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Exceptions to CFIA Directive D-98-08, Entry Requirements for Wood Packaging Material into Canada
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Apr 23, 2013
The above mentioned CFIA Directive provides the entry requirements for all wood packaging materials including dunnage, pallets or crating made from non-manufactured wood entering Canada from all areas except the continental United States (U.S.).
The continental U.S. is exempt from these requirements. However from time to time, exceptions to the requirements can surface. Below is the latest.
"Wood packaging materials (WPM) crossing between the Canada and US border are still exempt from ISPM 15 requirements. Please note however, that there are specific movement restrictions, both in Canada and the United States, for ash lumber that is used in the manufacture of pallets and other wood packaging materials.
The Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire), also referred to as EAB, is an introduced wood boring beetle native to Eastern Asia. It was found for the first time in North America in the summer of 2002 in Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit,Michigan and since then has spread to a number of new areas in Canada and theUS. This insect attacks and infests all North American and many exotic species of ash (Fraxinus spp.).
To prevent the entry and further spread of this serious forest pest within Canada, any pallets or wood packaging material made from a component of Ash (Fraxinus spp.), originating from an EAB regulated area is subject to movement restrictions."
The above is outlined under D-03-08 titled, "Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Introduction Into and Spread Within Canada of the Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis (Fairmaire)".
The areas out of the Continental USA that are regulated are,
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Minnesota
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
CFIA Approved Treatment Methods
The following methods are approved by CFIA for treating regulated articles to generate compliant articles:
- Processing to create bark free wood and removal of underlying sapwood to a depth of at least two and a half (2.5) cm.
- Grinding or chipping to create chips to a size of less than two and a half (2.5) cm in any two (2) dimensions.
- Article exclusion of ash for firewood, wood chips under a compliance program.
- Heat treatment for regulated articles, where specific treatment schedules have been recognized by CFIA.
- Secondary processing to produce wood by-products such as paper, fibre board, or oriented strand board to render the articles free from EAB.
- The processing facility has to be approved by CFIA.
- Other treatment methods, as approved by CFIA. Contact the local CFIA office for further details.