Nam; Zambia; 
Zimbabwe  
This addendum conc erns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[X] Other: Expansion of list of regions or countries likely to be affected by this measure  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced fin al date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  G/SPS/N/CAN/1244/Add.7  
 
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  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] Nationa l Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 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   
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