To slow the spread of emerald ash borer into new parts of Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is expanding areas regulated to control emerald ash borer to include the city of Thunder Bay in Ontario, as well as the Municipalités Régionales de Comtés of Joliette and D'Autray in Quebec.
Canada's leadership in protecting new plant varieties has received international recognition with the election of Anthony Parker, Canada's Commissioner of Plant Breeders' Rights, to the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV).
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to the Health of Animals Regulations: Part XII which deals with humane transportation.
A CFIA discussion document outlining proposals to change food labels and the food labelling system will be available online for public comment until February 28, 2017.
Canadian organic producers and processors will benefit from new trade opportunities following the signing of an expanded organic arrangement between the governments of Canada and Switzerland.