The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued an email notice concerning the import and admissibility requirements for all the end uses of organic dairy products:
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From: CFIA Webmaster CFIAMaster@INSPECTION.GC.CA
Subject: Latest update for importers and brokers of organic products
Date sent: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:38:14 -0400
The import and admissibility requirements for all the end uses of organic Dairy products from chapters 04, 09, 18, 19, 21, 22 and 35 were incorporated into AIRS, as per Part 13 of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations.
The new OGD codes will differentiate organic products from conventional products. It is the responsibility of the importer to familiarize themselves with the new codes in AIRS and comply with the import requirements.
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).
Importers will be notified once all import requirements are incorporated in AIRS. From that time onwards importers of organic commodities will be required to submit a digital copy of the organic product certificate when declaring organic products online using the Integrated Import Declaration system.
If you have any questions, please contact the Canada Organic Regime team at OPR-RPB@inspection.gc.ca.