Canadian response to demarche on Codex ad hoc

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