The Safe Quality Food Institute, a division of the Food Marketing Institute, is unveiling a new version of its website today at www.sqfi.com. The website is designed to offer detailed information to suppliers, retailers and food safety...
Though 93% of Americans have heard or read about the recall of peanut products, one in four of those who are aware mistakenly believe that major national brands of peanut butter are involved, according to a Harvard Opinion Research Program study...
More than nine in ten U.S. consumers (93%) have recently read or heard reports of food safety issues and recalls, and almost one fourth of Americans said the recalls will change their long term food buying behavior, according to a study from...
Publix Super Markets and Bashas’, Chandler, Ariz., are among the retailers using a widget to give consumers the latest news about the peanut recall and investigation.
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 here last week.
Retailers could see new food safety legislation or stricter enforcement of current regulations this year, according to panelists at the National Grocers Association's annual convention last week. Reflecting on the recent salmonella outbreak...
Peanut Corp. of America voluntarily closed its plant here Monday night after lab tests of sample products produced by subsidiary Plainview Peanut Co. there indicated the possible presence of Salmonella.
As one of the nation's largest-ever food recalls widens, retailers are stepping up their efforts to remain up-to-date about the peanut products that must be pulled from their shelves. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said last week that...
As of last week, there was no evidence that national-brand peanut butters are contaminated, according to Stephen Sundlof, director of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Consumer confidence in peanut...