Canada: P.E.I. potato farmers are taking federal government to court

Published 2023년 3월 30일

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A ministerial order banned the transport of Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) table and seed potatoes to the US in 2021 due to potato wart. Table potato shipments were allowed to resume in 2022, but seed potatoes remain banned to the US due to a pending USDA review, also restricting their sale in other Canadian provinces. The P.E.I. Potato Board is challenging this ban through the federal court.

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As we all know, in 2021, a ministerial order stopped the transport of the Island's best-known export, table and seed potatoes, to the US after potato wart was found in a few Island fields. The shipments of table potatoes resumed in April 2022 after the U.S. Department of Agriculture gave Island farms the all-clear. However, seed potatoes, which account for about 10 per cent of the Island's annual potato output, are still banned from the US pending the outcome of a more thorough USDA review. There are also restrictions on their sale to other Canadian provinces. The application by ...

Source: Argenpapa