ABA: students move from carbonated soft drinks to sports
drinks.
U.S. soft drinks manufacturers are delivering on their commitment
to cut calories from beverages in schools, with a 41% fall reported
after the first year of a three-year phase-in, the American . . .
Survey finds American consumers prefer locally grown
food.
Americans feel better about buying food produced in the United
States than overseas and believe food grown locally is healthier than
food shipped from across the country, a new survey shows. The . . .
E. coli found in Dole salad.
A package of Dole salad mix that tested positive for E. coli has
triggered a recall in at least nine states, prompting new produce fears
almost exactly a year after a nationwide spinach scare. The . . .
CSPI, corn refiners defend corn syrup.
High fructose corn syrup does not promote weight gain and obesity
in humans any more than does table sugar, and a recent contrary report
by a White House panel is both unwarranted and misleading, . . .
GMA proposes four pillar food safety system.
The country's largest food suppliers, including Kraft Foods,
H.J. Heinz and Dole Food, facing congressional food-safety proposals
that could cost them millions of dollars a year, proposed last week . . .
Donald Kremin.(GRAPEVINE: News About People...)
Hormel Foods has made a couple of key executive appointments.
Donald Kremin has been named as vice president of sales, Wal-Mart, while
Brian Johnson will take the role of corporate secretary. . . .
John Tyson.(GRAPEVINE: News About People.. .)(John Tyson to
discontinue his remaining responsibilities as an executive officer o
Tyson Foods has announced that chairman John Tyson will remain in
his role but serve in a non-executive capacity. The announcement follows
on from succession arrangements begun last year, which saw . . .
Patrick Mulcahy.(GRAPEVINE: News About People...)
Ralcorp Holdings has appointed Patrick Mulcahy and David Wenzel as
board directors with immediate effect. Mulcahy and Wenzel have both been
appointed by the company's board, and will serve until . . .
Karyl Lauder.(GRAPEVINE: News About People...)
Baked goods producer Flowers Foods has promoted Karyl Lauder to the
position of vice president and chief accounting officer, and Vandy Davis
to vice president and corporate controller. The company . . .
Rick Lenny.(GRAPEVINE: News About People...)(Rick Lenny resigns
from The Hershey Co. as chief executive)(Brief article)
The chief executive of confectionery giant Hershey is to leave the
company at the end of the year amid speculation that he had grown
frustrated with its ownership structure. Hershey said it had . . .
Budejovicky Budvar.(BUSINESS BRIEFS...)
Czech Republic Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek dismissed reports
that Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar would be sold to Anheuser-Busch in
an address to Parliament, a Stifel Nicolaus analyst wrote in . . .
PepsiCo.(BUSINESS BRIEFS...)
PepsiCo has snapped up Brazilian snack firm Comercio de Doces Lucky
for an undisclosed sum. The food and beverage giant said that Lucky
would be a "great complement" to its business. Lucky's
brands . . .
The International Fair Trade Association.(BUSINESS
BRIEFS...)
Brazilian farmers who want to receive a "fair trade"
certification for their coffee crop must adhere to a long list of rules
on pesticides, farming techniques, recycling and other matters. . . .
Heinz.(BUSINESS BRIEFS...)
With prices for corn syrup and other ketchup ingredients going up
faster than Heinz can raise its own prices, the Pittsburgh-based company
is overhauling its breeding operations to help compensate. . . .
Unified Western Grocers.(BUSINESS BRIEFS...)
Grocery wholesaler Unified Western Grocers has completed its $38.5
million acquisition of Associated Grocers (AG). The deal includes
AG's inventory of grocery products, equipment and . . .
Diners across the U.S. head to the farm.(News Briefs...)(Brief
article)
Diners across the U.S. head to the farm: The Associated Press
reported that sophisticated diners are now tromping across muddy fields
and braving mosquito bites to eat gourmet food at its very . . .
High input costs boosting food prices.
Makers of everything from chewing gum to baked goods are feeling
some resistance from shoppers as the companies angle to keep high prices
for grain and other ingredients, as well as steeper energy . . .
HHS secretary: U.S. cannot over-inspect its way to safer
food.
A better process, and not more inspection, is the key to improving
food safety, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, who is
chairing a federal panel on improving the safety of foreign . . .
Food safety reform bill details released.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) last week detailed legislation she
plans to introduce next year to streamline the food safety system,
including stripping the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of its . . .
Latest meat industry recall may impact new farm bill
debate.
The recent recall of nearly 22 million pounds of hamburger appears
to be impacting debate on the new farm bill, so much so that the Senate,
whenever it acts on its version of the omnibus farm bill, . . .
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