Canada - cooked chicken from abroad for personal consumption
I want to bring in some cooked chicken breasts in sealed packing to Canada. I will have these chicken breasts cooked at home and then have them packed in sealed packaging that is good for up to 1 year. The products, because they will be home prepared, will not have any labeling that identifies the product or its ingredients (although I can probably arrange that if required). The ingredients will only be chicken, garlic, lemon juice and yogurt.
Can I bring this into Canada for personal consumption? The total chicken cooked will not be more than 4-5 KG weight in total perhaps and I will declare it on arrival into Canada.
I have called the food inspection agency and CBSA but all they did was to read an operational manual which did provide some information such as that the item (chicken) itself is NOT prohibited from my country of origin. So I have that answer; however, my exact question (paragraph 2 above) has yet to be answered. Can someone please provide some insight?
If it helps, my country of origin is a developing country and cooked chicken is permitted into Canada from here.
Best Answer
You can search the AIRS system (this is the actual system used by customs agents to perform the initial assessment, I was told this by a customs agent at Pearson).
In your case, select the right codes (e.g. 02 Meat, then 07 Poultry, then 13 Gallus Domesticus, then 5195 Chicken, then 11 Fillets) - or whatever it is, I don't think the exact classification matters much for personal consumption, it matters more for calculating customs duty on large commercial shipments - then select the country of origin, then select Travellers and Personal use, and see the results. I just tried it with a few countries and got "Refuse Entry" as a result, but please play around with the codes (I think the codes I chose may refer to raw chicken and not cooked, I don't have time to look in detail) and try with your own country. If you find the right page and it approves entry, print it out for an easier time with customs.
Update: Try also 16 (Preparations of meat) -> 02 (Other) -> 32 (Poultry) -> Chicken -> ...
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Can I take cooked chicken to Canada?
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