1. Businesses Forced to Deal with Increasing Number of Food Safety Regulations
Food safety improvements and regulations, both domestically and abroad, have forced U.S. fruit growers to become more concerned about the type of seat that packingline ...
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2. U.S. Consumers Drinking Wine More Often
For the first time, regular wine drinkers have overtaken the number of casual wine drinkers.
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3. FDA chief seeks satellite officesabroad.
FDA is considering opening satellite offices in U.S. embassies overseas as part of its effort to improve the safety of food, medicine and other products ...
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4. Scientists study possible link between distillersgrains, E. coli.
A nationwide surge in beef recalls has pointed the finger at an unlikely culprit: the nation's fuel ethanol industry. Studies at two universities suggest that ...
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5. Bush administration will not accept farm bill thathurts dairies.
The Bush's administration will not accept a farm bill that raises taxes or fails to end farm program payments to wealthy absentee farm owners, deputy ...
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6. EU proposes new, simpler foodlabels.
EU proposes new, simpler food labels: The European Commission last week proposed simplified food labels highlighting fat, sugar and salt contents in an attempt to ...
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7. USDA.
USDA last week said it would investigate whether sick dairy cows were mistreated at a California slaughterhouse in violation of state and federal laws designed ...
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8. Kraft foods Inc.
Kraft Foods Inc. and Kellogg Co. posted lower fourth-quarter profits and became the latest food companies to say they are facing increasing pressure from the ...
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9. Ludvik Capital, Inc.
Ludvik Capital, Inc is acquiring an undisclosed stake in the energy drink maker Havoc Energy through private and on market transactions.
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10. Mistral equity partners.
Private equity group Mistral Equity Partners has acquired Ohio-based snackfoods producer Shearer's Foods, for an undisclosed sum. Shearer's products, which include branded and private-label snackfoods ...
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