New Canadian Pest Measures for Grapevine Moth Could Affect U.S.-Re-Exports, Says APHIS
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will move forward with new import requirements to prevent the introduction of the European grapevine moth, and is planning to publish a directive in December that will take effect after 30 days, said the Animal…
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and Plant Health Inspection Service in a Dec. 1 bulletin (here). Canada will recognize U.S. regulated areas for the pest, so the new requirements “should have minimal impact” on U.S. exports, said APHIS. However, shipments from other countries will have to be fumigated, produced in a CFIA-approved pest free area, or produced under a CFIA-approved systems approach. Regulated host material that is imported into the U.S. for re-export to Canada must be accompanied by documentation that demonstrates the product meets Canadian requirements, and may be fumigated in the U.S. if it doesn’t. Shipments that leave their country of origin before the new directive is published will be subject to the import requirements that were in place at the time of export, APHIS said.