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STANDARDS & REGULATI
                                                                                          STANDARDS & REGULATIONSONS

                    of one or more fresh vegetables, but both have no other food.      Novel Food  A novel food is divided into three groups
                    While a gift pack (combo pack) contains more than one kind of   (1) a substance including a microorganism that does not yet
                    fresh  fruits  or  vegetables  together  with  other  food. All  three                5have a history of safe use as food (2) food that has been
                    packs have to clear a label applied or attached to the container   manufactured, prepared, preserved, or packaged by a process
                    with  no  one  type  of  fresh  fruit  or  vegetable  in  the  container     that has not been previously used for that food and causes the
                    exceeding 1 kg. net weight, and the net weight does not exceed   food  to  undergo  a  significant  change  and  (3)  food  that  comes
                    10 kg. However, some imported agricultural product like apples,   from a plant, animal or microorganism that has been genetically
                    onions, and potatoes is an economic significance; therefore, it is   modified  so  that  the  plant,  animal  or  microorganism  shows
                    necessary  to  be  certified  as  meeting  the  Canadian  grade   characteristics that it didn’t before. Different processes can modify
                    requirements  to  avoid  a  negative  impact  on  the  Canadian               organisms,  including  traditional  breeding  techniques  (cross-
                    market.                                             breeding) and modern biotechnology techniques, such as genetic
                                                                        engineering, gene editing, and mutagenesis. The first approved
                         Food and Drug Act  The  regulation  establishes               genetically modified animal for sale in Canada is salmon. It has been
                         food safety and nutritional quality of all foods sold in Canada   gene-edited so that it can grow all year instead of only in spring and
                    2to prevent health hazards and food fraud from selling               summer.  Moreover,  genetic  modification  has  been  used  to
                    food, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices that might happen to   produce crops that are better at resisting disease and pests and
                    Canadians.  It  contains  important  aspects  such  as  food                            delaying the ripening process to allow them to be transported long
                    labeling  requirements,  advertising,  and  a  permitted  food               distances.
                    additives list. The list of permitted food additives for use as additives
                    in or on foods marketed in Canada is divided into 15 groups,
                    including anticaking agents, dough conditioning agents, coloring
                    agents,  stabilizers,  food  enzymes,  firming  agents,  polishing
                    agents,  sweeteners,  pH  adjusting  agents,  preservative,
                    sequestering  agents,  starch  modifying  agent,  yeast  food,
                    extraction  solvent  and  permitted  food  additives  with  other
                    accepted uses.

                         Plant  Protection Act  The  plant  protection  act
                         contributes to preventing the import, export, or spread of
                    3plant pests in Canada. The import regulation and domestic
                    requirements on the imported and management of potentially
                    injurious microorganisms and invertebrates are provided in the
                    CFIA directives, including insects, mites, millipedes, earthworms,
                    snails, slugs, bacteria, fungi, viruses, phytoplasmas, and
                    nematodes. These requirements apply no matter the purpose for
                    wanting to import or handle these organisms, such as for personal   Canada is one of the countries mainly focused on importing
                    uses (as pets, food, feed, or bait), release into the environment   goods, both consumer goods and commodity goods, with quite strict
                    (biological control or farming), scientific research (in government,   import regulations for transparency and consumer safety. Therefore,
                    university or private laboratories), exhibition (in zoos, museums),   Thai entrepreneurs who would like to export products to Canada
                    and education (in schools or universities). Whatever your purpose,   should review the requirements and strictly follow the rules to help
                    authorization from the CFIA may be required before importing or   formulate strategies and plan to enter the international markets
                    undertaking any other activities.                   in the future.

                         Health  of Animal Act  The health of animal act
                         provides the legislative and regulatory authority for the
                    4animal  health  import  program,  export,  and  spread  of            More Information  Service Info C013
                    animal diseases, including live animals, animal products and
                    by-products,  semen,  and  embryos. The  import  requirements
                    are based on the disease status of where a shipment originated.   เอกสารอ้างอิง / References
                    The evaluation of a country, or a region(s) or zone(s) within a   สำำ�นัักง�นัม�ตรฐ�นัสำินัค้้�เกษตรและอ�ห�รแห่งช�ติ. 2564. กฎหม�ยด้้�นัก�รค้วบคุ้ม
                    country is reviewed by the CFIA on a case-by-case basis. Some     ค้ว�มปลอด้ภััยอ�ห�รนัำ�เข้้�ข้องประเทศค้่่ค้้�และก�รค้วบคุ้มคุ้ณภั�พสำินัค้้�เกษตรไทย
                    animals and products must also meet the requirements of the     ก่อนัก�รสำ่งออก.
                                                                        สำถ�บันัสำ่งเสำริมสำินัค้้�เกษตรนัวัตกรรม กรมก�รค้้�ต่�งประเทศ. 2564. วิเค้ร�ะห์ข้้อม่ลตล�ด้
                    Convention  on  International Trade  in  Endangered  Species             สำินัค้้�เกษตรแปรร่ปและนัวัตกรรมข้องแค้นั�ด้� (Canada).
                    (CITES).                                            สำำ�นัักง�นัสำ่งเสำริมก�รค้้�ในัต่�งประเทศ. 2559. ตล�ด้ผัักและผัลไม้สำด้ในัแค้นั�ด้�.


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