The Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on Friday announced it had determined that a potato engineered to produce smaller amounts of acrylamides when fried and an alfalfa variety had been approved as safe to grow.

▪ USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service — Determination of Nonregulated Status of Potato Genetically Engineered for Low Acrylamide Potential and Reduced Black Spot Bruise
▪ — Federal Register Notice
▪ USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service — Determination of Nonregulatory Status of Genetically Engineered Alfafa
▪ — Federal Register Notice