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A consortium hoping to make plastics from Maine potatoes has received more than $650,000 to further develop the proposal.

The potentially damaging effects of trans fats may also be passed from a mother to her child during breast feeding, suggests a new study that heaps more misery on the enfant terrible of the food industry.   The offspring of lactating rats fed a diet co...

McDonald's USA announced today that Dr. Cynthia M. Goody has joined the company as director of nutrition, effective June 1, 2008. In her new role, Goody will oversee all aspects of menu nutrition for McDonald's 13,800 restaurants in the U.S.

Belarus retains the first place in the world as the producer of potato per capita. The annual gross harvest of potato exceeds 8 mln. tons in the Republic;i.e., 700-900 kg/year is allocated per each adult inhabitant. This information has been released ...

High speeds, increased throughput, low giveaway and gentle product handling, all of which have led to fast payback, are among the reasons why Aviko, Europe’s second largest potato processor, uses Ishida multihead weighing equipment to help meet its pr...

Esta guía tiene por finalidad difundir las “buenas prácticas de procesamiento” (BPP) para la elaboración artesanal de la tunta, con el propósito de promover la producción de alimentos que no constituyan un riesgo para la salud y cumplan con las carac...

Yum! Brands, Inc. today announced the appointment of Roger Eaton, 47, as President of KFC USA. He replaces Gregg Dedrick, 49, who has made a personal decision to leave by year’s end after 20 years with the Company so that he may pursue several outside ...

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revised its guidance on clear labelling for food packaging. The Agency said it consulted more than 1,200 stakeholders’ organisations about the labelling guidance it issued in 2002. The revised guidance reflects conce...

President Alan Garcia says his government will offer Peru's potato farmers an emergency microcredit amid rising farming costs. Garcia told reporters that the program would provide financial aid to potato farmers dealing with the rising prices of fertil...

With sky-high commodity costs, an increase in minimum wage and consumers trading down to lower-price items, McDonald's owner/operators are starting to push back on the dollar menu credited with much of the chain's turnaround.   Several New York stores...

Los Angeles County has implemented a voluntary program in which restaurants can be certified as "trans fat free"and receive a decal to display that fact to customers.Both the city and county of Los Angeles considering banning the use of trans...

Obesity researchers have discovered we burn the same calories on physical activities as we have done over the last 20 years. They found that there has been no reduction in the energy we expend on day to day activities, suggesting increased food intake...