Insights and Stories on Fruit/Vegetables

P.E.I. table stock potato exports to U.S. now allowed

Apr. 2, 2022 at 12:40 am CDT

Exports of Prince Edward Island table stock potatoes are again officially allowed to enter the mainland United States, after new U.S. entry rules regarding potato wart were published Friday. Canada’s federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said on Twitter that officials with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) are now preparing […]

Mainland U.S. moving to resume P.E.I. potato imports

Mar. 24, 2022 at 1:55 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

P.E.I. testing finds potato wart in another field

Mar. 8, 2022 at 8:10 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

P.E.I. potato exports cleared for Puerto Rico

Feb. 8, 2022 at 8:29 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Prizes put up to develop year-round berry production in Canada

Feb. 8, 2022 at 4:05 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Canada hopeful for P.E.I. table potato trade in weeks to Puerto Rico, U.S. mainland

Jan. 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm CST

Reuters — Canada is hopeful of resuming shipments of table potatoes from the province of Prince Edward Island to the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico in two weeks, and to the U.S. mainland in the weeks following that, partially resolving a trade dispute, Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said. Bibeau met […]

By Rod Nickel

Smoothie cubes pulled for raw elderberry use

Jan. 22, 2022 at 2:24 am CST

Federal food safety officials say a Quebec company’s new line of frozen smoothie cubes, sold online, is being recalled over its use of raw elderberries and a resulting potential risk of cyanide poisoning. Montreal-based Evive Nutrition, known in part for its pitch on CBC TV’s Dragons’ Den in 2019, is […]

By Dave Bedard

‘Expedited’ potato wart survey helps make case for P.E.I., CFIA says

Dec. 24, 2021 at 12:40 pm CST

A national survey finding no potato wart in any “unregulated” Canadian fields should offer the reassurance on Prince Edward Island potatoes that trading partners such as the U.S. are now looking for, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. CFIA on Thursday reported it has completed this fall’s national survey for […]

By Dave Bedard

Feds put up funds toward managing P.E.I. potato surplus

Dec. 20, 2021 at 9:50 pm CST

Prince Edward Island potatoes locked out of the U.S. export market will go either to food banks or “environmentally-sound” disposal with new federal funding. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Monday announced $28 million “to support the diversion of surplus potatoes, including help to redirect surplus potatoes to organizations addressing […]

By Dave Bedard

End date sought for P.E.I. potato export ban

Nov. 25, 2021 at 12:29 am CST

The federal Conservatives want to see a clearly defined end zone for the Canadian government’s suspension of Prince Edward Island potato exports to the U.S. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced the suspension of certification for P.E.I. potato exports to the U.S., — a move which, according to […]

By Dave Bedard