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Get involved in Tree Check Month across Canada this August

| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases

It is peak season for adult wood-boring insects to be spotted outside of trees, and their impacts are most obvious in the summer. Invasive pests like the emerald ash borer, LDD moth (Lymantria dispar dispar) and hemlock woolly adelgid are serious threats to Canada's economy, environment and society. This August, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) encourages everyone in Canada to take an active role in protecting Canada's plants by joining plant health enthusiasts from coast to coast to coast who will be participating in Tree Check Month.


Protecting plant health throughout the summer with an eye on the future

| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases

As summer begins, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) would like to remind Canadians what they can do to protect plant health. Preventing introduction and spread of invasive insects, plants, molluscs and diseases is important to maintaining Canada's precious plant resources.


Singapore agrees to zoning arrangement to allow for safe trade from Canada in the event of an African swine fever outbreak

| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases

Today, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Singapore Food Agency have agreed to an African swine fever (ASF) zoning arrangement to allow for the safe trade of swine products from disease-free zones in Canada in the event of an ASF outbreak.


Hemlock Woolly Adelgid confirmed detection in Kings County, Nova Scotia

| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) in Kings County, Nova Scotia. This detection is outside of currently regulated areas for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the province, which includes the counties of Digby, Queens, Shelburne, Yarmouth and Annapolis.


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