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CFIA repeals outdated regulations

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has repealed a number of outdated and unnecessary regulations. The CFIA is also advancing other regulatory changes to enhance flexibility and responsiveness in support of plant protection.

Removing outdated and unnecessary regulations addresses one of the planned actions in the CFIA’s Progress Report on Red Tape Reduction, published in September 2025. As part of its red tape review, the Agency identified several regulations that are no longer applicable or no longer required. They include:

  • - Repealing regulations that were time-limited and are no longer applicable, including those that once set the parameters for compensation of:
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    •    -  Birds depopulated during a 2004 avian influenza outbreak in British Columbia
    •    -  Stone fruit trees disposed due to Plum Pox Virus between 2004 and 2011
    •    -  Trees removed to control the Asian Long-horned Beetle between 2013 and 2019
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