On June 29, Prince Edward Island’s potato industry increased the reward it is offering to $500,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whomever is responsible for inserting metal objects into potatoes. The new reward is available until Aug. 15, and tips received from Aug. 16 to Oct. 31 will be eligible for the previous reward amount of $100,000. Earlier in June, the federal government announced it will spend $1.5 million to help Prince Edward Island farmers to buy metal detection equipment to help find foreign objects in potatoes. The funding will be used to purchase and install detection equipment, while an extra $500,000 from the P.E.I. government is being used for on-site security assessments and training.
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