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Japanese beetles infest P.E.I.

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Japanese beetles
infest P.E.I.
The Canadian Food Inspection
Agency has placed a restriction on the movement of plants and soil in
P.E.I. to stop the spread of Japanese beetles.

April 21, 2009, Charlottetown, P.E.I. – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has placed a restriction on the movement of plants and soil in P.E.I. to stop the spread of Japanese beetles.

Japanese beetles.

Plants and soil can no longer be moved from the island to a province that doesn’t already have the pest – such as Newfoundland or B.C. – without the approval of the CFIA.

Japanese beetle is a quarantine pest for Canada and the U.S. and can attack the foliage and fruit of more than 250 host plants, including apples, corn and blueberries.

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