The CFIA Announces Compensation for Sudden Oak Death

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OTTAWA, June 27, 2007 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) today published in Canada Gazette Part II, Vol 141 No. 13, new compensation regulations to cover the losses of nursery producers, wholesale, retail, landscape and private property owners in cases where the CFIA ordered plants destroyed in the effort to eradicate Phytophthora ramorum (P. ramorum or Sudden Oak Death).
The goal of the Phytophthora Ramorum Compensation Regulations is to encourage industry members to promptly report serious plant diseases and pests, and to facilitate compliance with eradication and control activities. If P. ramorum were to spread unimpeded, it could have devastating consequences on Canada’s nursery and landscape industries.
The compensation provided in these Regulations complements financial assistance available to primary producers through the Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) Program.
Applications for compensation must be submitted on or before December 31, 2010.
For more information on P. ramorum and on how to obtain compensation, visit the CFIA’s website at www.inspection.gc.ca
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