Source: AGRI-PULSE, 8/28/15

USDA has approved a potato genetically engineered by J.R. Simplot Co. to resist late blight, the disease that caused the Irish potato famine in the mid-19th century and still threatens crops around the globe. The department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced the “determination of nonregulated status” for the potato today in a brief statement.

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