WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Regulatory reform, tighter government spending and changing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were on the minds of retailers and wholesalers who came to lobby Congress during an...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- U.S., Canadian and Mexican grocery interests have allied in an effort to end trade barriers between the three North American Free Trade Agreement countries.The alliance, dubbed the North American...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- A proposal that the Food and Drug Administration be given authority to inspect food-safety systems abroad to boost the safety of fruit and vegetable imports has been criticized by many in the U.S...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Government cost-cutting in the Women, Infants and Children program could eliminate branded products from the program and narrow consumer choice, a Grocery Manufacturers of America official told a...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The food industry last week firmly defended its practices and motives in response to a report that charged it with using campaign contributions to influence food-safety legislation.The Center for...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- A measure that would give the federal government authority to order recalls of contaminated meat was introduced last week in the House and Senate.Sponsored by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Rep...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Industry exertions to forge a national agreement on electricity deregulation, with its promise of millions in power cost savings for supermarkets, have stalled on Capitol Hill. Some observers are...
WASHINGTON (FNS) --- Food retailers and suppliers applauded the Food and Drug Administration's long-awaited move last week to approve irradiation of meat products and geared up to help make the practice a reality.The...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Two members of the House of Representatives have introduced legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration authority to ban the importation of food that has not been prepared, packed...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Legislation that loosens health claim regulations for food products and establishes a premarket notification process to speed approval of new food packaging has been signed into law by President...