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About 16,000 pounds of potato chips per hour rolling off the lines is a hefty amount. That's what Utz Quality Foods produces on average at its High Street plant in Hanover, said Vice President of Manufacturing Paul Schaum. With that many chips, not t...

Todd Michael of Urbana, OH, was elected to the United States Potato Board (USPB) Executive Committee at the organization’s 36th Annual Meeting held in Denver, CO, March 12-14. Michael is serving his third year on the USPB and first year as co-chairman ...

Shane Webster of Rexburg, ID, was elected to the United States Potato Board (USPB) Executive Committee at the organization’s 36th Annual Meeting held in Denver, CO, March 12-14. Webster is serving his third year on the USPB and first year as co-chairm...

Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon signed a bill Thursday that bans restaurants from serving foods make with trans fats. The mayor's anticipated signature makes the bill a law. The Baltimore City Council unanimously voted March 18 to approve the bill,...

For over 65 years, Kentucky Fried Chicken has served up Colonel Sanders' famous Original Recipe(R) fried chicken. Now KFC is market testing a revolutionary finger lickin' new menu addition -- Kentucky Grilled Chicken. "This great tasting product ...

Key Technology introduces Manta™, a new state-of-the-art high volume, high performance sorter featuring a two-meter wide scan area that dramatically increases throughput within a space-saving footprint. Handling up to 27 metric tons (60,000 pounds) of ...

A global surge in food and fuel prices has become a serious problem for developing countries and the problems are likely to persist for years, a senior World Bank official said Thursday.   While some benefit from higher revenue on export of commoditie...

                                         XXIII CONGRESO ALAP y VI SEMINARIO LATINOAMERICANO DE USO Y COMERCIALIZACIÓN DE LA PAPA   “PAPA: 8000 años de alimento sano”     Mar del Plata, 30 de noviembre al 6 de diciembre de 2008   CIRCULAR N° 3   E...

Who knew that candy around the checkouts could be big business?That's been the case for Jim Schweikert and his Chandler-based company Liberty Distribution Co. LLC, which sells candy bars, sweet tarts, bubble gum, potato chips and hundreds of other snac...

Year 2008 has been declared as the “International Potato Year (IPY) by the UN as a way to focus world attention on the value of potato to fight hunger and poverty in developing countries. Within that context, Argentina has taken responsibility to orga...

La Secretaría de Agricultura autorizó el levantamiento, hasta fin de año y en forma “excepcional”, de las medidas sanitarias que impiden la importación de papa, para paliar la escasez del producto provocada por las heladas que afectaron parte de la pro...

Peru's military has begun eating bread made from potatoes, a native crop, to combat a rise in food prices partly fueled by the cost of loaves made from imported wheat, Defense Minister Antero Flores-Araoz said. Wheat prices have risen 35 percent in t...

More than 50 consumer groups have launched a worldwide campaign to reduce the marketing of unhealthy food to children. Among other things, the new voluntary code calls for tight restrictions on both television and Internet advertising, prohibits the ma...

A researcher for North Carolina State University's Potato Breeding and Genetics Program, Clough plants test fields in Pasquotank County and other state locations each year to test potato varieties and compare their yields and quality.

The 13 major potato states held 172 million cwt. of potatoes in storage March 1, up 8 percent from last year and 10 percent above 2006, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Potatoes in storage accounted for 43 percent of the 2...

Avebe heeft op de Franse beurs CFIA met Solanic de Innovation Award gewonnen. Het bedrijf won de prijs met de Solanic-versie Promish 204 P, een hoogwaardig eiwit dat onder meer gebruikt kan worden in vlees- en visproducten.

The foodservice industry’s share of the total food dollar dipped to 39.4% in 2007 from 39.7% in 2006 due to weakness in Central and Atlantic Canada.   Since 2000, the foodservice industry’s market share has slowly eroded from 40.5% – the result of slo...