Expansion of areas regulated for the emerald ash borer in N.-B.

MIL OSI Translation. Canadian French to English

Source: Government of Canada – MIL OSI Regional News

September 28, 2018 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Food Inspection Agency

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated its list of regulated areas for the emerald ash borer to include an area in New Brunswick to slow the spread of the insect. This change is due to the detection of emerald ash borer in the city of Edmundston.

The new regulated area in New Brunswick includes the County of Madawaska, excluding the Municipality of Grand Falls.

Effective immediately, it is prohibited to move any product from the ash tree, such as logs, branches and wood chips, and all species of firewood from Madawaska County, excluding the municipality of Grand -Sault. If you need to move regulated areas such as ash logs or ash sticks or firewood from any species outside the regulated areas for EAB, please contact the EAF Office. CFIA in your area to request written authorization.

Although the emerald ash borer poses no risk to human health, it is a pest insect very destructive to ash trees. It has already killed millions of ash trees in regulated areas within Canada and the United States, and it presents a threat of economic and environmental importance for the urban areas and woodlands of North America. The CFIA continues to work with its partners and agencies of the federal, provincial, municipal and First nations to slow the spread of this pest.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is a translation. Apologies should the grammar and/or sentence structure is not be perfect.