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Recalls From Salmonella May Rise to 10000 Products - BusinessWeek

Recalls From Salmonella May Rise to 10000 Products
BusinessWeek
“It's a wake-up call for the food industry as a whole to be more thorough in evaluating the safety of ingredients,” said Michael Doyle, director of the ...
Food Recalls For Salmonella-Tainted Ingredient Could Hit 10000 ProductsNewsinferno.com
Scope of salmonella-tainted flavouring recall will continue to grow, CFIA warnsVancouver Sun
FDA says Basic Food Flavors knew plant was contaminated with salmonellaWashington Post
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Rising food prices may start with seeds - Los Angeles Times

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Rising food prices may start with seeds
Los Angeles Times
... by President Obama's concerns over how consolidation has affected industry competition. Many experts believe that rising food prices start with seeds. ...
USDA, Justice Dept. set to probe consolidation in agricultureSan Luis Obispo Tribune

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Smithfield Says Upturn Is Under Way - New York Times

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Washington Post

Smithfield Says Upturn Is Under Way
New York Times
Meat companies have struggled for two years as high feed prices, low demand and industry consolidation hurt their results. “I believe we reached the other ...
Smithfield Says US Hog Farmers Halted Cull Too SoonBusinessWeek
Smithfield Foods sees profit in 3Q, tops forecastsThe Associated Press
Smithfield Reports 3Q ResultsToronto Star
Learning Markets -NASDAQ -Forbes
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Few companies got high marks on food marketing to children - Chicago Tribune

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Few companies got high marks on food marketing to children
Chicago Tribune
The company said it supports that effort's "significant accomplishment" of defining common ad criteria for the food industry. Concern over food companies' ...
Why the Food Industry Won't Stop Marketing Junk Food to KidsBNET
Food companies get 'F' for marketing to kidsBaltimore Sun (blog)
Most companies receive failing grade on food marketing to kidsEat, Drink and Be (blog)
NPR (blog)
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Pork Checkoff: Leading a world-class food industry vision - PigProgress.net

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Pork Checkoff: Leading a world-class food industry vision
PigProgress.net
"Leading a world-class food industry - Responsible. Sustainable. Professional. Profitable." This is the new vision for the National Pork Board that was ...
NPPC Delegates Set Organizational DirectionMissouri Ruralist

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Movie theaters are turning up the luxury with food, bars, seats - USA Today

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USA Today

Movie theaters are turning up the luxury with food, bars, seats
USA Today
Now, as the movie industry celebrates a boffo year of box office — $10.6 billion in ticket sales, the most ever — theaters are going after new revenue and ...

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Food Industry to Adopt Colored Warning Labels - TopNews United States

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Marketing Week

Food Industry to Adopt Colored Warning Labels
TopNews United States
Several branded food companies would be labeled if the producers would participate in the Food Standards Agency's traffic light plan. ...
Food industry wins battle over warning labels on 'junk' mealsIndependent
FSA agrees upon nutrition/GDA labelling standardsUK Marketing News (press release)
Food Standards Agency refuses to back 'traffic light' warning labels on packagingDaily Mail
Marketing -Marketing Week -FoodBizDaily.com (press release)
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Chavez 'Crosshairs' No Challenge to Mendoza's Fortune - BusinessWeek

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Chavez 'Crosshairs' No Challenge to Mendoza's Fortune
BusinessWeek
... in a referendum to reform the constitution in 2007 amid widespread food shortages, Chavez turned his attention to the food industry, including Polar. ...

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Profile of China's food and beverage industries in 2009 - istockAnalyst.com (press release)

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Profile of China's food and beverage industries in 2009
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
The added value of food industry and beverage industries increa sed 14.1 percent and 14.6 percent in 2009 respectively, up 2 percent a nd 1.7 percent on the ...

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