He said the ban is not based on science and said in a conversation with federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, she could not say when the ban could be lifted.
He said she had no answer because the ban is not based on science.
The CFIA apparently acted on complaints from the U.S. government which was reacting to a lobby by U.S. potato growers.
They point to the existence of potato wart on isolated patches of P.E.I. potato farms.
The government and the CFIA have had measures in place for two years to control and monitor the situation.
In a news conference Monday, potato board officials and King said potato wart has been identified this year on two locations, both of them on sites that were under surveillance.
