Potato News from Northern America

The Food and Drug Administration has completed its food and feed safety assessment of the J.R. Simplot Company’s second generation of Innate® potatoes. Simplot will still need to complete its registration with the Environmental Protection Agency for these potatoes before introducing them for sale in the U.S. marketplace.

The softening Canadian dollar has in many cases driven up the cost of imported produce and this is being reflected in grocery store prices. However, one staple vegetable that has not experienced the same jump in prices is Prince Edward Island Potatoes.

En una carta dirigida el martes a J.R. Simplot Co., con sede en Idaho, la FDA dijo que la papa no es sustancialmente diferente en composición o seguridad a otros productos que ya están en el mercado, y no suscita ningún cuestionamiento por el que la agencia tuviera que realizar exámenes más rigurosos antes de que sea comercializada.

The Swiss Food Processing Equipment Company Hoegger is showing its latest implementation of their (potato) separating technology at the Potato Expo 2016 in Las Vegas

TOMRA Sorting Food is set to demonstrate one of its innovative potato sorting systems at this year’s Potato Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 12-14.

Unionized employees at Covered Bridge Potato Chips near Hartland have walked out and are now on strike to back demands for a first contract with the company.

Local and Federal Government (Manitoba, Canada) have announced an investment of nearly $380,000 for the McCain Foods potato processing plant in Carberry to increase efficiency, reduce waste and support the sustainable growth of Manitoba’s potato industry. The governments’ investment represents half of the total equipment cost.

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is pleased to announce a new plan for potato disinfection on Prince Edward Island.

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board has a new executive as a result of its December 16th Board of Directors meeting.

Key Technology announces the launch of its new mobile-friendly website in French to support its many French-speaking customers around the world.

Snacks manufacturer and co-packer Keystone Food Products has dramatically expanded production capabilities at its Easton, Pennsylvania site by adding three new tna packaging lines.

In October JetBlue Airways, New York's Hometown Airline™ and TERRA® Real Vegetable Chips, part of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., revealed the T5 Farm -- a blue potato farm and produce garden at Terminal 5 (T5) at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

CTV's THE MARILYN DENIS SHOW and The Little Potato Company revealed the two finalists in The Little Chef Casting Call on the show today: Chris de Henestrosa (11) from Aurora, Ontario and Naia Tement (9) from Richmond Hill, Ontario

La iniciativa Chirapaq Ñan, lanzada en 2012 con el objetivo de monitorear sistemáticamente la alta diversidad de papas nativas y el estado de conservación de las variedades a lo largo del tiempo y en su ambiente natural (in-situ), acaba de emitir el último número de su boletín.

Resumen y enlace al texto completo del artículo escrito por J. W. Bentley y publicado (inglés) en el último número de la Revista Latinoamericana de la Papa.

Key Technology anuncia el lanzamiento de su nuevo sitio web en español para teléfonos móviles para ayudar a todos sus clientes por toda Latinoamérica y España.

Key Technology announces the launch of its new mobile-friendly website in Spanish to support its many customers throughout Latin America and Spain.

For the first time, Potato Expo 2016, the largest conference and trade show for the potato industry in North America, will host a food truck chef competition highlighting the broad appeal of potatoes and mobile food trucks.