Genetically Modified Potato Is Approved by U.S.D.A. [View all]

Source: New York Times

A potato genetically engineered to eliminate a potentially harmful ingredient that emerges in the high heat required for French fries and potato chips has been approved for commercial planting, the Department of Agriculture announced Friday.

The potato’s DNA has been altered so that less of a chemical called acrylamide is produced when the potato is fried. Acrylamide has been shown to cause cancer in rodents and is a suspected human carcinogen. The newly designed potato also resists bruising.

The potato was developed by the J. R. Simplot Company, based in Boise, Idaho, one of the nation’s largest potato producers and a major supplier of frozen French fries to McDonald’s. The resistance to bruising is a characteristic long sought by commercial users of potatoes because the damage — which usually occurs during storage and shipment — makes them unusable.

Simplot is also applying for approval of another genetically modified potato that is resistant to late blight, the cause of the Irish potato famine. The U.S.D.A. is considering that application.

Read more: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/08/business/genetically-modified-potato-from-simplot-approved-by-usda.html

Very interesting. Seems quite useful.

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Genetically Modified Potato Is Approved by U.S.D.A. [View all]	HuckleB	Nov 2014	OP
Yup.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#1
+1. GMOs can be both good and bad, and need to be heavily regulated.	chrisa	Nov 2014	#4
The same can be said for all seed development technologies.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#7
this is too much-	Tumbulu	Nov 2014	#20
There is a system of regulation. Pretending otherwise is just too much, indeed.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#36
No there is not, and your misrepresentations just illustrate	Tumbulu	Nov 2014	#45
Prove your assertions.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#51
Claiming it's healthier is anti-science woo-woo.	bananas	Nov 2014	#22
It's funny to see you calling out such matters.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#60
"The new potato also resists bruising" - FrankenPotatoes with unproven health claims.	bananas	Nov 2014	#25
We have tomatoes you can put on your window	upaloopa	Nov 2014	#55
A healthier potato?	Lenomsky	Nov 2014	#33
That would not be good for a diabetic at all	yeoman6987	Nov 2014	#56
Why do you say that?	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#5
Because it's not a use that has, as it's goal,	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#43
OK. So, are you saying most GMOs are different?	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#61
'Most'?	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#63
So you would rather farmers use older, more toxic herbicides?	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#66
More on this issue..	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#80
don't trust it. They keep making claims that end up not being true.	Sundome	Nov 2014	#24
Speaking of advertising as news	bucolic_frolic	Nov 2014	#32
The anti-GMO movement does make baseless claims on a daily basis.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#62
Modified potato last seen destroying Boise.	christx30	Nov 2014	#2
Somewhere there are tears in the eyes	AgingAmerican	Nov 2014	#3
Cool.	drm604	Nov 2014	#6
+1 Yes, it does!	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#8
I recall reading somewhere that someone is trying to engineer a tomato	drm604	Nov 2014	#9
Indeed. Still, yeah, there is nothing like picking a tomato and chomping on it.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#11
Looks delicious!	Kablooie	Nov 2014	#10
That's fucking great!	Scootaloo	Nov 2014	#14
Simplot, you're living in your own Private Idaho, not underground like a wild potato.	kwassa	Nov 2014	#12
Yeah, but can Dan Quayle spell it? n/t	RufusTFirefly	Nov 2014	#13
Is the rest of the potato identical?	bucolic_frolic	Nov 2014	#15
yawn	AtheistCrusader	Nov 2014	#16
Scientists and the GOP are in cahoots?	Dr Hobbitstein	Nov 2014	#17
Yes, at least!	Tumbulu	Nov 2014	#21
Interesting fact about these GMO potatoes:	Orrex	Nov 2014	#18
Bwhahaha!	babylonsister	Nov 2014	#76
+1,000,000 ... 000	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#78
I won't be buying any potatoes. Good for the	roody	Nov 2014	#19
I'm much more amenable to this than herbicide resistance (nt)	Recursion	Nov 2014	#23
Do you have any idea how much herbicides are used on organic produce?	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#54
"Organic" in general? No, I have no idea	Recursion	Nov 2014	#58
Do you live on the farm?	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#67
Where are the thc / cbd potatoes?	NBachers	Nov 2014	#26
I suspect the resistence to bruising was the primary aim	Prophet 451	Nov 2014	#27
You say potato; I say topato...	damyank913	Nov 2014	#28
In the past, food tasted like survival.	True Blue Door	Nov 2014	#39
I was referring to eating processed and genetically engineered food...	damyank913	Nov 2014	#47
All things change. All things. That is the salvation of life.	True Blue Door	Nov 2014	#48
Yes. And Soylent Green is made from people.	damyank913	Nov 2014	#49
I for one welcome our New God	Old Nick	Nov 2014	#29
The potato is designed to reduce a harmful ingredient in French fries.	candelista	Nov 2014	#30
"...a major supplier of frozen French fries to McDonald’s."	KansDem	Nov 2014	#31
The Myth of the Non-Decomposing McDonald’s Hamburger	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#37
I selected the video to make a point about the french fries...	KansDem	Nov 2014	#46
So reading about why is too much?	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#50
What's NOT in them is the real answer	jmowreader	Nov 2014	#57
They won't be supplying any of these to Mickey D's	KamaAina	Nov 2014	#71
I thought they were already GMO'd	CountAllVotes	Nov 2014	#34
Depends where the potatoes are from	happyslug	Nov 2014	#42
Another reason to grow your own if you have a small plot of land....	dmosh42	Nov 2014	#35
Trust science. Don't trust the people who profit from its specific applications.	True Blue Door	Nov 2014	#38
And don't trust "organic" companies pushing baseless fear about GMOs.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#53
There are a large number of heirloom potatos and a very rich gene pool.	hunter	Nov 2014	#40
thank you	niyad	Nov 2014	#41
+1	BuddhaGirl	Nov 2014	#44
So why aren't farmers jumping at those seeds?	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#52
Worship of the almight dollar.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#64
So, you think farmers should not make a living.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#65
That's a very bizarre interpretation of what I wrote.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#68
Ah, so you have no response.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#69
No response to what?	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#70
Ah, you think I'm dumber than I look.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#73
No, I just don't know what you're talking about.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#74
I'd like to trust you, but I can't.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#75
Actually I didn't respond because the data in the link you provided doesn't support your claims.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#77
LOL! Prove it.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#79
DUer magical thyme grows several of them. :-)	KamaAina	Nov 2014	#72
Image of the Genetically Modified Potato	Yavin4	Nov 2014	#59