Serving
overseas markets comes with a responsibility.
To
help members meet the stricter customs and quarantine requirements
of today's lumber markets, CMSA provides
plant health certifications for global lumber importers including
Australia, Europe, and China.
CMSA
inspects lumber products for plant health compliance before
they are loaded onto ships bound for Australia, Europe and other
international markets.
CHTWPCP
(Canadian Heat Treated Wood Products)
Background
This
is the program which replaces the old Canadian Lumber Export Certification
Program (KD & HT verification for export markets). Its primary
objective is to verify that lumber produced under the program has
been Heat Treated sufficiently to eliminate any pest risk associated
with the wood.
"Since
the early 1990's, some of Canadafs principle export markets for
wood products have demanded that Canadian wood product exports be
heat treated to a minimum internal core temperature of 56°C
for at least 30 minutes to kill pests that may be associated with
the wood, prior to export. Other countries may adopt similar phytosanitary
import measures in the future. The recent adoption of the ISPM No.
15: Guidelines For Regulating Wood Packaging Material In International
Trade has further established the need for sources of Canadian heat
treated wood. ISPM No. 15 sets guidelines for the regulatory control
of wood packaging and describes officially endorsed pre-shipment
heat treatment or fumigation. As a result, to ensure that Canadian
exporters can continue to access traditional and new markets, the
CFIA has recently completed the modernization of existing export
certification systems for heat treated wood products in compliance
with Canadian and international standards (e.g. ISPM No. 14: The
use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest risk management).
This directive is the result of this consolidation and revision
process for Canada's existing wood products export programs."
Mills
which were previously registered in the EU - KD or HT programs are
automatically grandfathered into the CHTWPCP, but must come up to
compliance with the new standard by September 1, 2006. This will require
an official application and submission of a quality manual. No evaluation
audit is required.
New
entrants will be able to register shortly by submitting an application
and quality manual to Canadian Mill Services Association (CMSA).
Upon CMSA approval of your quality manual, we will forward your
application to the CLSAB recommending your facility for registration.
CLSAB in consultation with the CFIA will then schedule an on-site
evaluation audit to verify compliance.
Qualification
Facilities
with kilns must be able to meet the generic kiln schedule requirements
provided by the CLSAB's Schedule "C" (CFIA's PI-07),
or a custom schedule approved by a third party testing body such
as Forintek or Intertek.
All
Facilities must be able to meet the relevant requirements of the
CFIA's QSM-02
(Quality System Manuals for CHTWPCP and Canadian Wood Packaging
Certification Program (D-01-05
policy directive (CWPCP)) and the CFIA's D-03-02
policy directive (CHTWPCP).
Each facility must submit a site specific quality manual outlining
the procedures and management responsibilities etc, which will be
used at their site to achieve compliance. CMSA provides the manual
templates and application forms to all interested members upon request.
There are three types of generic manuals to be available;
- Facilities with Kilns (for Primary producers)
- Facilities without kilns (Secondary Manufacturers)
- Wholesalers. Brokers & Shippers
Marking
Stamps
-
Seasoning designations within official grade stamps will now be
formally recognized within Canada. This will make HT certificates
unnecessary for grade stamped lumber moving domestically (i.e. from
primary producer to remanner / exporter / pre-fab home builder etc.
)
Certificates
- 3 Types of HT certificates are available
- Domestic certificates - to cover non-grade stamped lumber
moving within Canada
- EU Certificates - unique to the EU countries, a continuation
of the old Certificate
- General Export certificates to be issued for any other country
(including Korea) which requests them.
Dunnage
ISPM
15 (IPPC stamped) dunnage can be made under this standard. This
will allow registrants to IPPC stamp compliant dunnage with the
"D-HT" mark. Facilities desiring to make IPPC dunnage
will have to submit a separate manual and application.
Cost
CFIA
will charge an annual fee of $400 for each registrant
There
are some FLOW THROUGH CLSAB DUES established as follows:
(Invoices for each facility will be issued by CMSA.)
Basis
of assessment
Program
Fees & Dues Rates
For
facilities that want to use the ISPM 15 mark, whether or not
they are affiliated with any treatment operation, i.e. kiln
drying facility. There are three sub-categories covered under
this category of CLSAB Member Agency Certification:
1)
Wood Packaging and marked dunnage (secondary manufacturer
stamping dunnage with IPPC)
Ability to stamp wood packaging and/or dunnage with ISPM15
or CA mark. Assessed per registered facility per year. Adjusted
Semi-Annually. Note: Facilities covered under the Sawn Lumber
Program that produce ISPM15 or CA mark Dunnage will be exempt
from the $150.00 fee. The facility must declare the volume
of marked dunnage in their Total Shipments reported to their
agency.
2) Custom Dry Kilns
Ability to issue Certificates, and/or apply HT or KD-HT marks
and/or ISPM15 marks. Fees for facilities not covered by CLSAB
Sawn Lumber Program. Assessed per registered facility per
year. Adjusted Semi-Annually.
A) 0 - 3,000,000 fbm or Total kiln handling per year.
B) >3,000,000 fbm < 10,000,000 fbm of Total kiln handing
per year
C) >10,000,000 fbm or Total kiln handling per year.
3) Shippers and Wholesalers
Ability to issue consolidated certificates. Assess per registered
facility per year.
$250.00/Agency
(will be divided by the number of mills fall into this category)
1) $150.00 (annual rate)
2)
A) $100.00 (annual rate)
B) $250.00 (annual rate)
C) $400.00 (annual rate)
3)
$250.00 (annual rate)
CMSA
charges will remain the same, monthly membership dues, and fee-for-service.
Audit
Schecule
Primary
KD-HT or HT lumber producers (i.e. dimension lumber mills, and remanufacturers
with grade stamps and kilns) will require monthly audits. This is
being done now anyway, concurrent with monthly Grade surveys as per
CLS and ALS requirements.
For
other facilities such as - custom kilns, remanufacturers without
grade stamps, shippers (brokers & exporters), and pre-fab home
plants, the audit frequency has not been finalized. It is expected
that the audit frequency for the custom kilns and remanufacturers
(without grade stamps) is likely to be 4 times per year for the
first year, and twice per year (based on good performance) in subsequent
years. Shippers (brokers and exporters) and pre-fab home plants,
may be audited less frequently (annually or twice annually) but
this has not been confirmed yet.
Please
download, print, fill out these forms and fax it back to our office
at 604-523-1289.
Please call or send e-mail to CMSA office
for more information.
CFIA
Canadian Debarking and Grub Hole Control Program (CDGHCP)
General
Information
Since
the early 1990's the European Union has imposed restrictions
on the importation of softwood lumber from Canada, to address
a perceived plant health risk. The restrictions were established
to address "Pinewood nematode" a micro-organism
associated with certain wood boring beetles. As a result heat-treating
(green or dry) was made mandatory for all whitewood species.
Western Red Cedar (Thuja spp.) was exempted from mandatory
heat-treating, provided that it was manufactured free of bark
and grub holes.
This visual-inspection program came to be known as the "CDB"
(Cedar De-Bark) but the official CFIA policy was the T-93-10
and later the D-99-05.
The
new program will be overseen by the CLSAB on behalf of the
CFIA. The front line monitoring and regular audits will continue
to be the responsibility of the grading agencies.
The
new program will be effective July 1st, 2008, but there
will be a 6 month phase-in period to Dec. 31st 2008. All
existing registrants are automatically "grand-fathered"
in to the new program, but will have to come up to compliance
by Dec. 31, 2008.
Much
of the program remains effectively unchanged. The most significant
change will be the requirement for a Quality System Manual,
similar to the QSM required for the Heat Treat (CHTWPCP) program.
The objective of the manual is to describe the various processes
and procedures employed at each facility, to ensure that Western
Red Cedar exports to the EU, do not contain bark or grub holes.
Canadian Mill Services Association will provide a generic
manual template to all members, to aid in the development
of your site specific manual. It is not yet known whether
the CLS will be providing a manual template, or we at CMSA
will be developing our own.
The
CLSAB is still working out some of the program details such
as the Grading agency inspection procedures and frequencies.
We should have these details confirmed in the coming months.
We
are anticipating no additional CFIA fees for facilities currently
registered in the CHTWPCP program. For new facilities registering
in the Cedar Debark and Grub hole control program (and not
registered in any other CFIA PH program), we expect the annual
CFIA fee to be $300 (CFIA to confirm shortly).
We
encourage you to review the policy (D-07-02),
and if you have any questions, please call the CMSA office
at (604) 523 1288, or John Leahy at (604) 250 3928. (*Hard
copy of this notice and D-07-02 will be sent to you by mail.)
Cost
CFIA
will charge an annual fee of $300 for each registrant
There
are some FLOW THROUGH CLSAB DUES established as follows:
(Invoices for each facility will be issued by CMSA.)
Basis
of assessment
Program
Fees & Dues Rates
For
members and facilities that want to issue 'Certificate
of Cedar Debarking and Grub hole Control'.
Each Member Agency participating in this program will
be assess a Program Fee of $250.00. Each facility not
participating in the Sawn Lumber Program will be assess
a fee of $250.00 annually. Adjusted semi-annually.
$250.00/Agency
(will be divided by the number of mills fall into this
category) $250.00 (annual rate)
Please
download, print, fill out these forms and fax it back to our
office at 604-523-1289.
Please call or send e-mail to CMSA office
for more information.
APHC
(Australian Plant Health Certification) Programs
Objectives
The
objectives of the CMSA - Australian plant health program is
to ensure that adequate pre-border control measures are established
to ensure minimal pest risk to the Australia timber market.
In
cooperation with CMSA members, the Australian Timber Importers
Federation and the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service
(AQIS) this program will have two components; an accreditation
program for producing mills, and a timber entry management
system.
The
effective date for trial implementation of this system will
be September 1, 1999, with final program review to be conducted
upon the completion of the Pest Risk assessment for North
American timber products.
The
intent of the program is to reward low plant health risk producers
by streamlining entry requirements to Australia.
Programs
KILN
DRIED / HEAT TREATMENT REGISTRATION (KD/HT) Producing mills would be required to demonstrate the ability
to meet heat treatment requirements with / or without moisture
reduction by meeting a schedule requirement equal to or exceeding
the current AQIS schedule requirements of < 76 EC>. Low
risk species e.g. (WRC) would be required to meet the European
program requirements <of 56 EC.>
Producing
mills would be required to identify certified production with
an approved registration mark. CMSA will conduct audits on
a quarterly basis to ensure that program requirements are
met.
Producers
which met this requirement would receive pre-clearance of
stock on arrival in Australia. AQIS will monitor by random
inspection using a moisture meter for kiln dried product,
and random inspection of heat treated product.
All
dunnage and packaging materials will be required to meet the
same requirements of the packaged material.
LOW
RISK SPECIES PROGRAM (WRC) Western Red Cedar and Pacific Yellow Cedar would be required
to meet the following requirements.
-
All stock is to be free of live pests and outer bark.
-
All packaging must meet the same requirements of the packaged
material.
-
Stock is to be stripped at a maximum spacing of 200 mm. in
the event that fumigation is required.
-
Producing mills will be required to under go and pass three
trial runs per item in order to be registered under the program.
-
Registered mills will under go a random inspection by CMSA
quality audit supervisors on a quarterly basis. In the event
of non-compliance inspections are to be increased to monthly.
-
Mills will be required to hold all non-compliant stock under
terms of a contractual agreement.
Mills
that meet that requirements of the program will be allowed
directed discharge upon arrival.
AQIS will audit the program, with infractions resulting in
increased inspection. Notifications of all infractions are
to be forwarded to CMSA within three days for follow up action.
AUSTRLIAN
QUARANTINE INSPECTION PROGRAM (AQIP) Mills registered under the Enhanced Visual Inspection Program
are required to demonstrate the following:
-
Mills are required to have established a quality assurance
program that is equivalent to an ISO 9002 program. This program
is to include log sorting, production, grading and packaging
and shipment.
- Mills will be required to under go three qualification trial
runs.
- CMSA will audit the mills production on a monthly basis
by conducting a piece by piece and package inspection.
- All packaging must meet the plant health requirements, with
stripping at a maximum spacing of 200 mm.
- Mills that met the program requirements will have production
inspected by AQIS inspectors on a random basis.
-In the event of noncompliance, a lot will be deemed a single
package. CMSA is to be advised of all program infractions.
-Producing
mills will be required to sign a contractual "do not
ship" agreement for production found to be out of compliance
upon pre-border inspection.
-Shipments
are to be conducted through approved terminals who are required
to segregate production that is registered under the program
from other stock to reduce the risk of cross contamination.
Please call or send e-mail to CMSA office
for more information.
Questions?
Please contact John
Leahy at:
Cell Phone: (604) 250-3928
or contact our office
at: Phone: (604)
523-1288 or
E-mail: leahy@canserve.org
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