New regulations are currently in place to govern the movement of nursery stock to prevent the spread of the Asian Long-Horned Beetle (ALHB). These regulations govern the movement of host materials out of, and through the regulated area, and as such, will have an impact on businesses located both within and outside of the regulated area. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be holding an information session on the 23rd of March to explain the Ministerial Order regulations.
If your company conducts business near to or within the regulated area (see below), your business will likely be impacted by the regulations. We suggest you attend this meeting or send a company representative. Meeting details are as follows; please RSVP your attendance:
ALHB Industry Information Meeting:
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at 7:00 p.m.
International Plaza Hotel, 655 Dixon Road (Airport strip)
CFIA would also like to identify those companies that are not members of Landscape Ontario, whose business activities might be impacted by these movement restrictions. This is a particularly important issue, as improper movement of regulated materials may
well hinder the CFIA’s eradication efforts.
All comments and RSVP’s should be forwarded to:
Rita Weerdenburg: ritaw@landscapeontario.com
Tel: 905-875-1805, ext. 311
Fax: 905-875-3942
See below for further information, or consult the CFIA website:www.inspection.gc.ca
The boundaries of the regulated area are as follows:
North boundary: Rutherford Road/York Regional Road 73
East boundary: Dufferin Str./York Regional Rd 53/William R. Allen Rd./ William Allen Expressway
South boundary:Hwy. 401, Hwy. 409
West boundary: Hwy. 27 / York Regional Road 27
The CFIA have identified the following as ALHB’s preferred host species:
•Acer spp. Maples
•Aesculus spp. Horse Chestnut
•Betula spp. Birch
•Celtis spp. Hackberry
•Platanus spp. Sycamore (aka: London Plane Tree)
•Populus spp. Poplar
•Salix spp. Willow
•Sorbus spp. Mountain Ash
•Ulmus spp. Elm
Movement Restrictions
There are now prohibitions and restrictions of movement on nursery stock, trees, leaves, logs, lumber, wood, wood chips and bark chips from certain deciduous trees identified as hosts of the ALHB and firewood of all species. Unless authorized by a Movement Certificate issued by the CFIA, their movement out of or through the regulated area is prohibited. This is necessary to prevent the spread of the ALHB throughout Toronto and the rest of Ontario and Canada.
Eradication objectives
CFIA’s scientific definition of a successful eradication is four years of negative finds. Surveying and monitoring will be ongoing after the current eradication efforts are completed and all movement restrictions will therefore stay in place for a minimum of four years.
