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Show Can't get famous potatoes in Idaho Idaho's reputation has suffered and the state's potato eaters are stuck with low-grade potatoes because strict standards growers credit for the state's potato quality don't apply in Idaho, according to the executive director direc-tor of the Idaho Potato Commission. Idaho's retail inspection program was abolished when the legislature refused to pay for it, leaving grocers free to sell mislabeled or low-quality potatoes. '. Potato growers in the state adopted in 1941 standards stricter than the federal No. 1 grade. Idaho potatoes bound for out-of-state markets must be at least two inches in-ches in diameter or weigh four ounces. |