G/SPS/N/CAN/244/Rev.2  
 
15 December 2014  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Revision 
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): Bovine origin product  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Import 
Policy for Bovine Animals and Their Products and By-products and associated annexes  
Language(s): English and French  Number of pages: 13 and 16 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/CAN/14_5417_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/CAN/14_5417_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/CAN/14_5417_01_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/CAN/14_5417_01_f.pdf  
6. Description of content: The CFIA is updating the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 
Import Policy for Bovine Animals and Their Products and By-Products (herein referred to 
as BSE Import Policy). Related policies (listed within the BSE Import Policy) will also be updated to align with or refer to this policy.  
Updates to the BSE Import Policy include: providing the list of definitions in a separate 
document referenced via hyperlink; revising the list of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) status of OIE members such that it reflects the updated Terrestrial Animal Health Code (May 2014) of  the OIE (further delineation of the list 
based on types of cases reported); and listing dates (based on OIE guidelines) which 
Canada has determined as the effective date of implementation and enforcement of feed bans for all the countries on the lists for negligible and controlled risk for BSE status.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/CAN/244/Rev.2 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code 
Chapter 11.4 Bovine Spongi form Encephalopathy ( http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/H
ome/eng/Health_standards/tahc/2010/en_chapitre_bse.htm ) 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
Automated Import Reference System - Système automatisé de référence à l'importation:  
http://www.inspection.gc.ca /english/imp/airse.shtml  
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/f rancais/imp/airsf.shtml  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 March 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 March 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 March 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure    
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 January 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Comments can be submitted directly to:  Dr. Ann Allain  
Senior Staff Veterinarian Imports/Vétérinaire principale - Importation 
Products & By-products/Produits et Sous-Produits Import/Export/ E-mail: APABPConsultation@inspection.gc.ca  
Subject line should read: 2015 BSE import policy updates 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: