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Many of the changes proposed for the federal guest worker program by the Bush administration will make the program more difficult for farmers to use, the Western Growers Association argued last week. Though we appreciate their efforts, we had...
The food distribution industry is caught in a period of uncertainty. The mood in the industry is fairly upbeat and optimistic, but everyone does share uncertainty about the future and state of the economy, Tim Hammonds, president and chief...
The past year has been one of successes and setbacks for the produce industry. Notably, in November, the United Fresh Produce Association, together with the Produce Marketing Association and the Canadian Produce Marketing Association, announced...
UNITED FRESH PUBLISHES COOL COMPLIANCE GUIDE WASHINGTON The United Fresh Produce Association here has published a new guide for the produce industry on how to comply with the Country of Origin Labeling law, which is due to go into effect for...
The natural resource committee of the California Assembly is scheduled to vote Monday on a bill that would impose a mandatory fee of 25 cents on the distribution of single-use plastic shopping bags at all groceries and pharmacies statewide.
The House Judiciary Committee has introduced legislation that calls for merchants, credit card companies and banks to negotiate interchange fees that would be set for three years at a time. The fees, which are charged as a percentage of each...
The Humane Society of the United States — the animal rights group that recently made headlines with an undercover video that sparked a recall of 143 million pounds of beef produced by Hallmark/Westland, Chino, Calif. — has announced...
They're caught up in trees, squirreled away in kitchen pantries and floating along with the ocean's current. They're plastic bags among the 84 billion that Americans use each year and heightened public awareness is punching a hole in their...
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...