EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 2006
(Original)
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
59 Camelot Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0Y9
(Tel.: 613-225-2342; Fax: 613-773-7204)
This directive contains the phytosanitary requirements for the importation from the United States (US) and domestic movement of plants for planting of all Corylus spp. (filbert, hazelnut, cobnut), except seed for planting, to prevent the entry and spread of Eastern filbert blight (Anisogramma anomala (Pk.) Müller) into British Columbia (B.C.).
Review
Endorsement
Amendment Record
Distribution
Introduction
Scope
References
Definitions, Abbreviations and Acronyms
1.0 General Requirements
1.1 Legislative Authority
1.2 Fees
2.0 Specific Requirements
2.1 Regulated Pests
2.2 Regulated Commodities
2.3 Regulated Areas
3.0 Movement Requirements and Prohibitions
3.1 To the province of B.C.
3.1.1 Plants for planting from infested areas of the US and Canada
3.1.2 Plants for planting from non-infested areas of the US
3.1.3 Sterile tissue cultured plantlets for planting
3.2 To all provinces other the B.C.
3.2.1 Plants for planting and sterile tissue cultured plantlets from anywhere
in the US
3.2.2. Movement within infested areas in Canada
6.0 Appendices
Appendix 1: Provinces and states infested or considered
infested with Eastern filbert blight
Appendix 2: Infested provinces and states with an approved
program for the production of tissue cultured Corylus plantlets
This directive will be reviewed every 5 years. The next review date for this directive is May 4, 2011. The contact for this directive Joanne Rousson. For further information or clarification, please contact the Horticulture Section.
Approved by:
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Director
Plant Health Division
Amendments to this directive will be dated and distributed as outlined in the distribution below.
Eastern filbert blight is caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala and is devastating to cultivated Corylus avellana, causing a progressive cankering, loss of productivity, death of susceptible trees and associated increased costs of production. There is no known control method for this disease. Eastern Filbert Blight is transmitted by rain or wind dispersal of spores, or by human activity introducing infected materials into previously uninfected areas. Eastern filbert blight infects developing buds or those injured by mites. It is endemic to temperate eastern North America where it lives on wild filbert (Corylus americana) causing little or no damage. The province of B.C. is free of Eastern filbert blight and is separated from the nearest infested area in Washington state by mountain ranges. It does not occur outside North America. Corylus spp. from sources other than the U.S. and Canada may be subject to a Pest Risk Assessment (PRA).
The Plant Health Division has received requests to import tissue-cultured plantlets from the US to B.C. As Anisogramma anomala is a quarantine pest to B.C., all propagative Corylus spp. materials originating in the infested areas are prohibited entry to B.C. The requests received for tissue-cultured material prompted a PRA and subsequent review of the regulations governing such imports. The pest risk analysis concluded that the risk of introducing Eastern Filbert Blight into Canada with tissue-cultured Corylus is low, tissue-cultured Corylus plantlets will now be admissible into B.C..
This directive does not deal with nuts (cured or green). Corylus spp. nuts are regulated for filbert worm, Melissopus latiferreanus.
This directive is for the use of Canadian Importers and Shippers of Corylus, American Exporters of Corylus to Canada and Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) staff involved in inspection of Corylus.
Tissue-Cultured Plants - Plants in a clear aseptic medium in a closed transparent container
The Plant Protection Act, S.C. 1990, c.
22
The Plant Protection Regulations, SOR/95-212
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Fees Notice, Canada Gazette: Part I (as amended from time to time)
The CFIA is charging fees in accordance with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Fees Notice. For information regarding fees associated with imported product, please contact the Import Service Centre (ISC). Anyone requiring other information regarding fees may contact any local CFIA office or visit our Fees Notice Web Site.
Eastern Filbert Blight, Anisogramma anomala (Pk.) Muller
Corylus spp. (filbert, hazelnut, cobnut):
Plants and plant parts for planting (excluding nuts)
Sterile tissue cultured plantlets for planting
Note: Corylus spp. nuts are also regulated, but not in this directive. Please see the summary of D-94-14.
United States (except Hawaii) and Canada east of B.C.
3.1.1 Plants for planting from infested areas of the US and Canada (see Appendix 1):
Prohibited.
3.1.2 Plants for planting from non-infested areas of the US (and state or province not mentioned in Appendix 1):
Permit to Import and a Phytosanitary Certificate (for imports from the US) or a Domestic Movement Certificate (for domestic movement) are required. The Phytosanitary Certificate or the Domestic Movement Certificate must bear the following declaration:
"Material was grown in an area where, on the basis of official surveys, Eastern filbert blight disease (Anisogramma anomala) does not occur".
3.1.3 Sterile tissue cultured plantlets for planting
3.1.3.1 Permit to Import and a Phytosanitary Certificate (for imports from the US) or a Domestic Movement Certificate (for domestic movement) are required. The Phytosanitary Certificate or the Domestic Movement Certificate must bear the following declaration;
"Material originated from mother stock free of Eastern filbert blight (Anisogramma anomala) and was grown in sterile medium."
3.1.3.2 The plantlets must originate in a state or provincial program which was pre-approved in writing by the CFIA and has the following elements:
3.2.1 Plants for planting and sterile tissue cultured plantlets from anywhere in the US
A Permit to Import and a Phytosanitary Certificate is required.
3.2.2. Movement within infested areas in Canada
No requirements.
Pursuant to the work plan, CFIA inspectors will inspect and ensure that:
Shipments which do not meet requirements, or are found to be infested with any quarantine pests may be refused entry, returned to origin, or disposed of at the importer's expense. If determined feasible by the inspector, such shipments may be rerouted to other destinations, provided such a course of action does not cause unwarranted pest risk.
Appendix 1: Provinces and states infested or considered infested with
Eastern filbert blight disease.
Appendix 2: Infested provinces or states with an approved program for the
production of tissue cultured Corylus plantlets.
Regulated States
Infested Provinces