The
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service P. ramorum
program manager and trade director for Canada attended a meeting hosted
by CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) in Vancouver, British Columbia
(BC) November 8 – 9, 2011 to discuss certification
processes for shipments of P. ramorum host plants from Canada
as well as other international commerce concerns. Regulatory survey
data in addition to protocols and harmonization of regulations and host
lists were reviewed, and visits were conducted to three propagation
nurseries in BC under the Canadian Nursery Certification Institute
(CNCI) Program. To date, P. ramorum detections in BC have only
been in retail establishments and not in propagation nurseries which
are the major shippers of host plants to the US.
From the December COMTF newsletter
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