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CHAPTER 10 IMPORTS ANNEX J3. Notification Procedures3.1 Importer and CFIA Area Office NotificationWhen an imported shipment of meat products is found not to comply with Canadianrequirements, the inspector must immediately hold the meat products and inform her/hissupervisor, the Area Program Specialist and the import inspection establishment. At the sametime the inspector should advise the establishment management to notify the importer and clearlyexplain the alternatives should be clearly explained.3.2 Notice to Remove Meat Products from CanadaWithin two (2) working days, while the product is detained and the operator is advised that theimported meat product failed the inspection, the inspector or the supervisor must issue the Noticeto Remove Meat Products from Canada. If the importer has the option to make the productcompliant and notifies the inspector of it, the notice to remove the products out of Canada will notbe given. See section 9.3 of this annex.The notice must be either hand delivered or sent by registered mail to the importer, who will have90 days to comply with the order. The inspector or the supervisor must make sure that theimporter receives the written notice. If the inspector or the supervisor has not been contacted bythe importer after 60 days, then a second notice should be issued to the importer.In cases where the importer has not responded to the notices and when the 90 days provisionhas expired, the meat products should be seized and detained by the inspector, and the importershould be notified in writing that the refused meat products are now forfeited to Her Majesty inright of Canada and will be disposed of at his expense within the next two weeks (legalprocedures if deemed necessary shall be undertaken within 180 days).The importers of meat products that were ordered to be removed out of Canada must notify theCFIA of the place and the time of the removal. This is a legislated requirement that allows theCFIA to verify removal of the refused imported meat products from Canada.4. Non-Compliance Products to the Canadian Requirements (Refusals)There are two main types of non-compliance shipment refusals:1) non-compliance of the complete shipment refusal; and2) non-compliance of the partial shipment refusal.4.1 Non-Compliance of Complete Shipment RefusalsFor handling the shipment refer to sections 6 and 7 of this Annex and Annex H-1 of this chapterfor entry of the refusal on the Import Control and Tracking System (ICTS).4.2 Partial Shipments non-compliance RefusalsOccasionally only part of a shipment is refused. If the import failure is limited to a clearlyidentifiable part of a shipment covered by one certificate, only that part may be refused. In theseinstances, the importer must request permission to sort the refused lot and must organizeremoval of the non-compliant meat products from the shipment. In the cases of partial lotrefusals, the importer must re-present the sorted, acceptable part of the lot for secondaryinspection, to the inspector. Shipments of multiple product items originating from oneestablishment, covered under one certificate having one lot of the shipment refused and theinspector believes on reasonable grounds that the products of the other lots in the shipment donot comply with the Meat Inspection Act (MIA) and Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990 (MIR),these lots should receive full organoleptic inspection regardless of ICTS generated inspectionstatus.2012-12-10 Page 2/6RDIMS 3234015 v6