. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/357/Rev.1 
12 August 2009  
 (09-3871) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Canadian Food Inspection Agency 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Highly Processed Products of bovine origin such as gelatin (ICS Codes 
65.020, 67.040) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  All countries classified by the OIE as non 
negligible risk for BSE  
5. Title of the notified document:  Import Directive for Highly Processed Products 
Language:  English and French  Number of pages:  9 and 11 
6. Description of content:  Import Directive for Highly Processed Products:  The Import 
Directive for Highly Processed Products contains import conditions to reduce risks of contamination of non risk materials with the disease agent of bovine spongiform 
encephalopathy (BSE).  Specifically, the require ments for bovine hide derived products in 
the revision have been streamlined and are now combined for both human consumption 
products and animal uses (non livestock feed s).  Requirements for bovine hide derived 
gelatine or collagen will be for veterinary cer tification that the product is hide derived, 
visible neural contamination has been removed by one of several methods (including washing, scraping, trimming or vacuuming)  and the product was manufactured using an 
alkalinization step.  This has been based on extensive joint Health Canada and CFIA 
scientific advice and is compliant with OIE and WHO guidelines. 
The changes to the Highly Processed Products  Directive were put in place to reflect 
Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada legislative a nd policy requirements 
for removal of specified risk ma terial (SRM) from all cattle at slaughter.  SRM refers to any 
of the skull, brain, trigeminal ganglia, eyes, tonsils, spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia of 
cattle aged 30 months or older; and the distal  ileum of cattle of all ages.  All removed SRM 
are to be diverted away from the products fo r human consumption and animal food supply.  
The requirement to remove all SRM from cattle  does not apply to pr oducts originating from 
a country that is designated as having negligible risk of BSE. G/SPS/N/CAN/357/Rev.1 
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7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
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 11.6] ( http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mcode/en_sommaire.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:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  60 days post notification to WTO 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Fall 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  60 days post notification to WTO 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable as the changes to th e measure notified in October 2008 
are negligible. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
L. A. Allain, B.Sc., D.V.M. 
Senior Staff Veterinarian Terrestrial Animal Health Division, Imports, Canadian Food Inspection Agency 
8 Colonnade, OTTAWA ON, K2E 7M6 
Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada 
Tel:  +(613) 221-4136 Fax:  +(613) 228-6630 E-mail:  allainla@inspection.gc.ca 
Website:  http://www.inspection.gc.ca
 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The electronic version of the Import  Directive can be downloaded at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/CAN/09_2840_00_e.pdf  (English)  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/CAN/09_2840_00_f.pdf  (French)