Spuds won’t be considered a starch following protests from over a dozen senators. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she received assurances Wednesday that potatoes will not be reclassified as a grain, a move she feared would give the impression that one of Maine’s key crops is unhealthy. Collins said she had received a call from U.S. Department of Agriculture (cc) Sec. Tom Vilsack to relay the news following concerns about reclassification raised by both a group of bipartisan senators and the National Potato Council. “The reclassification of potatoes would have sent a false message to the public that the USDA believes that potatoes are not healthy. The fact is, when prepared prop
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