Canadian food exporter
IMO Foods Limited
Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia · Exporter
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Boreal Trade summary
IMO Foods Limited is a Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, company that makes canned herring and kipper snacks. Its range also covers Atlantic mackerel, sardines, trout and farmed Atlantic salmon.
Its best-known line is the Kersen brand. Kippers come in sauces including tomato, mushroom, French onion, mustard, chili and barbecue.
Smoked Atlantic mackerel fillets and herring roe have also been produced, according to local press coverage.
The company opened in 1968 to produce canned kipper snacks. Its own materials describe packing fish on the Yarmouth waterfront, from the Bay of Fundy and the North Atlantic.
The Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce gave its president an export achievement award. The company was later a nominee for the Nova Scotia Export Awards.
A Nova Scotia newspaper reported expansion into the Ontario market. Which export markets it serves is not established here.
It suits importers and distributors looking for shelf-stable canned small pelagic fish with a long-running Canadian packer behind the label.
Buyers wanting detail on formats, pack sizes and export lines should contact the company directly.
Written by Boreal Trade on October 6, 2026 from public information, including the company’s own published material.
The company has not written or reviewed it, and nothing here is a verified regulatory value.
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At a glance
- Products
- Atlantic herring · Atlantic mackerel · Atlantic salmon (Farmed) · Sardines · Trout
- Address
- Po Box 236, Yarmouth NS B5A 4B2
- Website
- Not yet verified
- CFIA establishment
- 0233
- SFC licence
- Not yet verified
- Certifications
- Not yet verified
- Exports to
- Not yet verified
4 of these are not verified. Complete them if this is your company
Southeast Asia registration status
- VietnamNot yet verified
- ThailandNot yet verified
- PhilippinesNot yet verified
- IndonesiaNot yet verified
- MalaysiaNot yet verified
- SingaporeNot yet verified
Approval means the destination authority has listed the establishment. It does not tell you whether the company is currently shipping.
Canada publishes an approved-establishment list for Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia, and none for Thailand or the Philippines, so those two read "not yet verified" for every company.
Elsewhere it means we have not found the company on that market's list, never that they are unregistered.
Readiness criteria
- Safe Food for Canadians licence including export activity: not yet verified
- A GFSI-benchmarked food safety certification: not yet verified
- Exporting to three or more countries: not yet verified
- Registration in an ASEAN market: none verified
Importing this into Southeast Asia
What a buyer in each destination has to settle before a shipment from this company can land. Registration rules sit with the importer, not the exporter.
Sources
- Canadian fish and seafood establishments approved for export · Canadian Food Inspection Agency, retrieved September 19, 2026
Last reviewed: September 1, 2026
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