US proposes more specific labels to resolve meat-origin fight
Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:37pm EST * Canada, Mexico won world trade ruling against US labels * Meat industry says US proposal makes situation worse * New rule would list where animals born, raised, ...
View ArticleRestaurant roundup Charles Phan soul food and matzah ball soup
Every week there's endless buzz around new restaurant openings, the sad news of some shutting down and excitement over established spots expanding and chefs starting new ventures. Here's ...
View ArticlePublix Promotes Four Executives
Publix Super Market here on Friday said it has promoted four executives in corporate purchasing and manufacturing. The promotions will be effective April 1. • Dave Bornmann was named to senior ...
View ArticleFresh Easy Gives Away Free Bagels
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market here said Friday it planned a special bagel giveaway Sunday and Monday, in which consumers can redeem an online coupon for a free bag of six private-label bagels ...
View ArticleSN Poll Results Still Difficult to Gauge Impact of 2 Tax
Many retailers have reported a perceived pullback in consumer spending at the start of the new year, but for the most part have not been able to attribute it specifically to the reinstatement of 2% ...
View ArticleIBSS 2013 The Fraud Fight Continues
This weekend I head to Beantown for the International Boston Seafood Show. As it was last year, a hot topic of the 2013 show will be seafood substitution, with no less than three seminars devoted to ...
View ArticleWalgreens Plans Net-Zero-Energy Store
Walgreens has announced plans to build a store here that the company believes will be the nation’s first net-zero-energy retail store, producing energy equal to or greater than it consumes. In ...
View ArticleDenmark Top Restaurant Hit By Food Poisoning
One of the world's best restaurants has been forced to apologise after 63 of its customers fell ill after visiting the haute cuisine establishment. Guests at Danish restaurant Noma - crowned ...
View ArticleSeared Oatmeal Nancy Leson dishes up a different breakfast treat
AS A KID I thought oats were worth eating in one form only — cookies. When confronted with a bowl of Old Fashioned Quaker Oats or its ilk, all I could think of was Oliver Twist sadly begging ...
View ArticleFirst lady praises pushes food industry
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama praised the food industry on Friday for its efforts to market healthier foods but said more needs to be done. At a speech before a childhood obesity summit, the ...
View ArticleFood workers to face mandatory medical exams
Ali Hassan Khalil issued a decision Friday imposing mandatory medical examinations for all workers involved in the handling and manufacturing of food items. "All the workers who deal with food ...
View ArticleFood bug hits top Noma restaurant
08 March 2013 Food safety officials have ordered a clean-up and better food handling at one of the world's top restaurants after more than 60 people fell ill with viral gastroenteritis from ...
View ArticleAgricultures Vilsack defends cuts to meat and poultry inspections as part of...
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reached out to local media around the country on Thursday to defend plans to furlough meat and poultry inspectors for 11 days spread through July and August as ...
View ArticleDeath Cafes Breathe Life Into Conversations About Dying
We live knowing that everything dies. Like the sun, it's a fact of life. And like the sun, we tend not to look right at it. Unless you've experienced a recent death, it's probably not ...
View ArticleCompany that sold horse meat loses Amgen contract will lay off 93 workers in...
Sodexo, Inc., has confirmed it is issuing lay off notices to 93 employees who work for the company supplying catering services at Amgen in Thousand ...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-U.S. plan to resolve meat-origin label fight draws fire
Fri Mar 8, 2013 6:51pm EST * Canada, Mexico won world trade ruling against U.S. labels * Meat industry says U.S. proposal makes situation worse * New rule would list where animals born, raised, ...
View ArticleNew Mexico drunk driver sues friend restaurants after crash kills two teens
A man with five DWIs to his name killed two young women while driving drunk in 2010. He is now suing the restaurants who served him alcohol that night and the friend who he says let him get behind ...
View ArticleChina February CPI up 3.2 percent on year as food prices jump
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's annual inflation jumped to a 10-month high in February as holiday spending for the Lunar New Year drove food prices sharply higher, data from the National Bureau of ...
View ArticleOperation Empty Plate Chinas food waste campaigner
By Celia Hatton BBC News, Beijing Ordering lunch at a restaurant is a challenge for Xu Zhijun. As the creator of "Operation Empty Plate", an ...
View ArticleFood Water Watch Take Back The Tap 50000 People Say No To Bottled Water At...
Largest Food Gathering in America Educates Consumers on Health, Environmental Impacts of Bottled Water WASHINGTON - August 5 - According to a new guide released by Food & Water Watch, event ...
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