Plant Health and Production Programs

The Plant Health Program and the Plant Production Program, under the Plant Protection Act, bring together Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) programs designed to both protect Canada's agriculture and forestry sectors from the introduction and spread of pests and to help these sectors increase efficiency.

Eligibility Criteria

The programs apply to all businesses involved in both domestic and international movement of regulated plants and their products, including those from Canada's forests.

Summary

The major activities undertaken by CFIA staff under these programs include:

• preventing the introduction into Canada, and spread within Canada, of quarantine pests which could impact on Canada's forestry, nursery, and horticultural sectors;
• registering agricultural crop varieties, registering of plant breeders' rights and conducting safety assessments of plants with novel traits under Part V of the Seeds Regulations; and
• collecting, analyzing and interpreting the plant quarantine import requirements of other countries and related trade issues on behalf of Canada's agriculture and forestry sectors.

The Plant Health Program and the Plant Production Program include the following sub-programs:

• Fertilizer;
• Forestry (such as the Canadian Wood Packaging Certification Program);
• Horticulture;
• Grains and Field Crops;
• Variety Registration;
• Plant Biotechnology;
• Plant Breeders' Rights;
• International Phytosanitary Issues;
• Seed Potato;
• Seed.

Quebec Contact(s):
Regional Director, Montreal East
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Room 600
7101 Jean-Talon Street East
Anjou, Quebec  H1M 3N7
Telephone: 514-493-8859
Fax: 514-493-9965
Toll-free (information): 1-800-442-2342
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-465-7735
Web site: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml

Regional Director, Montreal West
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Room 1450
2021 Union Street
Montréal, Quebec  H3A 2S9
Telephone: 514-283-8982
Fax: 514-283-1855
Toll-free (information): 1-800-442-2342
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-465-7735
Web site: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml

Regional Director, Saint-Hyacinthe
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Suite 206
3100 Laframboise Boulevard
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec  J2S 4Z4
Telephone: 450-773-6639
Fax: 450-774-8522
Toll-free (information): 1-800-442-2342
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-465-7735
Web site: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml

Regional Director, Québec
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Suite 100
Place Iberville IV
2954 Laurier Boulevard
Ste-Foy, Quebec  G1V 5C7
Telephone: 418-648-7373
Fax: 418-648-4792
Toll-free (information): 1-800-442-2342
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-465-7735
Web site: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml

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National Contact(s):
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
59 Camelot Drive
Nepean, Ontario  K1A 0Y9
Telephone: 613-225-2342
Fax: 613-228-6601
Toll-free (information): 1-800-442-2342
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-465-7735
Web site: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml
Hours of operation: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).