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UNCLAS OTTAWA 001470 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAN 
 
USDA FOR FAS/ITP/FSTSD/RICHEY 
USDA FOR FSIS/CODEX/SCARBOROUGH 
USDA FOR FSIS/CODEX/HAWKINS 
USDA FOR FSIS/QUICK 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAGR ETRD TBIO CA
SUBJECT: Canadian response to demarche on Codex ad hoc 
committee on animal feeding 
 
REF: SECSTATE 119757 
 
¶1. Demarche was delivered to Codex Contact point at 
Health Canada as well as to Department of Foreign 
Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and to Canadian 
Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Agriculture and Agri- 
Food Canada. 
 
¶2. Response from CFIA contact (Chris Payette) is that 
GoC shares USG concerns with the text and that GoC will 
seek to achieve an extension of the term of the ad hoc 
task force 
 
¶3. A GoC official from DFAIT (Chris Moran) is 
participating in the conference calls that involve USG, 
Australian, and New Zealand officials to discuss 
cooperation on this issue. 
 
¶4. Moran told Emboff that Canada is preparing a 
demarche on this subject that will closely parallel the 
USG demarche; no text is yet available, however. 
 
CELLUCCI