Canada: Canada Consults on National Potato Wart Response Plan

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   CA2024-0020
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has opened a 60-day consultation on their draft National Potato Wart Response Plan. The consultation will remain open for comment until July 26, 2024. CFIA began a review of its approach for potato wart in 2020. To date, potato wart has been detected in two Canadian provinces: Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island.

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