On October 12, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), as part of its Plant and Animal Health Strategy for Canada, launched the Canadian Plant Health Council (CPHC). The CPHC consists of eleven members from national industry associations, academia, and government and will work to address priorities for the plant health sector, with the goal of protecting Canada’s agriculture, plants, and forests. In the coming weeks CPHC will be developing the Plant and Animal Health Strategy for Canada, and will be responsible for prioritizing and delivering plant health-related activities under the strategy and for facilitating cooperation across governments, industry, academia, and other partners.
More information on the CPHC and the Plant and Animal Health Strategy for Canada can be found here.