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Chinese call it "gutter oil"- a foul slop fished up from sewage drains or collected at restaurant back doors - and it's being used widely in the country's eateries.Recycled food oil is China's latest food-safety scandal that has worried consu...

After last weeks speculations in the UK media on what would happen to the Food Standards Agency, the United Kingdom's food safety watchdog, here is the REAL plan, outlined in a press release by the Food Standards Agency, the Department of Health and th...

Asda (United Kingdom)has withdrawn some of its own-brand Salt &Vinegar, Variety and Boxed Crisps, because the salt and vinegar flavouring used in the crisps contains trace amounts of wheat gluten. This means the products, which are available in var...

To reduce energy consumption and costs, the J.R. Simplot Company completed a project several years ago that increased the efficiency of the steam system at its potato processing plant in Caldwell, Idaho. The project was based on an evaluation, performe...

What will potato harvest 2010 bring? A brief look at the situation in North-West Europe and North America.

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) announced today the completion of the sale of its Gilroy Foods &FlavorsTM dehydrated and vegetable product operations to Olam International for before-tax proceeds of $250 million in cash, net of transaction costs a...

Issues surrounding potato storage such as efficiency will be one of the many topics on the agenda at the Storage Event to be held at Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research in Lincolnshire on 2 September.Professor Gareth Edwards-Jones from Bangor Universit...

Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND) today announced that its Kettle Brand will launch a new product line of all natural tortilla chips called Kettle Brand TIAS!. The product line will be available in the leading natural food retailer beginning in August....

La Confederación Nacional de Productores de Papa de la Republica Mexicana tiene el honor de Invitarlo a participar en el XIII Congreso Nacional de Papa a celebrarse del 9 al 11 de septiembre en Tapalpa, Jalisco, en los siguientes rubros;Patrocinador,...

R.D. Offutt Company announces that it has agreed to acquire the assets of Ryan Potato Company, an East Grand Forks, MN, based buyer of washing quality reds, whites, russets, and yellow flesh varieties of potatoes, effective July 12, 2010.Ryan Potato Co...

A hearing over how Cavendish Farms negotiates potato contracts with P.E.I. growers wrapped up Thursday.Cavendish Farms, an Irving-owned company, appealed a decision by the P.E.I. Potato Board.The board had approved an order in December that required pr...

Potato growers gathered together for an update on the latest legislative, technical and environmental issues facing their sector at the East Midlands Potato Day held near Spalding in Lincolnshire.