The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's revised directive D-99-03: Phytosanitary import requirements to prevent the entry of Oak Wilt Disease (Bretziella fagacearum (Bretz) Hunt) from the Continental United States is now published and in effect.

The directive outlines the phytosanitary import requirements and related measures for non-propagative articles of oak species: (Quercus spp.), chestnut (Castanea spp.), chinquapin (Castanopsis spp.), and tanbark oak (Lithocarpus spp.), originating from the Continental United States (U.S.), to prevent the entry of oak wilt disease caused by the fungus Bretziella fagacearum (Bretz) Hunt.

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