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Illinois restaurants may soon have to find a way to cut artificial trans fats from French fries, onion rings, popcorn shrimp, pies, cakes and fried chicken.

Colin L. Powell, former secretary of state and retired four-star general, will keynote the PACK EXPO Leadership Lecture during PACK EXPO Las Vegas, September 26-28, 2011.

Een groep Europese aardappelkwekers sleept vijf Belgische landbouwers voor de rechter omdat die geen kwekersrechten betalen.

For the first time, a tool is now available to growers for determining the risk of disease to potatoes in storage.

It’s only a matter of time before genetically modified potatoes hit the North American market, say industry experts.

BASF Plant Science verkrijgt de genetisch gemodificeerde amylopectine zetmeelaardappel Modena in eigendom.

The 13 major potato States held 106 million cwt of potatoes in storage April 1, 2011, down 18 percent from a year ago. Potatoes in storage accounted for 30 percent of the 2010 fall storage States' production, four percentage points below April 1, 2010.

Some Western Australian potato growers feel they are not getting enough support from their marketing body Western Potatoes to help them get new varieties onto the market.

Afgelopen vrijdag is het protocol uitgewerkt voor de export naar Rusland en goedgekeurd door de verschillende instanties.

Bij Rungis is nog even wachten op het geliefde en zeldzame aardappeltje La Bonnotte de Noirmoutier, die alleen in mei beschikbaar is.

Begin april lieten 125 PCA-leden weten welk aardappelareaal en welke rassen ze telen in 2011. Dezelfde telers gaven ook in 2010 hun areaal en rassenpakket door. Met deze gegevens kan een schatting gemaakt worden van het aardappelareaal 2011 en kan een...

Sinds 1976 is de prijs van een pakje friet (in de frituur) in Belgie met meer dan 300% gestegen. In september 2010 waarschuwde het OIVO de consumenten al dat de stijging van de aardappelprijs waarschijnlijk zou leiden tot een stijging van de prijs van...

Excessive rains and an increased presence of late blight disease devastated the Cusco region of Peru in January-February 2010, which was declared a national emergency area.

General Colin L. Powell (Ret.) will share insights into global events, and the impact those changes and issues will have in the United States and abroad, at the National Restaurant Association’s annual trade show next month.

The scramble by global food companies into India's fast food sector intensified on Monday as several U.S. chains announced plans to enter the country.

Potatoes New Zealand says the potato industry is struggling to deal with the tomato/potato psyllid, which spreads the damaging bacterium Liberibacter, and wants more help from the Government.

Fast food chain McDonald's has decided to purchase frozen potatoes produced in the Central Anatolian province of Konya for its restaurants in Turkey and neighboring countries, according to the board chairman of the Konya Şeker company.