Improved Food Inspection Model
Revised Draft

6.0 Exports

• 6.1 Preventive control plans
• 6.2 Inspection
• 6.3 Issuance of export certificates

The licensing conditions proposed under the model apply equally to exporters.

6.1 Preventive control plans

Food products exported from Canada must meet all foreign regulatory requirements. In addition to their domestic preventive control plan, exporters would require export controls that address any foreign regulatory requirements (for example, labelling requirements).

6.2 Inspection

The proposed inspection approach in section 4.2 would be used to verify the effectiveness of the exporter’s preventive control plan.

6.3 Issuance of export certificates

The model proposes that export certificates be issued based on the exporter’s compliance with his or her export controls, and that they could be issued without further lot-by-lot product inspection. Clearly, this approach would only be used if it were accepted by the importing country. The CFIA would continue to negotiate with its trading partners to promote this concept. If required by the foreign country, the CFIA could conduct food commodity inspection of lots to be exported.

If notified by an exporter that a non-compliant food commodity had been exported, the CFIA would take appropriate steps to monitor the recovery and control of the non-compliant food commodity. Trading partners would be alerted to this non-compliance using established protocols. The exporter would have to adjust his or her preventive controls to address this non-compliance.

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