The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has updated its regulated areas for emerald ash borer to include a new area in Manitoba and to expand the areas in Quebec. This change is due to new detections of EAB in Winnipeg and southern Quebec in 2017 and is intended to slow the insect’s spread. The full release is available online. … Read more
Paul Glover, President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, provided opening remarks at the second World Organisation for Animal Health Global Conference on Biological Threat Reduction in Ottawa, highlighting the need to maintain vigilance and to work together globally to reduce biological threats. Among other speakers at the event, Dr. Theresa Tam, Public Health Agency of … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer in the city of Sherbrooke, in the Quebec’s Eastern Townships. These findings were outside of the regulated area, which includes the regional county municipalities of southwest Quebec, from Pontiac to Acton, and all of southern Ontario. The full release is available online. … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the United States Food and Drug Administration announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will facilitate the sharing of food safety information and data, and enable collaborative research projects. The MOU was signed at the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition campus in College Park, Maryland. The purpose is to help … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer in the municipalities of Saint-Bonaventure and Durham-Sud, in the Centre-du-Québec region. These findings were outside of the regulated area, which includes the regional county municipalities of southwest Quebec, from Pontiac to Acton, and all of southern Ontario. The full release is available … Read more
The Government of Canada congratulated CanadaGAP for having successfully completed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Food Safety Recognition Program. CanadaGAP is a food safety program for companies that produce, handle and broker fruits and vegetables. It promotes Good Agricultural Practices and is designed to help implement and maintain effective food safety procedures within fresh produce operations. The full release is … Read more
Liberal MP Lloyd Longfield (Guelph, Ont.) announced that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is investing $320,000 in the University of Guelph’s Biodiversity Institute of Ontario to support collaborative research projects. These projects will use DNAbarcoding and innovative computer technology to help protect Canada’s plants, animals and people from invasive pests and diseases. The funding will support the continued … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the presence of Emerald Ash Borer in the municipality of Chertsey, in the region of Lanaudière, North of Montreal. This finding was outside of the regulated area, which includes southwest Quebec, from Pontiac to Acton, and all of southern Ontario. Effective immediately, the movement of all ash material such … Read more
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) announced that the CFIA will lead two projects worth $500,000 that use new DNA-based technologies to reduce the quarantine testing time, helping to boost trade and economic competitiveness in the $240 million Canadian fruit tree industry. The first project will dramatically shorten the testing period of seeds, cuttings and bulbs imported into Canada to … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the presence of hemlock woolly adelgid, a regulated pest, in three counties in southwestern Nova Scotia. This is the first time the pest has been detected in Atlantic Canada. The CFIA is continuing to work with federal and provincial partners to conduct surveys and will update stakeholders and the public as … Read more
