{"id":2870,"date":"2022-01-28T16:37:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T21:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalpotatocouncil.org\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2022-01-28T16:41:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T21:41:22","slug":"canada-vilsack-pei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalpotatocouncil.org\/canada-vilsack-pei\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Delegation Meeting with USDA Secretary Vilsack Reaffirms Need for Comprehensive Disease Testing to Resume Potato Trade with Prince Edward Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
WASHINGTON \u2013 <\/strong>Yesterday, Jan. 27, a delegation from Canada, including Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau, met with USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack in Washington, D.C. to discuss the ongoing challenges with the latest detections of potato wart in PEI potato fields and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency\u2019s (CFIA) subsequent actions to shut down the export of seed potatoes to other provinces and countries along with the export of all potatoes to the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe National Potato Council was informed that during the meeting Secretary Vilsack committed to expeditiously review the disease testing data provided by CFIA and undertake a risk analysis before a decision is made to resume the importation of PEI table stock potatoes to Puerto Rico and the continental United States,\u201d said NPC President and Maine potato grower Dominic LaJoie. \u201cWe welcome this commitment as a necessary step to safely resuming normal trade with this important partner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n