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Keeping it simple was the mantra at the Retail Showcase Seminar at the International Boston Seafood Show last week, in a session where officials from Encore Associates, Alpha Gamma Seafood and Price Chopper discussed topics ranging from operations...
BETWEEN THE SPINACH SCARE OF 2006 and last year's rash of meat recalls, recent history has made people think twice about the food they're buying. According to the Food Marketing Institute's most recent report on U.S. shopping trends, consumer...
YOGURT WITH FIBER. Milk with probiotics and omega-3s. Butter from hormone-free, grass-fed cows What's the dairy aisle coming to? Perhaps the better question is: How far can it go? As one of the primary gateways leading to whole health, dairy...
Piece by piece, the National Organic Standards Board has been assembling criteria for the certification of seafood. This spring, members expect they'll fit the last pieces into place and send it over for official review. We're moving ahead in the...
The current emphasis on production methods in food labeling organic, fair trade and hormone-free, for example has brought new scrutiny of the term Until these new claims came along, natural, as defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, meant...
Consumer demand is the driving force behind the stream of Greek-style yogurts coming to the market. Like other yogurts, Greek-style preparations contain active cultures, but are much thicker. Last year, Greek-style yogurt was popularized as a...
The Humane Society of the United States yesterday announced that almost 800,000 petition signatures have been collected in its effort to place a “Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act” on California’s 2008 presidential election...
Even seafood departments with well-trained associates should ensure that customers can easily find reliable cooking and preparation tips on packages and signs, said Tom Demott, chief operations officer for Encore Associates, at a Retail Showcase...
In a statement that could lead to congressional speculation that oversight is lax and U.S. Department of Agriculture violations are widespread in the nation's meat-processing industry, the Humane Society of the United States during a press...
Farmed and wild seafood are one of the only remaining fresh food categories that can't use the official USDA Organic seal, because the U.S. Department of Agriculture still has not developed standards for organic seafood. The delay has been caused...