Industry associations praised parallel bills in the House and Senate last week that seek to expand the powers of the Food and Drug Administration to monitor food safety.
The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of the Food Marketing Institute here, yesterday detailed changes in its recently revamped website (www.sqfi.com).
The Grocery Manufacturers Association has published "Food Irradiation: A Guide for Consumers, Policy Makers and the Media," to better inform all stakeholders about the process. The subject of food irradiation has been revived in the wake of recent...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association in Washington and the American Frozen Food Institute, McLean, Va., welcomed the new FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, cosponsored by U.S. Sens. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., and Judd Gregg, R-N.H., among others.
As part of efforts to rebuild consumer confidence in peanut products, the National Peanut Board will set up a pavilion in Vanderbilt Hall in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal today and tomorrow to meet consumers, answer recall questions...
Peanut Corp. of America is no longer able to notify or otherwise assist companies that it distributed recalled products to, since its assets are under the control of a bankruptcy trustee, it announced last week.
In a recent interview with the show's Matt Lauer, President Obama, addressing the wave of peanut-product recalls, pointed out that his daughter Sasha often eats peanut butter for lunch. I don't want to have to worry about whether she's going to...
A bill that would require South Carolina supermarkets to use their customer database to contact shoppers who purchased an item that was later recalled was introduced earlier this month. Retailers whose food sales comprise 70% or more of their...
The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a subsidiary of Food Marketing Institute, is rolling out several technology-based changes to its food safety auditing program this year. Last week it unveiled a new version of its website at www.sqfi.com...
The food industry is urgently driving issues it considers high-priority from food safety and the controversial Employee Free Choice Act, to credit card interchange fees, organized retail crime, tax matters, pension solvency, immigration reform...
