The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has published an update notifying importers and brokers that the import and admissibility requirements for all the end uses of organic feed products from tariff chapters 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 32, 33 and 35 were incorporated into the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) in March 2023, in accordance with Part 13 of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations.
CFIA has taken a phased-in approach to the updating of the import requirements in AIRS, which involves creating new commodity identifiers (OGD extension codes) for organic products by commodity type.
Imports of organic products must be accompanied by an organic product certificate which includes the name of the product being imported and is issued by the Certification Body that certified the product as organic.
At this time, importers/brokers will be required to confirm possession of the organic product certificate at the time of import in the Integrated Import Declaration (IID). Once all import requirements are incorporated in the AIRS System, a digital copy of the organic product certificate must be submitted online using the IID at the time of import.
The Canada Organic Regime import requirements and the latest updates for importers and brokers of organic products are published on the Government of Canada website and accessed by this link: Canada Organic Regime import requirements. If you have questions, contact the Canada Organic Regime team, at cfia.opr-rpb.acia@canada.ca.