Fruit & Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation (DRC)
960 Carling Avenue K1A 0C6 Ottawa, ON, Canada

Agradecemos la participación de más de 150 empresarios mexicanos que nos acompañaron el día de hoy hoy en nuestro Webinar : "Cómo exportar alimentos procesados ...y productos frescos a Canadá. Los mantendremos informados de los siguientes eventos! ---- Thank you to all our speakers today for joining us at our Webinar, "How to export Mexican Processed Foods and produce to Canada, where we had over 150 Mexican companies participating! #Dentons #CanadianProduceMarketingAssociation #canadianfoodinspectionagency #CanadianAssociationofImportersandExporters Kuehne + Nagel Fruit & Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation (DRC)

Note from the President. COVID 19 has now been with us for a while, and its presence and impact will continue for a while. You may have set some unresolved transactions aside while developing safety protocols for your staff and maintaining your trading relationships. Some of those transactions will now be finding their way into the 60, 90, and 120 days past due ageing columns of your Account Receivables and Account Payables reports. We have urged you to remain calm throug...h this situation, but as the pandemic duration moves from weeks to months, keep in mind those unresolved matters have to come to the DRC within nine months or we will not have the authority to resolve them. Force Majeure We have fielded several inquiries regarding the pandemic and force majeure clauses (also known as Acts of God Clauses). These clauses are contract based and vary as widely as contracts themselves. The applicability also varies with jurisdiction and governing law. It would be wise not to confuse something unpredictable and outside of your control, with something that automatically excludes you from contract obligations. Here are a few things to consider: 1. Do you have a contract with a force majeure clause? Without such a clause, you should not assume force majeure can be used as a defence. 2. Does your clause reference; a pandemic, a disease, or similar? If it does not, the clause may not be applicable. A force majeure clause is like any other contract clause, open to interpretation. 3. Most importantly, even if you have a clause that includes a pandemic, has this situation made it impossible for you to perform your obligations under the contract? The keyword here is impossible. CFIA Destination Inspection Service (DIS) As with many of you, CFIA fruit and vegetable inspectors do not have an option to do their work from home. These inspectors have specialized training, and there are currently enough inspectors to maintain the service. The CFIA has indicated that the DIS in Canada is a critical service and is sufficiently staffed to provide its services. However, you should be aware that, should staffing be compromised, inspections may need to be prioritized with things such as temperature inspections or highly perishable products moved ahead of other requests. We could potentially see dumps/witnessing being put on hold. We hope this will not be necessary, but it is good to be prepared. Call us if you have questions as we are in close contact with CFIA on this.

DRC is attending CHC’s 98th annual AGM #chcAGM2020