FDA has completed its food and feed safety assessment and approved the J.R. Simplot Company’s second generation Innate potato—a potato genetically engineered to resist the blight pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine.
According to FDA, the agency concluded the Russet Burbank Generation 2 potatoes are not materially different in composition, safety, and other relevant parameters, from any other potato or potato-derived food currently on the market.