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The U.S. border has closed to Prince Edward Island seed potatoes after potato wart was again found in two P.E.I. fields, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed.
The CFIA confirmed potato wart in fields on two separate farms on Oct. 1 and Oct. 14 after growers submitted “suspect potatoes,” the agency said in an email response to a CBC inquiry.
In October 2020, potato wart was discovered in two fields in Queens County, P.E.I.
Exports were halted to the U.S. as a result. Those fields were retested and the CFIA found them to be wart-free in February, 2021. The export ban was lifted March 11.
