Canada eases quarantine requirements for ships exported to the United States

The way is open for pears to be sorted and packaged for export to Canada at the same time as pears for export to other countries. It is expected that the labor and costs of farmers who had previously invested in separate work will be reduced. It has been found that the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has reached an agreement with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and is revising the ‘Export Quarantine Guidelines for Korean Apples, Pears, and Mushrooms with Cultivation Media Attached to Canada’ based on these contents. Until now, Canada has regulated export farms from sorting and packaging pears for domestic consumption and export to other countries at the same time, citing the prevention of disease and pest infection. The revised notice includes provisions to ease requirements so that farmers can work on pears to be sold to Canada and other countries at the same time on the same sorting line. This is expected to save farmers additional labor and costs and ...