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NEWS ABOUT: potatoes

potatoes stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - From spinach to peanut butter, consumers have weathered plenty of food scares recently. So the Center for Science in the Public Interest combed through CDC data to identify the foods most likely to harbor foodborne illness. Starting with the most dangerous:
  1. Leafy greens: Your salad could easily be coated
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food • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • tuna • eggs • salmonella • norovirus • potatoes • salad

 What'd Michelle 
 Buy at Farmers 
 Market? Kale 

No produce yet from White House's own garden, however

Sep 17, 09 7:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The farmers market Michelle Obama has been pushing for opened near the White House today, Eleanor Barkhorn writes for the Atlantic—though without any produce from the first lady’s own much-publicized garden. Mrs. O was among the first customers, and though she skipped the “Beets Even the President... More »

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Michelle Obama • produce • farmers markets • potatoes • kale • trends • beets • White House garden • hot peppers • cherry tomatoes

 Science Supersizes  
 Thanksgiving 

Our fare is not the same as the pilgrims'

Nov 27, 08 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Thanksgiving food has undergone massive genetic changes in the centuries since the Pilgrims first prepared the feast, resulting in turkeys more than twice as big and corn six times as sweet. But human taste buds have evolved, too, meaning we don’t necessarily appreciate our new and improved fare any... More »

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agriculture • genetically modified crops • corn • DNA • turkey • crops • Thanksgiving • potatoes

Chip-Makers Agree To Cut Carcinogen

Calif. settlement would limit acrymalide, a byproduct of cooking

Aug 2, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Potato chip companies have agreed to settle a California lawsuit that charged them with not warning consumers about a cancer-causing chemical in their snacks, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Frito-Lay, Kettle, and the company that makes Cape Cod potato chips will lower the levels of acrylamide in their products... More »

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cancer • California • carcinogens • settlement • civil lawsuits • french fries • Frito Lay • snack foods • potatoes

 Swiss Face French-Fry Shortage 

 Snack crisis threatened soccer tourney

May 9, 08 3:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Switzerland faces a potato shortage just weeks before hundreds of thousands of famished European soccer fans descend on the country expecting to snack on French fries. The nation, which is co-hosting the upcoming international soccer tournament Euro 2008, is mashing the pending crisis by lifting trade barriers to import 5,... More »

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Switzerland • soccer • imports • Austria • Euro 2008 • potatoes • trade barriers • French fries

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