Weis Markets has kicked off a pilot program to sell wine-to-go from its in-store cafe in Mechanicsburg, Pa. where 900 varieties of beer are currently sold for on- and off-premise consumption, a Weis spokesman told SN...
The Food Marketing Institute and National Grocers Association are voicing their opposition to the provision in the House's Financial CHOICE Act that would repeal debit card swipe fee reform, known as the Durbin Amendment, passed in 2010...
On Tuesday, FDA issued a draft guidance for the Preventive Controls for Human Food rule and extended deadlines for compliance of specific provisions of Food Safety Modernization Act rules...
“Campbell’s was the first to make its commitment and then Mars and a number of others that we believe have done the right thing by getting out in front, because at the end of the day consumers want simple at-a-glance disclosure.&rdquo...
GMO labeling is no longer mandated in Vermont, but the Vermont Retail Grocers Association, which advocated a single, national rule, is telling its retailer and supplier members that they may continue disclosing GMO information if they choose.
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Last month, President Obama signed the federal GMO labeling bill into law, which immediately nullified state-based GMO labeling mandates like that of Vermont’s. Under the program, disclosure will take the form of messaging on a product, a symbol...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association cheered President Obama’s signing of national legislation that will immediately nullify Vermont’s GMO labeling mandate and usher in a “new era for transparency in ingredient information for consumers, by requ...
Photo courtesy of N.Y. Department of Environmental ConservationThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has seized more than 1,100 pounds of undersized lobsters from Price Chopper Supermarkets in three different inspections ove...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association, Food Marketing Institute and the National Grocers Association applauded the House of Representatives Thursday for its expeditious passage of a GMO labeling bill that's expected to be signed into law by Presi...
