Category: Trade

The much-anticipated U.S.-Japan bilateral meeting Sept. 17-19 in Idaho Falls on fresh potato access concluded last week with little progress made on the U.S. potato industry’s number one trade...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are scheduled to host plant health technical bilateral meetings with their Japanese counterparts in Idaho Falls,...

Responding to a July 2024 letter authored by bipartisan members of the U.S. Senate, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack this week emphatically stated that the previous measures USDA has taken...

NPC submitted public comments to CFIA’s risk management documents, noting the severity of the consequences should potato wart be transmitted to the United States.

During this week’s Potato Association of America Certification Section Meeting in Washington, D.C., representatives from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced its process for developing, finalizing, and implementing...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) today announced it has completed its investigation related to the 2021 detections of potato wart in Prince Edward Island (PEI)....

On July 13, 2023, the news outlet CBC Canada reported that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) revealed a new detection of potato wart on Price Edward Island. According...

On May 11, 2023, a bipartisan letter signed by 35 members of the House and Senate was sent to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack urging his assistance on opening the...

Representing the interests of the National Potato Council and the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA), long-time NPC consultant Matt Lantz of Bryant Christie, Inc. testified on Thursday before the...