Canada to the imports from the EU's strengthened monitoring check cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes
according to Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) official website message, to respond to the European outbreak of Escherichia coli, it will with the Canada border services Agency (CBSA), cucumber, lettuce, tomato on imports from the EU to strengthen monitoring checks.
the Council that this does not mean that contaminated products have entered Canada. In fact, Canada fresh produce imports from the EU accounts for Canada all agricultural imports ratio of less than 1%.
however, as a preventive measure, to identification of the goods imported from the EU, for EU-Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli outbreak strain, the Council will also strengthen the work of sampling and analysis for these products.
also said the Council, will continue to work with the European Union and other trading partners, the close cooperation of international organizations. As Germany continued to track the source of the outbreak, the Government, these measures will make adjustments to ensure that Canada food supply safety. CFIA of the strengthened monitoring measures for import of existing control measures to increase security.
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