Quenching one's thirst is becoming more expensive in New York, where elements of an updated bottle bill took effect earlier this month. A refundable 5-cent deposit was added to bottles of water less than one gallon and sold in the state. Plain...
Rouses Supermarkets joined the protest when the Food and Drug Administration proposed to ban the sale of raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico during the summer months unless they were treated with anti-bacterial technology. Oystermen said the...
The recent report by the General Accounting Office on the impact of payment-card interchange fees could hinder the retail industry's effort to curb such fees, some observers said. The fees, which are assessed by banks on every transaction...
Food Marketing Institute here yesterday said it supported
the markup of the Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act
by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
In a hearing yesterday before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, a representative of the Grocery Manufacturers Association and two other trade groups proposed a risk-based model that the...
Congress' attempt to overhaul the nation's health care system has failed its first checkup by the supermarket industry. H.R. 3962, dubbed The Affordable Health Care for America Act, would be anything but affordable for many food retailers...
Retail executives are urging federal lawmakers to pass legislation making organized retail crime a federal crime and stepping up restrictions on online auction sites used to fence stolen retail goods. The executives addressed three ORC bills...
The Food and Drug Administration has notified nearly 30 manufacturers of caffeine-infused malt beverages that the agency intends to investigate the safety and legality of their products.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to companies who continue to sell flavored cigarettes online despite a ban that went into effect Sept. 22.
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Congressman Robert Goodlatte (R-Va.) this week introduced legislation to combat the growth of organized retail crime (ORC), announced the Coalition Against Organized Retail Crime.