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Whole Foods Market yesterday announced that it each of its 273 U.S. stores has been individually certified organic by CCOF, a non-profit,
U.S. Department of Agriculture accredited third-party certifier established in 1973.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association is voicing support for the Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act. Cosponsored by Reps. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., and Mary Bono-Mack, R-Calif., it aims to reduce and eliminate the tax credit for alcohol fuel...
Not everything is declining in the food retailing business during this recession. Sales and profits may be down, but organized retail crime (ORC) is up. Wegmans Food Markets, for example, is seeing a 30% increase in ORC incidents this year across...
Newly installed Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., last week signed on as a co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act, known in the industry as card check, just hours after being sworn in. The bill, which would make it easier for unions to organize, is...
The Obama administration last week pledged more cooperation among government agencies responsible for food safety in the United States, improved surveillance and enforcement, and a focus on prevention of outbreaks of foodborne illnesses. The...
The government organization committee of the California Senate is expected to vote again on a bill later this week that would require supermarkets to sell beer, wine and spirits only at checkstands manned by clerks — to ensure that buyers...
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores here sent a
letter this week to Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) supporting the Combat
Methamphetamine Enhancement Act (H.R. 2923) that he introduced to Congress.
Wal-Mart Stores offered what some observers said was surprising support for an employer mandate to be included in health care reform legislation. A letter to President Obama signed by Wal-Mart Chief Executive Officer Mike Duke and leaders of the...
WASHINGTON The U.S. Food and Drug Administration here assumed regulatory authority over the tobacco industry last week when President Obama signed The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act into law. It requires that Health and Human...
A coalition of food-industry associations yesterday sent a letter to House leaders expressing concern over climate-change legislation proposed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee.