Meat and poultry products (HS code 020000000000)

Notification of Change in CFIA's Official Container Seal Applied to Consignments of Meat Products Exported from Canada when required (2 pages, available in English and French)

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is the Canadian competent authority responsible for the certification of meat and meat products exported from Canada.

The CFIA is in the process of standardizing its official container seal. When required, meat products exported from Canada are sealed with CFIA's official container seal. The seal number is included on the official export health certificate.

The CFIA is standardizing its official container seal to replace the old seal with a new seal that is more secure, durable, legible and reliable. The characteristics and pictures of the new official container seal adopted by the CFIA are presented in Annex A: Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)'s New Official Container Seal (attached). "CFIA-ACIA" is printed on the body of the seal along with a 10-digit seal number, with serialization sequence starting from 1000000001.

This change does not affect the attestations for export of meat products from Canada. In addition, it does not affect CFIA's official controls over exports. The integrity and security of Canada's export systems will be maintained. The CFIA requests countries to notify their border agencies / officials of change in CFIA's official container seal in order to avoid any delays in clearing Canadian consignments into their country. When required, containers associated with export certificates issued by the CFIA as of May 01, 2024, will be sealed with the new CFIA official container seal. CFIA is requesting a transition period of 6 months where containers may be presented with either old or new container seal. The transition period will account for the containers associated with export certificates issued by the CFIA before May 01, 2024.