Improved Food Inspection Model
Final Model
6. Exports
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The licensing requirements proposed under the model apply to exporters.Footnote 9 See Annex B sub-element 1.4 of Element 1: Export control outcome: Performance criteria.
6.1 Preventive control plans
Food products exported from Canada must meet all of the importing country's requirements. An exporter's preventive control plan would require export controls to address any foreign regulatory requirements (for example, labelling requirements).
6.2 Inspection
The 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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