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Confusion sums up how executives in food distribution view the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, passed last year by Congress. In January, Consumer Product Safety Commissioners voted a one-year stay for manufacturers and importers to test...
National Retail Federation last week said it projects a 0.5% decline in retail sales for 2009, noting that consumer spending could increase in the second half of the year as a result of a massive, government-sponsored economic stimulus program...
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., last week called for the Department of Justice to investigate whether the behavior of the Peanut Corporation of America warrants criminal prosecution. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently concluded an...
The United Food & Commercial Workers Union yesterday called for “immediate confirmation” of President Obama’s choice for secretary of labor, Hilda Solis.
Environmentally friendly business practices have been a hot topic among both retailers and suppliers during the past several years, as operators sought to reduce energy costs and make their businesses more efficient, and green-minded shoppers...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association is recommending that the Obama administration and 111th Congress increase the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s food-related spending to $900 million by fiscal year 2012. GMA is also pushing for the...
Food Marketing Institute’s new president and chief executive officer said the association is working diligently on a range of issues with Congress and the incoming Obama administration.
Although Barack Obama has earmarked health care reform as one of his administration's top priorities for the coming year, the president-elect isn't alone in Washington driving the 2009 health reform steamroller. Congressional Democrats, including...
Ohio retailers are confronting cost increases on many fronts, including rising taxes levied by the debt-ridden state government. One such tax is the commercial activity tax, or CAT, which the Ohio Grocers Association here is seeking to kill. The...
