Aug 28, 2015APHIS deregulates Simplot’s Generation Two Innate potato
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has deregulated J.R. Simplot Company’s second generation Russet Burbank Innate potato.
The second generation of Simplot’s Innate potato contains four traits: 1) reduced bruising and black spots; 2) reduced asparagine; 3) resistance to Late Blight; and 4) enhanced cold storage capability.
Simplot’s Innate potato varieties are genetically engineered using genes from wild and cultivated potatoes.
Simplot is waiting completion of EPA registration and Food and Drug Administration consultation before the second generation Russet Burbank Innate potato can be introduced into the marketplace.
Simplot’s second generation Ranger Russet, Atlantic and Snowden Innate varieties await USDA APHIS deregulation.
