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Tune into these important food safety tips for cooked potatoes

By Cookson Beecher on September 14, 2020
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How often have you plopped a left-over baked potato, sill tightly wrapped in foil, on your kitchen counter, thinking you could heat it up or for a meal the next day or cut it…
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EFSA assesses health risk of compound in potatoes

By News Desk on August 14, 2020

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has advised peeling, boiling, and frying to reduce a compound in potatoes that can cause poisoning.

Glycoalkaloids are naturally occurring compounds found in plants including potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplant…
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EU to set acrylamide benchmarks in 2018: Don’t burn the toast

By Dan Flynn on July 27, 2017

The European Union and the United States are taking different approaches to a fairly recently discovered chemical that’s been in food as long as men and women have been cooking with fire.

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Three new GMO spuds earn permission from USDA

By Coral Beach on November 1, 2016

Two companies have green lights from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for their non-browning potato varieties that have had their genes altered.

Simplot logo with seedlingsCalyxt, a company based in New Brighton, MN, got the go ahead for…
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Potato Industry's New Safety Guide Emphasizes Best Practices

By News Desk on November 12, 2013

Since the potato is rarely consumed raw, it is expected to be excluded from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s forthcoming produce rules implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act. In the meantime, spud growers, shippers…
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Allergen Alert: Dried Potato With Sulfites

By Julia Thomas on March 28, 2012

Strong America Ltd. is recalling a dried potato product imported from China that may contain sulfites, which are not listed on the label.

According to the notice, the recall was initiated after routine sampling by

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Senate Potato Bloc Finds Way Around USDA

By News Desk on October 26, 2011

The question of how many spuds will be served in school lunches has been thrown to the U.S. House of Representatives by potato state Senators Mark Udall, D-CO, and Susan Collins, R-ME.

Udall and Collins

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Letter from the Editor: School Lunches

By Dan Flynn on October 9, 2011

School lunches were associated with fights back in the Stone Age when I was growing up.  As I recall, the fights could happen in at least a couple of ways. 

Inside fights occurred mostly during

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UK Traces a Major Outbreak — To Its Roots

By Ross Anderson on October 1, 2011

A rare, slow-motion outbreak of toxic E. coli sickened at least 250 people and killed one across the United Kingdom over a span of eight months this year before being traced to raw  leeks and

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Big Win for GM Crops in Europe

By Dan Flynn on March 4, 2010

As spring comes to Germany, the Czech Republic, and Sweden, farmers will be planting Amflora, a genetically modified potato, on at least 620 acres.

Produced by BASF SE of Germany, Amflora is the first genetically

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Potato Farmer Nets Fine over Marketing

By Dan Flynn on December 10, 2009

The “inter-provincial marketing of potatoes” from Quebec to New Brunswick is a violation of the Canada Agricultural Products Act, and it comes with a fine.

According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, David Savage of

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