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A bipartisan group of senators delivered a stern warning to Uncle Sam this week: Keep your paws off our french fries.
The lawmakers, led by Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, and Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, said they’d gotten a whiff of an effort to strike potatoes from the government’s dietary list of vegetables and to reclassify them as a grain.
The idea is stomach-churning, the senators said.
“If potatoes were to be reclassified, consumers would miss out on vital nutrients,” they wrote in a letter. “In addition, any change to potatoes’ current classification … would immediately confuse consumers, retailers, restaurant operators, growers, and the entire supply chain.”
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The lawmakers, led by Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, and Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, said they’d gotten a whiff of an effort to strike potatoes from the government’s dietary list of vegetables and to reclassify them as a grain.
The idea is stomach-churning, the senators said.
“If potatoes were to be reclassified, consumers would miss out on vital nutrients,” they wrote in a letter. “In addition, any change to potatoes’ current classification … would immediately confuse consumers, retailers, restaurant operators, growers, and the entire supply chain.”
Food fight: Senators pressure feds not to demote potatoes from the ranks of vegetables
A bipartisan group of senators delivered a stern warning to Uncle Sam this week: Keep your paws off our french fries.
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