G/TBT/N/CAN/446
18 May 2015 
(15-2554)  Page: 1/2
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 Inspec tion Agency (CFIA) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 SPS & TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point 
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada 
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division (TIB) 111 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON 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 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Bulk dairy products, 
maple syrup, maple sugar, canned chicken haddie (a flaked white fish product), canned 
lobster meat, frozen lobster meat and pickle d lobster meat (ICS: 67.100, 67.120, 67.180, 
01.120, 55.020) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Regulations 
Amending Certain Regulations Administered and Enforced by the Canadian Food Inspection 
Agency (6 pages, available in English and French)  
6. Description of content: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is repealing all 
requirements related to standard weights and container sizes under the Dairy Products Regulations (DPR), the Maple Products Regulations (MPR), and the Fish Inspection 
Regulations (FIR). The repeals will come into force upon registration.  
The repealed requirements in the DPR apply to bulk dairy products, and those in the MPR 
apply to maple syrup and maple sugar. With re spect to the FIR, the repealed requirements 
apply to a limited number of products including canned chicken haddie (a flaked white fish 
product), canned lobster meat, frozen lobster meat and pickled lobster meat. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The objective of these regulatory amen dments is to remove the requirement 
to package these products in standard weights and container sizes, allowing industry to use new packaging formats, ease the burd en on smaller businesses and provide the 
necessary flexibility in developing approaches suited to individual business needs and 
customer preferences.  G/TBT/N/CAN/446 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Dairy Products Regulations 
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/sor-79-840/index.html  (English) 
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/fra/reglements/DORS-79-840/index.html  (French) 
Maple Products Regulations 
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/e ng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._289/  (English) 
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/fra /reglements/C.R.C.%2C_ch._289/  (French) 
Fish Inspection Regulations 
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/e ng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._802/  (English) 
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/f ra/reglements/C.R.C.%2C_ch._802  / (French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 22 April 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 22 April 2015   
10. Final date for comments: - 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
The electronic version of the policy document can be downloaded at: 
http://www.gazette.gc.c a/rp-pr/p2/2015/2015-04 -22/pdf/g2-14908.pdf  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/ rp-pr/p2/2015/2015-04-22/ html/sor-dor s78-eng.php   
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/ rp-pr/p2/2015/2015-04-22/ html/sor-dor s78-fra.php