More potatoes with nails in them have been handed over to police in the Maritimes, with the latest incidents occurring in northern New Brunswick.
The Mounties in New Brunswick said in a news release that one of the spuds was reported to police by a Tabusintac resident on Thursday, and was purchased at the local co-op on May 13.
Another was purchased at the Petit-Rocher Inter Marche and provided to police on Tuesday.
The RCMP in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia have already said they have received potatoes with nails in them that were packaged under the Farmer's Market name brand.
The Farmer's Market brand is sold by various grocery stores owned by Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L).
A spokesperson for the Toronto-based chain sent an email saying the company is closely monitoring products in its locations and is assisting the Canadian Food Inspection Agency with its investigation.
The email stated that nobody has been injured, and declined further comment.
Const. Jullie Rogers-Marsh, an RCMP spokeswoman in New Brunswick, said police are still investigating what brand of potatoes contained the metal in the latest incidents.
Sgt. Leanne Butler, a spokeswoman for the RCMP in P.E.I., said the Island potato was a Russet and was returned by a customer to the Montague Atlantic Superstore on Monday.
Sgt. Al LeBlanc, an RCMP spokesman in Nova Scotia, said one potato with a nail in it was purchased from an Atlantic Superstore in Antigonish in late April or early May and was provided to police on Tuesday.
He said another Farmer's Market potato was purchased at a No Frills grocery store, also owned by the parent company, in Barrington Passage, N.S., and was provided to police on Wednesday.
