§ 22

(1) The requirements of the Act and these Regulations in relation to import do not apply in respect of a food that is imported after having been exported from Canada if the food is in its exported condition and if (a) in the case of a food other than an edible meat product, the food is sent back to (i) the person who exported it from Canada, if that person holds a licence to export, or (ii) the person who was last in possession of it before its export, from among the persons who manufactured, processed, treated, preserved, graded, packaged or labelled it; and (b) in the case of an edible meat product, the import is authorized by an inspector and the meat product is immediately delivered to an establishment where it is stored and handled in its imported condition by a licence holder and kept in that establishment until an inspector has completed an inspection of the product.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the foods set out in paragraphs 25(a) and (b) are not considered to be meat products.