. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/233 
15 December 2004 
 (04-5515) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CANADA
 
If applicable, name of loca l government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Canadian Food Inspection Agency  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item nu mber(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  All plants, including "finished" pot mums and garden mums; plant parts, 
including cuttings for propagation; and tissue culture, of Chrysanthemum and 
Dendranthema species and Leucanthemella serotina (= Chrysanthemum uliginosum).  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  United 
States  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  D-97-05 (1st Revision): 
Phytosanitary Measures for Chrysanthemum , Dendranthema , and Leucanthemella serotina  
Plant Material to Prevent the Introduction of Chrysanthemum White Rust, Puccinia 
horiana , P. Henn. (available in English, 16 pages;  French, 17 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This policy directive describes the import requirements for 
Chrysanthemum species , Dendranthema species , and Leucanthemella serotina  plant 
material from all countries, to prevent the introduction of chrysanthemum white rust, 
Puccinia horiana,  P.Henn. into Canada.  
 
Off-continent United States and all other countries are considered infested with 
chrysanthemum white rust. Regulated areas with in the continental US are:  Contra Costa 
and Santa Cruz, California; Cl ackmas, Oregon;  Clallam a nd Snohomish, Washington.   
 
This notification serves to advise Members th at Canada has increase d the regulated areas 
within the United States to include the stat es of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and 
New York where P. horiana  occurs, or is suspected to  occur.  The Canadian Food 
Inspection Agency has revised D-97-05 to include these states as regulated areas (Appendix 1).  
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests  G/SPS/N/CAN/233 
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 8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  P. horiana is a serious 
fungal disease of chrysanthemums and a quarantine pest to Canada.  It is spread by infected 
host materials and can be diff icult to detect by visual inspection.  The United States 
Department of Agriculture recently reported that P. horiana has been identified in the states 
of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and New York.  
 
Canada will continue to revise its list of  regulated areas as new information on the 
distribution of this pathogen becomes available.  
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:        
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  NAPPO - 
Phytosanitary Alert System - Official Pest Reports for the United States - 
http://www.pestalert.org/notificatio ns.cfm?region=United%20States#124  (English) 
11. Date of entry into force/period of  application (as applicable):  22 November 2004  
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:        
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the Directive can be downloaded at: 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/d-97-05e.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/ plaveg/protect/dir /d-97-05f.shtml  (French)