Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order 79 Series of 2021 Temporary Ban on the Importation of Live Cattle, Meat and Meat Products and Bovine Processed Animal Proteins Derived from Cattle Originating from Canada

The Order, signed on 29 December 2021, institutes the following measures for the importation of meat and meat byproducts derived from cattle from Canada:  (1) Temporary suspeension of processing, evaluation of the application and issuance of the SPS Import Clearance of meat and meat byproducts derived from cattle includinglive cattle importation; (2) All shipments IN TRANSIT/LOADED/ACCEPTED UNTO PORT before the officila communication of this Order to the Canadian authorities shall be allowed provided the products were slaughtered / produced before 30 November 2021; (3) All previously approved SPS Import Clearances which were not yet IN TRANSIT/LOADED/ACCEPTED UNTO PORT after the official communication of this Order to the Canadian authorities are hereby REVOKED; (4) Shipments with ship ou date after the communication of this Order to the Canadian Authorities shall be dealt with as per DA Administrative Order 9 series of 2010, Section VII.D; (5) More rigorous and tight inspection on all arrivals of meat and meat byproducts derived from cattle including live animals and bovine processed animal proteins by DA Veterinary Quarantine Officers assigned at ports of entry.