Coca-Cola enterprises (CCE).(News About People...)
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE), the world's number one soft
drinks bottler, has appointed beer industry veteran Steve Cahillane as
the new president of its European operations. Cahillane replaces . . .
Ken Powell to the position of CEO.(News About People ...)
General Mills has promoted president and chief operating officer
Ken Powell to the position of CEO, the food giant has announced. Powell,
who joined the company in 1979, replaces Steve Sanger, who . . .
Nascar.(BUSINESS BRIEFS ...)
Molson Coors has usurped Anheuser-Busch (A-B) in completing a
five-year deal to become the official beer sponsor of NASCAR in the
United States. The sponsorship will give the company's Coors . . .
China steps up oversight of food system.
China last week said it had boosted inspections of agriculture
products nationwide in a bid to cut the use of banned pesticides and the
overuse of animal feed additives and fertilizers. Since the . . .
Public schools may soon be prohibited from selling sports drinks
to students.
The battle over selling sports drinks and "enhanced"
water in public schools has spilled into Congress and threatens to
derail a major attempt to cut back the sale of junk food from school
vending . . .
Despite smaller orange crop, Florida's FCOJ yield is up in
2006-07.
The latest USDA summary on the U.S. citrus crop has pegged
Florida's 2006-07 crop at 129 million boxes, down 13% from the
previous season. Florida's total citrus utilization fell 8% from
2005-06 . . .
Three USDA scientists.(News About People ...)
Three USDA scientists -- Dennis Gonsalves, Johnie Jenkins and Janet
King -- recently were inducted into the Agricultural Research Service
Science Hall of Fame. Gonsalves, a plant pathologist and . . .
Cadbury Schweppes.(BUSINESS BRIEFS ...)
Cadbury Schweppes turned down an offer for its North American
drinks business worth around [euro]9.4 billion earlier in September,
according to the Financial Times. The offer for Cadbury . . .
House panel sees U.S. food safety system in crisis.(News Briefs
...)
House panel sees U.S. food safety system in crisis: Americans are
skeptical of imported food and other products after repeated safety
scares, said lawmakers last week, who want to give FDA more . . .
FAO sees threats from concentrated livestock operations.
The risk of disease transmission from animals to humans is
predicted to increase in the future due to human and livestock
population growth, dramatic changes in livestock production, the
emergence . . .
Gregory Josefowicz.(News About People ...)
Grocery retailer Winn-Dixie has elected Gregory Josefowicz as lead
director. Josefowicz, who was previously president, CEO and chairman of
books and music retailer Borders, is also a director of . . .
Starbucks Corp. and PepsiCo Inc.(BUSINESS BRIEFS ...)
Starbucks Corp. and PepsiCo Inc. said they have agreed to expand
their joint venture to bring Starbucks ready-to-drink coffee beverages
to China. Starbucks' bottled coffee and espresso drinks . . .
Harkin supports COOL.(News Briefs ...)
Harkin supports COOL: A mandatory country-of-origin labeling law
for beef, pork and lamb will be implemented in the U.S. next year as
part of the 2007 farm bill, Senate Agriculture Committee . . .
FDA reform bill includes new food safety measures.
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reform bill recently cleared
Congress and was accepted by President George W. Bush. The main focus of
the bill is to expand labeling, tighten the regulation of . . .
Scott fredericksen.(GRAPEVINE: News About People ...)
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has made a raft of appointments, the
company announced last week. ADM said the appointments are in its
commercial and production group, which is responsible for . . .
Howard Barker, Jr.(News About People ...)
Chiquita Brands International has named accounting veteran Howard
Barker, Jr. as an independent director. The company has decided to
increase its board to eight members and said Barker would serve . . .
Food and Drug Administration.(BUSINESS BRIEFS ...)
A plan by Coca-Cola Co. to use a naturally low-calorie sweetener
made from Stevia in its soft drinks has been delivered a blow, after
U.S. health regulators described it as an "unsafe . . .
Kraft foods.(BUSINESS BRIEFS ...)
Kraft Foods has refused to be drawn on reports that initial bids
for its Post cereals business are being solicited. Kraft has been
reported to be mulling the sale of the unit, which produces . . .
FDA seeks additional powers.
FDA, following a series of recent food scares, for the first time
in years will likely seek additional powers to police food safety.
Assistant FDA Commissioner David Acheson last week told a . . .
Stop & Shop/Giant Food.(GRAPEVINE: News About People
...)(appointments of David McGlinchey, Jim Sylvia, Peter Hurtgen in Stop
an
Stop & Shop/Giant Food has made a raft of appointments,
including senior vice presidents for business insight and real estate.
The company has promoted David McGlinchey to the position of senior . . .
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