WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Regulatory reform, tighter government spending and changing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were on the minds of retailers and wholesalers who came to lobby Congress during an...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- U.S., Canadian and Mexican grocery interests have allied in an effort to end trade barriers between the three North American Free Trade Agreement countries.The alliance, dubbed the North American...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- A proposal that the Food and Drug Administration be given authority to inspect food-safety systems abroad to boost the safety of fruit and vegetable imports has been criticized by many in the U.S...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Government cost-cutting in the Women, Infants and Children program could eliminate branded products from the program and narrow consumer choice, a Grocery Manufacturers of America official told a...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The food industry last week firmly defended its practices and motives in response to a report that charged it with using campaign contributions to influence food-safety legislation.The Center for...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- A measure that would give the federal government authority to order recalls of contaminated meat was introduced last week in the House and Senate.Sponsored by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Rep...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Industry exertions to forge a national agreement on electricity deregulation, with its promise of millions in power cost savings for supermarkets, have stalled on Capitol Hill. Some observers are...
WASHINGTON (FNS) --- Food retailers and suppliers applauded the Food and Drug Administration's long-awaited move last week to approve irradiation of meat products and geared up to help make the practice a reality.The...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Legislation that loosens health claim regulations for food products and establishes a premarket notification process to speed approval of new food packaging has been signed into law by President...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- While supermarket operators didn't get everything they wanted during the recently completed session of the 105th Congress, they did benefit from tax cuts and blocked several pieces of legislation...
