Noticias

En diciembre de 2006, la ciudad ordenó que las grasas trans fueran eliminadas paulatinamente de la comida de restaurantes, y la prohibición entro en pleno efecto para noviembre de 2008. Silver y sus colaboradores del Departamento de Salud e Higiene Men...

Ishida Europe has launched a new Flexible Strip Pack Applicator (F-SPA) which produces ready-to display strips of bagged products, providing an attractive hanging display for retailers.Ideal for snacks and confectionery but also perfectly applicable ...

Collaboration among the Washington State Potato Commission, federal research labs and three Northwest universities has resulted in the award of over $2 million in USDA grant funds targeted for research to improve pest management in potato fields.WSPC D...

El grupo semillero alemán KWS continúa aumentando su programa de inversiones en Argentina a través de su filial KWS Argentina SA. Esta vez la apuesta está dirigida al cultivo emblemático de esta región como lo es la papa. Sabido es que la actividad ag...

Ice cream giants Mackies and Perthshire potato company Taypack are defying the recession to create Scotland's newest brand of crisps.Mackies at Taypack have invested £1.6 million in state of the art technology and have created 15 jobs.George Taylor of ...

Aviko uit Steenderen moet een geldboete betalen van tienduizend euro waarvan de helft voorwaardelijk.De frietfabrikant moet de boete betalen omdat het bedrijf op 22 december bijna 1600 kilogram koudemiddel HCFK had gelekt. Het middel wordt gebruikt vo...

As anyone who has traveled throughout central Washington knows, potatoes are one of the most planted crops in the region.   In fact, more than 50 percent of the potatoes in the U.S. are grown in the Pacific Northwest and 23 percent of the nation’s pot...

Southern Idaho potato growers filed a request with the United States Department of Justice on Friday seeking an investigation into allegations that ConAgra violated anti-trust laws.The Idaho Office of the Attorney General confirmed that it relieved, si...

A tale from history offers us a prediction about the future of food.The wonder crop is new and unfamiliar, lauded by scientists and politicians as having the potential to end famine and feed the poor. But the public is skeptical, regarding this new fo...

The preliminary 2009 area planted to potatoes for Canada was estimated at 378,400 acres (153 138 hectares), down less than 1 percent from 2008. Despite little change nationally, the area planted varied widely by province.Farmers in Newfoundland and L...

Uit het overzicht van de aardappelverwerking van juni 2009 (bron Produktschap Akkerbouw) blijkt dat de verwerkers wederom op volle toeren hebben gedraaid. Maar liefst 295.300 ton aardappelen zijn verwerkt tot consumptieproducten, ruim 20.000 ton meer ...

In Angola, at least 10,000 tons of potato are expected to be produced within Matala irrigated perimeter by local farmers, as a result of the first season of the process of diversification of crops being carried out by the Local Development Socicety (SO...