US Authorities Issue Final Order Allowing PEI Table Potatoes Back Over Border

A farmer works a potato field in North Tryon, Prince Edward Island, on July 13, 2000. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has lifted the final barrier that was keeping table potatoes from Prince Edward Island out of the United States.

A final federal order posted today clears the way for potatoes from P.E.I. after Canada and the U.S. agreed last week to let exports resume.