The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) would like to inform importers that effective January 11, 2016 germplasm imported for the following end uses must be declared in Chapter 5 of the Harmonized System (HS):
- research and educational use;
- culture;
- diagnostic testing;
- display in a zoo or public aquarium;
- live bait; and
- stocking and enhancement.
Also, aquatic animals found on the susceptible species list that are dead and will be used for dead bait must be declared in Chapter 5.