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New National Potato Wart Response Plan ready for 2025 potato crop

| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is committed to helping contain, control, and prevent the spread of potato wart. The new National Potato Wart Response Plan has been finalized and will take effect with the 2025 potato crop.


Regulated area expanded for plum pox virus in the Niagara Region

| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | statements

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has expanded the current regulated area for plum pox virus (PPV) in Ontario's Niagara region to prevent this plant disease from spreading further and to safeguard the region's tender fruit trees and associated industries.


New oyster movement rules in Prince Edward Island to help prevent further spread of MSX

| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | statements

On July 11, 2024, Prince Edward Island (PEI) first detected multinucleate sphere unknown (MSX) – an oyster disease caused by the Haplosporidium nelsoni parasite. Since that time, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), and the Province of PEI have increased sampling and testing of oysters in PEI.


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