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Conditions for importing meat products from Chile

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1. Meat Inspection systems approved

1.1 Bovine: slaughter, cutting, deboning, edible meat by products and natural, salted intestinal casings.

1.2 Ovine: slaughter, cutting, deboning, edible meat by products and natural, salted intestinal casings.

1.3 Swine (including farmed wild boar): slaughter, cutting, deboning and edible meat by products, natural salted animal intestinal casings.

1.4 Poultry: slaughter, cutting, deboning and edible meat by products.

1.5 Processing (for meat inspection system(s) approved): 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 meat products (chilled or frozen) including bone-in and boneless cuts, edible meat by products, natural salted animal intestinal casings

2.1.1 Meat and meat products derived from bovine of Chilean origin – see sections 3.1, 3.2, 4.1 and 4.3 for additional certification attestations required.

2.1.2 Natural salted casings derived from bovine of Chilean origin – see section 3.2 and 4.3 for additional certification attestations required

2.1.3 Meat and meat products derived from ovine of Chilean origin – see section 3.3 and 4.3 for additional certification attestations required.

2.1.4 Natural salted casings derived from ovine of Chilean origin – see section 3.3 and 4.3 for additional certification attestations required

2.1.5 Meat and meat products derived from swine of Chilean origin – see section 3.4 and 4.3 for additional certification attestations required.

2.1.6 Natural salted casings derived from swine of Chilean origin – see section 3.4 and 4.3 for additional certification attestations required

2.1.7 Meat and meat products derived from poultry of Chilean origin – see section 3.5 and 4.3 for additional certification attestations required.

2.1.8 Meat and meat products derived from imported meat and meat products originating from Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) approved countries and establishments – see sections 3.7 and 4.1 for additional certification attestations required.

2.1.9 Edible Meat by products derived from species with approved meat inspection systems –see sections 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 for additional certification requirements

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

2.2.1 Meat products derived from bovine of Chilean origin – see sections 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 for additional certification attestations required.

2.2.2 Meat products derived from ovine of Chilean origin – see section 3.3 and 4.3 for additional certification attestations required

2.2.3 Meat products derived from swine of Chilean origin – see section 3.4 and 4.3 for additional certification attestations required.

2.2.4 Meat products derived from poultry of Chilean origin – see section 3.5, 3.6 and 4.3 for additional certification attestations required.

2.2.5 Meat products derived from imported meat and meat products originating from CFIA approved countries and establishments – see sections 3.7 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 for additional certification attestations required.

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

2.3.1 Meat products derived from bovine of Chilean origin – see sections 3.1, 3.2 and 4.3 for additional certification attestations required.

2.3.2 Meat products derived from ovine of Chilean origin – see section 4.3 for additional certification attestations required

2.3.3 Meat products derived from swine of Chilean origin – see section 4.3 for additional certification attestations required.

2.3.4 Meat products derived from poultry of Chilean origin – see section 3.6, 4.3 for additional certification attestations required.

2.3.5 Meat and meat products derived from imported meat and meat products originating from CFIA approved countries and establishments – see section 3.7 for additional certification attestations required.

3. Additional animal health certification attestations required on the Official Meat inspection Certificate (OMIC)

3.1 For deboned skeletal muscle meat (excluding mechanically separated meat) derived from bovine of Chilean origin

"I hereby certify that:

3.1.1 The meat and/or meat product were derived from bovines which:

3.1.1.1 Were born and raised in Chile or have been in Chile at least 90 days prior to slaughter.

3.1.1.2 Have not been in contact within the last 90 days with any animal from a country or zone not officially recognized free of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)Footnote 1, at the time of slaughter.

3.1.1.3 Have been slaughtered in an establishment located in a country or zone officially recognized free of FMDFootnote 1.

3.1.1.4. Were found to be free of any signs suggestive of FMD or any other serious epizootic diseaseFootnote 1 on ante mortem and post mortem inspection.

3.1.1.5 Were not subjected to a stunning process, prior to slaughter, with a device injecting compressed air or gas into the cranial cavity, or to a pithing process involving laceration, after stunning of the animal, of the animal's central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument that is introduced into the animal's cranial cavity.

3.1.2 The deboned skeletal muscle meathas been prepared in a manner to avoid contamination with tissues listed in Article 11.4.14 of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH; founded as Office International des Épizooties (OIE)) Terrestrial Animal Health Code

3.1.3 Every precaution was taken to prevent direct or indirect contact during the slaughter, processing and packaging of the meat and meat products with any animal product or by-product derived from bovine of a lesser zoosanitary status."

3.2 For meat and meat products other than listed in section 3.1 derived from bovine of Chilean origin including natural salted intestinal casings and shelf stable, commercially sterile meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans or retortable pouches), and shelf stable dried soup-mix products, bouillon cubes, meat extracts

"I hereby certify that:

3.2.1 The meat and/or meat product are derived from bovines which:

3.2.1.1 Were born and raised in Chile or have been in Chile at least 90 days prior to slaughter.

3.2.1.2 Have not been in contact within the last 90 days with any animal from a country or zone not officially recognized free of FMDFootnote 1, at the time of slaughter.

3.2.1.3 Have been slaughtered in an establishment located in a country or zone officially recognized free of FMDFootnote 1.

3.1.1.4 Were found to be free of any signs suggestive of FMD or any other serious epizootic diseaseFootnote 1 on ante mortem and post mortem inspection.

3.2.1.5 Were not subjected to a stunning process, prior to slaughter, with a device injecting compressed air or gas into the cranial cavity, or to a pithing process involving laceration, after stunning of the animal, of the animal's central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument that is introduced into the animal's cranial cavity.

3.2.2 Chile complies with conditions of Article 11.4.3 of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) Terrestrial Animal Health Code and

Either:

3.2.3 The product does not contain any tissues from any imported ruminant born and raised in the first year of its life from a country of controlled or undetermined risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) as recognized by Canada,

or

The product contains tissues from animals imported from countries of controlled BSE risk, and the animals from which the meat and meat products were derived do not contain mechanically recovered meat from the skull and vertebral column of bovine animals aged 30 months or older; and the meat and meat products do not contain, were not prepared from or were not contaminated with: (i) distal ileum of all ages of bovine animals, and (ii) palatine tonsils, the skull including the brain, trigeminal ganglia and eyes, the spinal cord and the vertebral column (excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the transverse processes of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, and the wings of the sacrum), from bovine animals aged 30 months or older,

and/or

The product contains tissues from animals imported from countries of undetermined BSE risk and any visible nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during deboning were removed; and the meat and meat products do not contain mechanically recovered meat from the skull and vertebral column of bovine animals aged 12 months or older; and the meat and meat products do not contain, were not prepared from or were not contaminated with (i) distal ileum of all ages of bovine animals, and (ii) palatine tonsils, the skull including the brain, trigeminal ganglia and eyes, the spinal cord and the vertebral column, (excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the transverse processes of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, and the wings of the sacrum), from bovine animals aged 12 months or older.

3.2.4 Every precaution was taken to prevent direct or indirect contact during the slaughter, processing and packaging of the meat and meat products with any animal product or by-product derived from bovine of a lesser zoosanitary status."

3.3 For meat and meat products, including natural salted casings, derived from ovine of Chilean origin other than shelf stable, commercially sterile meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans or retortable pouches), and shelf stable dried soup-mix products, bouillon cubes, meat extracts

"I hereby certify that:

3.3.1 The meat and/or meat product were derived from ovine which:

3.3.1.1 Were born and raised in Chile or have been in Chile at least 90 days prior to slaughter.

3.3.1.2 Have not been in contact within the last 90 days with any animal from a country or zone not officially recognized free of FMDFootnote 1, at the time of slaughter.

3.3.1.3 Have been slaughtered in an establishment located in a country or zone officially recognized free of FMDFootnote 1.

3.3.1.4 Were found to be free of any signs suggestive of FMD or any other serious epizootic diseaseFootnote 1 on ante mortem and post mortem inspection.

3.3.1.5Were less than 12 months of age when slaughtered OR if the animals were older than 12 months of age, they did not originate from a herd or flock under quarantine for scrapie and were not slaughtered as part of a scrapie control program.

3.3.2 Every precaution was taken to prevent direct or indirect contact during the slaughter, processing and packaging of the meat and meat products with any animal product or by-product derived from feral camel, ovine, caprine or farmed cervids of a lesser zoosanitary status."

3.4 For all meat and meat products, including natural salted casings derived from swine of Chilean origin, other than shelf stable, commercially sterile pork meat products, packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans or retortable pouches) and shelf stable dried soup mix products, bouillon cubes and meat extracts

"I hereby certify that:

3.4.1 The meat and/or meat product is derived from swine which:

3.4.1.1 Have been in Chile since birth or for the last 90 days prior to slaughter.

3.4.1,2. Have not been in contact within the last 90 days with any animal from a country or zone not officially recognized as free of FMD, Classical Swine Fever (CSF), African Swine Fever (ASF), and Swine Vesicular Disease (SVD)Footnote 1.

3.4.1.3 Have been slaughtered in an establishment located in a country or zone officially recognized as free of FMD, CSF, ASF, and SVDFootnote 1.

3.4.1.4 Were found to be free of any signs suggestive of CSF, FMD, ASF and SVD or any other serious epizootic diseaseFootnote 1 on ante mortem and post mortem inspection.

3.4.2 Every precaution was taken to prevent direct or indirect contact during the slaughter, processing and packaging of the pork meat with any animal product or by-product derived from animals of a lesser zoosanitary status.

3.5 For all meat and meat products poultry of Chilean origin, other than shelf stable, commercially sterile meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans or retortable pouches), and shelf stable dried soup-mix products, bouillon cubes, meat extracts

"I hereby certify that:

3.5.1 The meat products were derived from poultry which:

3.5.1.1 Have been kept in Chile since they were hatched or for at least the last 21 days prior to their slaughter.

3.5.1.2 Have been kept in a country or zone officially recognized as free of infection with Notifiable Avian Influenza (NAI) and Newcastle Disease (ND)Footnote 1 since they were hatched or for at least the past 21 days.

3.5.1.3 Have been slaughtered in an establishment located in a country or zone officially recognized as free of NAI and NDFootnote 1.

3.5.1.4 Were found to be free of any signs suggestive of NAI and ND or any serious epizootic diseaseFootnote 1 on ante mortem and post mortem inspection.

3.5.2 Every precaution was taken to prevent direct or indirect contact during the slaughter, processing, packaging and storage of the poultry meat with any animal product or by-product derived from animals of a lesser zoosanitary status.

3.6 For meat and meat products derived from poultry of Chilean origin, other than shelf stable, commercially sterile meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans or retortable pouches), and shelf stable dried soup-mix products, bouillon cubes, meat extracts, when they cannot satisfy conditions specified in section 3.5

"I hereby certify that the meat and meat products derived from poultry:

3.6.1 Were cooked to an internal temperature of 74°C.

3.6.2 Every precaution was taken to prevent any direct or indirect contact during handling, processing and packaging of the meat and meat products, with any animal product or by-product of a lesser zoosanitary status."

3.7 For meat and meat products prepared from meat and meat products imported into Chile, including commercially sterilized shelf stable meat products packaged in hermetically sealed containers (cans, retortable pouches) and shelf stable dried soup-mix products, bouillon broth cubes and meat extract

"I hereby certify that:

3.7.1 The meat and/or meat product:

3.7.1.1 Were legally imported into Chile;

3.7.1.2 Meet all Canadian requirements for commercial importation of meat products as listed in Countries from which commercial importation of meat products is permitted, as if they were exported from the country of origin directly to Canada.

3.7.2 Every precaution was taken to prevent direct or indirect contact during the processing and packaging of the meat product with any animal product or by-product derived from animals of a lesser zoosanitary status.

3.7.3 The meat inspection certificate with which the meat was imported into Chile is kept on file at the Chilean processing establishment for verification purposes for a minimum of 2 years following the importation"

4. Additional, other than animal health, certification attestations required on the OMIC

4.1 For meat and meat products derived from bovine considered as precursor material for the preparation of finished raw ground meat including, but not limited to, trim, bench trim (trim derived from primal and sub-primal cuts), head meat, cheek meat, tongue roots, weasand meat, hearts and finely textured beef

I hereby certify that:

4.1.1 The meat and/or meat products derived from bovine and covered by this certificate are considered as precursor material for the preparation of finished raw ground meat, and were tested for the presence of E. coli O157:H7/NM according to procedures described in Control Measures for Escherichia coli O157:H7/NM in Raw Beef Products, and

4.1.2 Were tested in a laboratory accredited according to ISO 17025 standards (for example, a laboratory that is formally recognized by an accreditation body that is a signatory to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) as conforming to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005), and

4.1.3 The test results were recorded on a certificate of analysis indicating that E. coli O157:H7/NM was not detected, and

4.1.4 The said certificate of analysis is issued in one of Canada's official languages (English or French) and attached to this certificate

4.2 For raw ground meat derived from bovine

"I hereby certify that:

4.2.1 The meat and/or meat products derived from bovine used for the preparation of raw ground meat covered by this certificate were tested for the presence of E. coli O157:H7/NM according to procedures described in Control Measures for Escherichia coli O157:H7/NM in Raw Beef Products, and

4.2.2 Were tested in a laboratory accredited according to ISO 17025 standards (for example, a laboratory that is formally recognized by an accreditation body that is a signatory to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) as conforming to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005), and

4.2.3 The test results were recorded on a certificate of analysis indicating that E. coli O157:H7/NM was not detected, and

4.2.4 The said certificate of analysis will be kept on file in the processing establishment for a minimum of 2 years period from the date of this certificate".

4.3. For all meat and meat products

"I hereby certify that:

4.3.1 The meat products covered by this certificate have been derived from animals that were humanely rendered unconscious in a reversible or irreversible manner prior to being bled, or were slaughtered in accordance with Judaic or Islamic ritual.

5. For edible meat by products

"I hereby certify that:

5.1 The edible meat by products were harvested hygienically and are considered edible by Canadian standards.

5.2 For Bovine, ovine: Chile has been free of Foot and Mouth Disease for at least 12 months prior to slaughter.

For Bovine-

5.2.1 For Swine: Chile has been free of Foot-and-mouth disease, Classical swine fever, African swine fever and Swine vesicular disease for at least 12 months prior to slaughter

5.2.2 For Poultry: Have not been in contact within the last 21 days with any animal from a country or zone that was under restriction, at the time of slaughter, for Highly Pathogenic Notifiable Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease in domestic birds

5.3 The edible meat by products were derived from animals who;

5.3.1 Were humanely rendered unconscious, in a reversible or irreversible manner and, prior to being bled, or were slaughetered in accordance with Judaic or Islamic rituals

5.3.2 Passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections.

5.4 Every precaution was taken to prevent direct or indirect contact during the slaughter, processing, packaging and storage of the edible meat by products with any animal product or by-product derived from animals of a lesser zoosanitary status.

6. Establishments eligible for export to Canada

6.1 Refer to the List of foreign countries establishments eligible to export meat products to Canada

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