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The Procter &Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), in response to a recommendation from the Food &Drug Administration (FDA) to the food industry, announced today that it is voluntarily recalling Pringles Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger potato crisps and P...

The Indian Chamber of Commerce announced that the India International Potato Expo 2010 has been rescheduled to 8th &9th July’2010 at NASC Complex in PUSA,  New Delhi. This postponement is due to unavailability of Central and State Ministers due to...

Reser’s Fine Foods Inc, Beaverton, Oregon is voluntarily recalling a limited number of retail size and bulk containers of dips, salad dressings and potato salad products distributed by supermarkets and other food retail and wholesale outlets. Reser’s...

Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) is now taking its place beside peanuts, pistachios, and powdered milk as a food ingredient causing recalls of many, many individual products.Hydrolyzed vegetable protein is a common ingredient used most frequently as...

Pakistani potato export registered a decline of 40 percent during the current year up till now in the wake of lack of competitive edge as compared to the Indian commodity. During January, February and March the export of potato is in full swing as comp...

For the third time in less than three years, Frito-Lay is expanding its plant in Topeka. The planned $53 million expansion was announced Friday through the Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce, which says the project will save 40 jobs that might have b...

Continuando con la línea exitosa del anterior congreso celebrado en Argentina, la Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP) está invitando a participar en su XXIV Congreso a celebrarse en la ciudad de Cusco, Perú, entre el 23-28 de mayo del año en c...

March 10 marks the one-year anniversary of Congress’s decision to terminate the cross-border trucking program with Mexico, a move found illegal under NAFTA and generating retaliatory tariffs on more than 90 U.S. products and subsequent decreases in export

According to the Potato Council report Behind the Menu - Potatoes in Foodservice, potatoes, in one form or other, are served with 45% of meals eaten out of home and sales are estimated to be worth £2.51b. It identifies chips (french fries) as the domin...

After years of lackluster sales, potato chip sales jumped 22 percent and tortilla chips 18 percent since 2007, according to the market research firm Mintel International, which said the salty noshes defied the economic downturn.   "People bought ...

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a project in 80 fish and chip shops across the country aimed at making their food healthier. Officials want fryers to increase the size and thickness of their chips because chunkier versions absorb less fat ...

Local, sustainable and organic food choices top the list of what’s hot in Canada’s restaurant kitchens.  The trends are revealed in a new survey of professional chefs conducted for the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) by independ...

Safeway Inc. has been notified by Reser's Fine Foods that it has voluntarily recalled several products that may be contaminated with Salmonella. As a precautionary measure, Safeway is participating in the recall by voluntarily recalling the following p...

McCoy’s will be introducing two football-themed limited edition flavours. Chicken Winger and Sausage Striker, which will be available from April in 50g handy packs at an MRRP of 55p and will offer retailers something new to offer their customers over...

Workers at the Better Made Snack Foods factory in Detroit have been sent home after an explosion in the oil heating process for potato chips shook parts of the building.   Company Chief Executive Salvatore Cipriano says it appears pressure built up in...

Farmers who grow potatoes that end up as french fries at McDonald's and other fast food restaurants have begun taking surveys about how they produce the crop.About a year ago, McDonald's bowed to pressure from activist shareholders and agreed to make a...

CKE Restaurants Inc. reported mixed results for its two brands in February, with winter weather taking a toll at Hardee's but new products helping sales at Carl's Jr. Blended same-store sales fell 4.2 percent for the four weeks ended Feb. 22, compar...

Americans love potatoes, consuming about 130 pounds per person annually.