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AUSVEG CEO Richard Mulcahy has welcomed the proposal for a briefing of the Senate Rural Affairs and Transport Committee on Zebra Chip disease, following a recent request by New Zealand to import fresh potatoes for processing into Australia.

A national potato shortage in Australia is providing a boom for growers in far north Queensland.

In the last PotatoPro Newsletter 'Chips bags from potato peel? Biodegradable snack packaging' we focused on the changes Frito-Lay was making to the 'noisy'biodegradable Sunchips bags. Sunchips original will continue to be sold in the 'noisy'compostable bags, but all other Sunchips versions will be packed in regular (non-compostable) packaging until an improved biodegradable packaging is developed.

This morning, with its partners and several guests from the food and packaging fields in attendance, Polytechnique Montréal inaugurated the NSERC/Saputo/Excel Pac Industrial Research Chair in Materials and films for safe, smart and sustainable (3S) packaging.

Potatoes in all shapes, colors and presentations were a hit at Latin America’s biggest ‘foodie’ get together this year, and highlighted the fact that biodiversity can be delicious

Lance, Inc. and Snyder's of Hanover, Inc. announced that both companies will hold special stockholders meetings to vote on the combination of their businesses to form a stronger, more dynamic snack food company.

JBT FoodTech's third quarter revenue of $124.8 million increased 9 percent from the prior year quarter, reflecting continued strong demand for freezing and protein processing product lines

De oogst van consumptieaardappelen zal lager uitvallen dan de ramingen die het CBS eerder vandaag bekendmaakte.

Volgens de voorlopige oogstraming van het CBS bedraagt de bruto oogst in 2010 van aardappelen in Nederland 6,6 miljard kilogram.

Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND) today announced a $38 million planned expansion of its production facility in Beloit, Wisconsin to meet increased demand for its Kettle Brand potato chips.

A controversial bid to buy public land in southern Alberta to grow potatoes has been withdrawn, Sustainable Resource Development Minister Mel Knight confirmed today.

In the South of the United Kingdom most potato growers have finished lifting with only a few fields remaining.

Boulder Canyon™ Natural Foods, a leading North American snack food manufacturer, has introduced a renewable, fully compostable pack for its line of All Natural Kettle Cooked Potato Chips.

Governor C.L. 'Butch' Otter announced that the city of Burley will receive nearly $500,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding for the cost of public infrastructure to support a new potato dehydration facility of Gem State Processing.

A1.PERU y Frito Lay presentan un juego que invita al usuario a ser el protagonista virtual de todo el proceso que recorre la papa en el campo de cultivo antes de llegar a las manos de sus consumidores. Es así que, a partir del 27 de octubre, quienes ...

New technology for extracting water from potatoes is being trialled by food giants PepsiCo, which owns the crisp manufacturer Walkers.

A jury in Cook County jury has awarded 45-year old Gerardo Solis $30.4 million as compensation for having developed a health condition known as popcorn lung'.