A bipartisan group of senators delivered a stern warning to Uncle Sam this week: Keep your paws off our french fries.
In this Sept. 19, 2018 file photo, potatoes run down a conveyor belt at Brett Jensen Farms outside of Idaho Falls, Idaho. A bipartisan group of lawmakers, led by Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, and Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, …
Their target is the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, run by the two departments, which is working on the 2025 iteration of the guidelines. “In fact, potatoes have more potassium than bananas, a food that is commonly associated with being high in potassium,” the lawmakers wrote.
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