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Potato wart facts and figures

| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | backgrounders

Potato wart is a soil-borne fungus, Synchytrium endobioticum. that can remain dormant in a field for more than 40 years.


Potato wart not detected in 2022 national survey

| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | statements

The CFIA has completed its 2022 national survey for potato wart and confirms that potato wart was not detected in the soil samples tested from the fields where the samples were collected. The survey included fields in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.


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2025-12-23