The United States has agreed to let imports of P.E.I. table stock potatoes to Puerto Rico resume as of Wednesday.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack made the announcement in a news release Tuesday.
“It is critical that we base our agricultural trade decisions on sound science,” Vilsack said in the release. “After considering Puerto Rico’s low risk for potato wart due to climate conditions, as well as the lack of a commercial potato production industry on the island, we are confident that with appropriate mitigations in place this trade can resume safely, and the U.S. potato industry will remain protected.”
