News from AAFC’s Market Access Secretariat
In recent months, the Canadian Food and Inspection Agency (CFIA) was made aware of industry concerns related to an import requirement by the Ministry of Health in Malaysia that Canadian pork shipments be free from any beta-agonist. We are pleased to confirm that an agreement has been reached between the CFIA and the Ministry of Health in Malaysia.
Effective now, an additional statement will be included in the CFIA certificate for the export of pork and pork products including offal to Malaysia (Annex E2), noting that products in the shipment have been produced from pigs raised under the Canadian Ractopamine Free Pork Certification Program and do not contain any other beta-agonists, as they are not authorized for use in pigs in Canada.
Should you have any further questions, please reach out to your CFIA local office.
