Americans as a whole may still be questioning which presidential candidate is better suited to revive the country's sluggish economy, but for executives in the supermarket industry, the choice is clear: the Republicans would be better for their...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture can prohibit meatpacking companies from testing their cattle for mad cow disease, a U.S. Court of Appeals panel has ruled.
In an economy where many consumers are struggling to tread water, supermarket seafood sales may be one of the latest casualties as shoppers reel in their food budgets. The Perishables Group reported that fresh seafood sales in supermarkets have...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week announced that it will allow food producers to treat spinach and iceberg lettuce with levels of radiation sufficient to kill E. coli and salmonella bacteria.
Frank Yiannas, vice president of food safety for Wal-Mart Stores, encouraged other food retailers to join Wal-Mart and several other major global retailers in embracing the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), an effort to create and adopt...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that Omaha meat packing company Nebraska Beef is expanding its beef recall announced on August 8, after USDA regulators concluded that the company's production practices on June 24 were...
Retailers, like consumers, expect the meat they buy to be free of pathogens, and most of it is. But when an outbreak occurs, the ramifications are far-reaching and can linger at the store and elsewhere. All agree that the sooner a pathogen's...