Minister for Agriculture and Agri-food and for Rural Economic Development Kody Blois (Kings–Hants, N.S.) issued a statement: “[…] ensuring the resilience of our agriculture sector and enabling a competitive advantage and level playing field for Canadian agricultural products are among my top priorities. To support these priorities, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is working … Read more
The new National Potato Wart Response Plan has been finalized and will take effect with the 2025 potato crop. The response plan outlines measures and activities that must be followed when a potato wart detection is confirmed and applies to new detections of potato wart anywhere in Canada, other than Newfoundland and Labrador. It replaces the Potato … Read more
Following detections of emerald ash borer outside the regulated area in the 2024 survey season, the CFIA has updated its regulated areas for EAB to include two additional Regional County Municipalities in Québec and one county in Ontario. The regulated area now includes the district of Timiskaming, in Ontario, and the Regional County Municipalities of … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) new Centre for Plant Healthin North Saanich, B.C., is a pathfinder project of the Laboratories Canada strategy. Construction was led by Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of the CFIA. The full release is available online. Contact cfia.media.acia@inspection.gc.ca.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has completed its 2024 National Potato Wart Survey and confirms that the disease was not detected. This year’s survey analyzed more than 2200 soil samples collected from seed potato fields in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island (PEI), and Nova Scotia that had no … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has expanded the current regulated area for plum pox virus (PPV) in Ontario’s Niagara region to prevent this plant disease from spreading further and to safeguard the region’s tender fruit trees and associated industries. There are no human health or food safety risks associated with this disease. This decision follows confirmed … Read more
On July 11, 2024, PEI first detected multinucleate sphere unknown (MSX) – an oyster disease caused by the Haplosporidium nelsoni parasite. Since that time, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), and the Province of PEI have increased sampling and testing of oysters in PEI. On Feb. 7, 2025, the province of PEI will be declared … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced the expansion of the regulated area for box tree moth to include Prince Edward Island. The CFIA will continue to survey and monitor the spread of box tree moth in Canada and collaborate with federal, provincial, and municipal partners, as well as stakeholders, to explore management options to prevent … Read more
The Government of Canada welcomed the decision by the Federal Court in the national class action lawsuit regarding the importation of honey bee packages from the United States. Beekeeper plaintiffs challenged the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) administration of Canada’s honey bee import program. This decision acknowledges that Canada employed … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of Dermo (also known as Perkinsosis) in oyster samples collected in Merigomish, N.S. Dermo does not pose a risk to human health or food safety, but it can cause increased oyster mortality and decreased growth rates. This is the first confirmed case of Dermo in … Read more
