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PHOENIX — Associated Food Stores, a grocery cooperative wholesaler based in Salt Lake City, has established over the past 18 months “direct accountability” for communicating product recall alerts, for both individuals at the...
Meijer, Grand Rapids, Mich., is slated to have its first food manufacturing/warehousing facility undergo a level-three SQF (Safe Quality Food) certification audit at its Middlebury, Ind., deli/bakery facility this month, Robert Mooney, Meijer&...
TARGET DISCONTINUES FARMED SALMON MINNEAPOLIS Citing environmental concerns, discount and supercenter chain Target last week announced that it will no longer sell farmed salmon at its stores, and will instead offer only wild-caught Alaskan salmon...
Kroger Co. has already benefited from the industry's relatively new Rapid Recall Exchange portal and is encouraging wider participation from suppliers and retailers, said Lynn Marmer, the retailer's group vice president, corporate affairs, during...
Daniele International has recalled more than 1.2 million pounds of ready-to-eat Italian sausage products, including salami, because they may be contaminated with salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection...
ORLANDO, Fla. — Kroger Co. has already benefited from the industry’s relatively new Rapid Recall Exchange portal (www.rapidrecallexchange.org ) and is encouraging wider participation from suppliers and retailers, said Lynn Marmer, the...
With the massive health care legislation inching toward completion, the government will soon have a window of opportunity to focus on other issues of importance to the supermarket industry. We are expecting another big year particularly since this...
Grocery Manufacturers Association is keeping its eye on several pieces of legislation affecting CPG companies that are expected to work their way through Congress this year, including measures impacting food safety, ingredient safety, and health...
Mislabeled store-brand pies were pulled from Publix Super Markets and Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market stores during the holiday rush. Coincidentally, both Publix's Pumpkin Pecan Streusel Pie and Fresh & Easy's Pumpkin Cheesecake Pies contained...