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Fourteen senators are calling on the departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) to keep the potato classified as a vegetable, amid reports that a joint advisory committee is considering “the interchangeability of starchy vegetables and grains.” In a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, the senators…