Sentence examples for modified potato from inspiring English sources

America has approved a new modified potato.

A Japanese food maker has begun a nationwide recall of potato snacks because traces of an unapproved genetically modified potato were found in the products.

Last week's decision by the European Commission to allow genetically modified potato varieties to be grown in some European Union countries concludes a 13-year campaign by the German chemical company BASF.

BRUSSELS — The European Commission began a new push Tuesday to allow farmers in Europe to grow more biotech crops, clearing a genetically modified potato for cultivation despite persistent public opposition to the technology.

Unusually for a newcomer to Brussels, Mr. Dalli courted controversy almost as soon as he arrived by decreeing on March 2 that a genetically modified potato, engineered by the German industrial company B.A.S.F., could be cultivated in Europe.

The commission has used that power in other contentious agricultural cases, like in March 2010, when it approved the cultivation of a genetically modified potato in the face of public opposition.

Before the experiment Pusztai and his team said they expected there to be no differences between the rats fed modified potatoes when compared to rats fed the non-modified ones.

These are not genetically modified potatoes but the result of traditional plant breeding and selection.

This week, one of its major potato processors, JR Simplot, raised the possibility of growing genetically modified potatoes again.

"I generally don't like modified potatoes, carrots, what have you," said Bengt Uilsun, 74, a veterinarian, interrupting his shopping one recent Friday morning.

Dr. Ma has developed genetically modified potatoes containing a protein known as GAD, which is found in the pancreas cells that are attacked by the immune system of people with juvenile diabetes.