Nieuws

The potato harvest in Prince Edward Island is complete and world-famous Prince Edward Island Potatoes are appearing on supermarket shelves and restaurant menus across Canada and the northeastern United States.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the 2013 edition of the FDA Food Code on November 13, 2013.

Sensor-based food sorting solutions pioneer TOMRA Sorting has appointed Ashley Hunter as senior vice-president and head of its food business.

A farm worker who became trapped in a potato sorting machine has been left with extremely serious arm injuries.

The National Potato Council argues potatoes shouldn't' be subject to the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements, since they're typically eaten cooked.

Fedepapa reveló que la polilla guatemalteca está perjudicando cerca del 30% de los cultivos del tubérculo en Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Antioquia y Nariño. Esta enfermedad podría poner en riesgo las cosechas del próximo año.

Un grupo internacional de investigadores de 14 países, que incluye a especialistas del INTA, integraron la secuencia del genoma con un mapa genético. Permitirá identificar los genes del rendimiento y de la calidad.

PepsiCo Inc, the maker of Pepsi-Cola, Frito-Lay snacks and Tropicana juice, plans to invest $5.5 billion in India by 2020 to expand its presence in the country, it said on Monday.

Bending over backwards following pressure from other states and agitations by traders' associations there, the West Bengal government Monday relaxed its ban on export of potatoes

The Grocer reports that Pepsico's Red Sky potato chips brand has lost nearly all its supermarket listings.

Cavendish Farms has confirmed it is laying off 60 people from its plant in New Annan, P.E.I.

Agritechnica is the world's largest trade fair for agricultural machinery and equipment. This is confirmed once again by the figures for this year's event.

As of the 8th of November 2013, Leo te Brake, director/owner sold his shares in FTNON to Active Capital Company B.V. (ACC).

De esta forma se espera ayudar a los campesinos cultivadores del tubérculo, agobiados por el bajo precio del producto.

El CIP presentó la Red de Manejo Integrado de Plagas de Papa (RED MIPapa), una plataforma de intercambio y cooperación que tiene como objetivo promover el manejo integrado de las plagas (MIP) que atacan a este tubérculo en las zonas andinas.

La Universidad Nacional de Colombia ha desarrollado una metodología sencilla y eficiente denominada inmunoimpresión (IMI), a través de la cual la detección viral se realiza con un anticuerpo específico de reconocimiento.

On Thursday 7 November 2013 Agrico opened its annual varieties and seedlings show at its breeding and research farm, Agrico Research, in Bant.

La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los EUA anunció su determinación preliminar de que la fuente principal de grasas trans artificiales en los alimentos procesados, ya no sea “generalmente considerada segura” para su uso en los alimentos.