WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Industry groups have reached a compromise on a long-standing dispute over the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act that would phase out retailer license fees by 1999.The compromise would also...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- As the Senate Agriculture Committee opened its debate last week on reforming the $25 billion food stamp program, nationwide implementation of an electronics benefits transfer system got a boost...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The National Food Processors Association here has strongly endorsed a bill that would reform the regulatory process used to determine safe pesticide levels in food.The bill, dubbed the Food Quality...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The grocery industry is focused on politics, and the outcomes are likely to have long-term reverberations for wholesalers and retailers.The politics involve the sweeping changes being spearheaded...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Supermarket trade associations are backing a Senate bill that would give Congress 45 days to review new government regulations it considers burdensome or un-necessary to business before the rules...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The House has forwarded a massive welfare reform plan to the Senate that would freeze spending for the federal food stamp program but preserve federal jurisdiction over it.The sweeping reform...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture opposes eliminating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, but favors changing the license structure to relieve the financial burden on retailers, Lon...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Two House members have appealed to Attorney General Janet Reno to conduct an antitrust investigation into pricing policies of the four biggest cereal manufacturers."We are paying caviar prices for...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Spokesmen for trade associations representing the supermarket industry assailed President Clinton's order to prohibit the use of permanent replacement workers by federal contractors.The executive...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- A sweeping moratorium on government regulations moving through Congress could delay reforms of the 88-year-old meat and poultry inspection system, according to acting U.S. Department of Agriculture...