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CHARLOTTETOWN — The first potato shipments destined for the United States are expected to leave Prince Edward Island early this week following the lifting of a crippling four month ban. The U.S.
The P.E.I. Potato Board says potato growers on Prince Edward Island can expect high demand for Island spuds now that the U.S. border has been reopened to some stock.
After months of waiting, and millions of pounds of potatoes destroyed this winter, potato growers on P.E.I. can now resume exports to the United States.
Both the P.E.I. Potato Board and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are saying it is not unexpected that there has been a third detection of potato wart, this one found in soil samples taken in October 2021.
The P.E.I. Court of Appeal has dismissed the Crown's arguments in a high-profile case involving a fish kill on the Clyde River five and a half years ago.