On 30 May, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) spotlights the potato, Solanum tuberosum (L.) – a crop regularly consumed by billions of people, potatoes are a key crop across diverse farming systems globally, ranging from smallholders producing diverse heirloom varieties by hand in the Andes, to vast commercial, mechanized farms in different continents.

Food safety is the absence — or safe, acceptable levels — of hazards in food that may harm the health of consumers.