Potato News

The Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (CSACI), representing specialty physicians, academic researchers, and allied health professionals in the field, was very happy to hear the announcement of important changes to food labelling regulations to be implemented by August 2012.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has completed all potato cyst nematode (PCN) soil sampling and testing of the 2010 seed potato crop and PCN was not detected.

Alrededor de 1.200 semillas de variedades de papas nativas del distrito cusqueño de Písac serán enviadas a la Bóveda Global de Semillas, ubicada en el archipiélago noruego de Svalbard, en el Ártico, con el fin de garantizar su preservación y material g...

De NEPG (North-western European Potato Growers) meldt dat halverwege het seizoen 2010/2011 meer dan 50% van alle geoogste aardappelen zijn gebruikt. De totale productie van oogst 2010 in alle NEPG landen was 4.8% lager dan het jaar er voor.

Pakistan’s potato exports are lagging behind compared to regional competitors, as a result of poor logistics in the country, exporters say.

As climate change and disease threaten potato farming in the tuber’s ancestral home in the Peruvian Andes, potato preservationists today launched a major effort to safeguard more than 1,500 varieties by sending them to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) in the Arctic Circle.

KaliSel is high-purity potassium chloride (KCl) from natural sources.

The New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will officially open the NZ $19 million upgrade to McCain Foods plant Friday, February 18

Just because Valentine's Day is over, it doesn't mean the loving has to stop! February is also Potato Lover's Month and boy are spud lovers in Spanish Fork, Utah in for a special treat.

Dale Hoff expected good things when the International Crop Expo was launched 10 years ago at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

The 13 major potato States held 176 million cwt of potatoes in storage February 1, 2011, down 14 percent from a year ago.

Om een indicatie te hebben van de sanitaire kwaliteit van het pootgoed kan een partij worden gewassen en gecontroleerd op AM door het inbouwen van een cystenfilter (zeeftrommel) in de wasstraat.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships help businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity by accessing the knowledge, technology and skills that reside within the UK’s Universities.

PepsiCo has warned that it won't be able to make any more radical cuts to salt levels in its Walkers crisps until there have been further scientific advances.

The new (US) federal food safety law has gotten plenty of attention for provisions that aim to protect the public from foodborne illnesses. But a little-noticed section of the law that is supposed to protect workers at food companies who blow the whistle on their employers may — if it is effectively enforced — also prove to be significant for consumers.

China Essence Group Ltd. ('China Essence'or the 'Group'), one of the largest, leading integrated producers of potato starch products in the People’s Republic of China ('PRC'), today announced its financial results for the third quarter ('3Q FY2011') and nine months ('9M FY2011') ended 31 December 2010.

Since its launch last year, consumers have bought more than 1,000 tonnes of Carisma, Australia’s first officially certified low GI potato.