Another
study warning that children see too many junk food ads may provide fodder for
health advocates who support increased regulations on how food is marketed to
kids.
Mexico’s
largest meat processor, Sigma Alimentos, S.A. DE C.V. (San Pedro Garza Garcia,
Nuevo Leon), broke ground on a new meat processing plant in Sigma, OK.
The
pet food contamination case isn’t closed yet. On April 6, FDA’s director,
Center for Veterinary Medicine, Stephen Sundlof told CNN news that “somebody
may have added melamine to the wheat gluten in order to increase what appears
to be the protein level.”
Kraft
Foods nominated Mark D. Ketchum for its board of directors. Currently Ketchum
is president and CEO of Newell Rubbermaid and is a 33-year-veteran of Procter
& Gamble.
Allied
Blending & Ingredients is opening a new processing facility in the greater
Los Angeles area that features packaging capabilities from 5 lbs. to 2,000-lb.
totes and a Dairy 3-A line.
In
the ’60s, noted University
of Toronto media professor, Marshall
McLuhan, said electronic technology would create a global village. Taking this
concept further, Thomas L. Friedman’s 2005 book, The World is Flat: A Brief History
of the Twenty-First Century, describes how Internet technology is enabling
businesses around the world to connect at light speed, creating a paradigm
shift in operations.
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