Category: Trade

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...

At a U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing on Thursday on the topic of President Biden’s 2023 trade policy agenda, Members of the Committee pressed U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine...

Last week, an advisory panel created in the wake of a political firestorm over the PEI potato wart crisis submitted a report to the Canadian federal government. This panel...

This week, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced to the U.S. their intention to “modernize” the Long Term Management Plan that is intended to deal with potato wart on...

WASHINGTON – On Thurs., Nov. 10, the National Potato Council and a dozen state potato associations issued a letter to USDA Undersecretary of Marketing and Regulatory Services Jenny Moffitt...