Countries dropped from meat import eligibility

 

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has dropped a number of countries and specified meats from marketing to Canadians because they have not been active for years.

The list the CFIA released this week is:

Australia: farmed deer, wild hunted game; Tasmanian brushtail snd deer, elk, ostriches, rheas, cassowaries and kiwis;; Greenland: farmed reindeer[ Iceland: sheep and goats; New Zealand: ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries and kiwis; Belgium: beef; Croatia: poultry Czech Republic: breef; Denmark: poultry; Finland: beef and poultry France: ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries and kiwis; Italy: rabbits Portugal: beef, rabbits, sheep, goats, deer and elk; Slovenia: beef and pork; Spain: poultry; Sweden: poultry. Their meats are no longer eligible for sale to Canada because the Canadian Food inspection Agency Is no longer recognizing domestic meat inspection from those countries for those species.