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Had it passed, food and beverage processors would have been required to list GMO ingredients on the label. There are other solutions.

The facility will convert production waste into electricity to fuel beverage production.

Increases in the number of worldwide middle-class consumers and decreases in the number of companies in the supply chain further complicate worldwide food security.

A study of the quality of nutritional information taken from product labels to e-commerce websites shows a loss in translation.

Recalls in North America and around the world reinforce the need for a robust traceability system.

Reported earlier in FE’s Tech Flash e-newsletter, the recent Salmonella Bredeney outbreak has sickened a total of 35 people in 19 states, and has been attributed to peanut butter—and potentially other nut butters—from Sunland Inc. (Portales, NM).

There has been some uncertainty about FDA’s plan to implement preventive controls and other provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) because the agency has not yet issued regulations implementing the law.

Food producers expressed strong disappointment when Congress adjourned without completing work on the new Farm Bill.

The summer’s drought made it harder for cattlemen to meet tough clean air standards.

The Hershey Company opened a new $300 million, state-of-the-art chocolate plant in West Hershey, PA, about two miles from its original plant.