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Over the course of the investigation, CFIA staff collected and analyzed nearly 50,000 soil samples from fields associated with those detections of the fungus, which disfigures potatoes and sharply reduces crop yield but is not harmful to humans.

That process led to potato wart being identified in four additional fields, which agency officials said was not unexpected in investigations of this scale.

riding of Cardigan and himself a former potato grower, released a statement on Friday as the CFIA announced the investigation had come to an end.

“The past couple of years have been challenging for our potato growers, packers, processors, and shippers,” it said in part.

Though many truckloads went to food banks, hundreds of millions of pounds of Island potatoes had to be destroyed over the winter of 2022 because no buyers could be found.

The CFIA says it will continue to conduct surveillance activities throughout the fall in P.E.I., including in selected fields not previously associated with potato wart.

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