Annex A: United Kingdom

Conditions for importation of meat products from the United Kingdom

1. Meat Inspection systems approved:

1.1. beef and veal: slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal, natural salted animal intestinal casings

1.2. lamb, mutton and goat: slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal, natural salted animal intestinal casings

1.3. farmed ruminant game: slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal, natural salted animal intestinal casings

1.4. pork and farmed wild boar: slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal, natural salted animal intestinal casings

1.5. poultry and farmed feathered game: slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal – (subject to CFIA** poultry post-mortem procedure)

1.6. rabbit: slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal

1.7. ratites: ostrich, emu, rhea slaughter, cutting, deboning and offal

1.8. processing: comminuting, formulating, curing, cooking and canning

2. Types of meat products accepted for import:
(based on animal health restrictions)

2.1. fresh meat and raw processed meat products (chilled or frozen):

2.1.1. all meat products derived from ruminants of British origin, including natural salted intestinal casings – Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) – importation not allowed

2.1.2. meat and meat products derived from pigs, including farmed wild boar – Food and Mouth Disease (FMD) – importation from Great Britain not allowed

2.1.3. meat and meat products derived from poultry and all other birds – no animal health restrictions

2.1.4. meat and meat products derived from rabbit – the country is not recognized by the CFIA** as being free from rabbit haemorrhagic disease – import not allowed

2.2. all processed meat products (heat treated and raw) , other than shelf stable commercially sterile meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans and/or retortable pouches) and shelf stable dried soup-mix products, bouillon cubes and meat extract:

2.2.1. all meat products derived from ruminants of British origin, including natural salted intestinal casings – BSE – importation not allowed

2.2.2. meat and meat products derived from pigs, including farmed wild boar – FMD – importation from Great Britain not allowed

2.2.3. meat and meat products derived from poultry and all other birds – no animal health restrictions

2.2.4. meat and meat products derived from rabbit – the country is not recognised by the CFIA** as being free from rabbit haemorrhagic disease – import not allowed

2.3. shelf stable commercially sterile meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans and/or retortable pouches) and shelf stable dried soup-mix products, bouillon cubes, meat extract:

2.3.1. all meat products derived from ruminants of British origin, including natural salted intestinal casings – BSE – importation not allowed

2.3.2. all other, non-ruminant derived meat products from CFIA** approved sources – no animal health restrictions

3. Additional certification statements/attestations required on the Official Meat Inspection Certificate (OMIC)*:

3.1. For all pork meat products, other than shelf stable commercially sterile pork meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans and/or retortable pouches) and shelf stable dried soup-mix products, bouillon cubes and meat extract / Dans le cas de tous les produits de viande de porc, autres que les produits de viande de longue conservation, commercialement stériles et emballés dans des contenants hermétiques (conserves, sachets stérilisables), et les mélanges à soupe déshydratés, les cubes de bouillon et les extraits de viande de longue conservation :

I hereby attest that / Je soussigné atteste que :

3.1.1. the pork meat is derived from animals which / la viande de porc est dérivée d'animaux qui :

• have been in the country since birth or have been in the country for the last 90 days prior to slaughter / ont été dans le pays depuis leur naissance ou ont été dans le pays durant les 90 derniers jours précédant l'abattage;
• have not been in contact within the last 90 days with any animal from a country or zone*** that was not free of any OIE list A diseases to which the animal is susceptible / n'ont pas été en contact durant les 90 derniers jours avec tout animal d'un pays ou zone*** qui n'était pas exempt de maladies de la liste A de l'OIE auxquelles l'animal est susceptible.

3.1.2. Every precaution was taken to prevent direct or indirect contact during the slaughter, processing and packaging of the meat with any animal product or by-product derived from animals of a lesser zoosanitary status / Toutes les précautions furent prises afin de prévenir tout contact direct ou indirect durant l'abattage, la transformation et l'emballage de la viande avec tout produit ou sous-produit animal dérivé d'animaux de statut zoosanitaire moindre.

4. Additional certificates (documents) required:

4.1 None.

5. Establishments eligible for export to Canada:

5.1. List available on request.

6. Specific import and final use conditions and restrictions:

6.1. See Chapter 11 for possible export restrictions.

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* Official Meat Inspection Certificate

** Canadian Food Inspection Agency

*** Zone – only applies in situations where the CFIA** has made a formal zoning decision in relation to FMD, CSF, ASF or SVD.