The Canadian Meals Inspection Company (CFIA) can be enterprise a brand new possibility evaluation to guage the dangers related to the importation of honey bee programs from the US. The chance evaluation can be performed according to tips supplied via the Global Organisation of Animal Well being (WOAH) and is predicted to be finished via early subsequent yr. Must you need to post any new clinical data associated with the well being of honey bees or keep an eye on systems in position to keep an eye on illness brokers and pests in Canada or in the US, please ship those to the CFIA at [email protected], via August 31, 2023, at the newest.
The CFIA is dedicated to its mandate to offer protection to animal well being, which contains the well being of the Canadian bee inhabitants. The CFIA will proceed to have interaction with the Canadian Honey Council, the USDA, provincial governments and apiculturists and quite a lot of different stakeholders with recognize to Canadian honeybee well being.
As well as, the CFIA continues to position important effort into figuring out and comparing possible new resources of packaged bees and queen bees across the world. Canada recently permits imports of honey bee queens from the US, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Ukraine, Italy and Malta, and honey bee programs from Ukraine, Italy, Chile, Australia and New Zealand.
Sincerely,
Parthi
Dr. Parthi Muthukumarasamy (he, him, il)
Government Director, Global Systems Directorate
Canadian Meals Inspection Company / Govt of Canada
[email protected] | 343-550-3542
Directeur exécutif, Course des programmes internationaux
Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments / Gouvernement du Canada
[email protected] | 343-550-3542