Lasting Solutions To Solving Import Rejections

This article originally appeared in Food in Canada and is republished with the permission of the publisher.

When a shipment is rejected at the border, the clock starts ticking as storage fees accumulate and delays risk disrupting carefully planned logistics. Finding the right solution often involves co-ordinating with multiple providers and regulators to determine the root cause and fix the issue.

When foods are imported into Canada, CFIA receives commercial import data electronically from Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) via the CBSA's Single Window Initiative (SWI) – Integrated Import Declaration (IID). SWI streamlines the sharing of commercial import data between the import community and the Government of Canada. Participating government departments and agencies rely on IID data to validate import information and to ensure requirements are being met.