date:May 15, 2013
BOISE, Idaho (AP) Twelve years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds.
Tuber processing giant J.R. Simplot Co. has asked the U.S. government to approve five varieties of biotech potatoes. They're engineered to prevent bruising and reduce levels of a natural but potentially cancer-causing neurotoxin.
Simplot says it's accomplished what Monsanto did not: Creating a better potato, using nothing but pot