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May 20, 2026
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U.S. potato industry wants Canadian spuds banned after potato wart detected
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Article Excerpt
Prince Edward Island is facing a new push by the Washington-based National Potato Council to reinstate a ban on fresh spuds from the province, citing a new case of potato wart, a soil-borne fungal disease that destroys crops but is harmless to human health. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed to Global News that it detected the presence of potato wart in soil samples collected from one potato field in P.E.I. “The detection is limited to a single potato field identified through routine survey sampling and analysis, and there is currently no evidence of symptomatic tubers or spr…
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