The US dairy industry has reached out to US government agricultural trade negotiators to inform them that their efforts on any final Pacific Rim free trade agreement must put access to foreign markets for US dairy farmers first and avoid pressure from other countries to regionalize all new market access opportunities in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.
The Hershey Company announced it completed the purchase of The Allan Candy Company, a Canadian manufacturer of confectionary products including the brands Allan, Big Foot, Hot Lips and Laces.
A federal judge entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Neptune Manufacturing, Inc. of Los Angeles requiring the company and its owners to stop processing and distributing their smoked and pickled seafood products, according to FDA.
Nebraska-based Quality Meats, Inc. issued recall for approximately 44,372 pounds of frozen pork belly product because it was not presented at the US border for proper import inspection, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service announced this week the government of Morocco accepted a proposed certificate without further revision that concludes more than three years of negotiations to freely allow US dairy exports into the country.
Six government agencies joined together Wednesday to announce the selection of 26 communities across 19 states that were selected as part of the Local Foods, Local Places federal initiative to develop local food projects and encourage economic expansion.
The team at Fannie May Fine Chocolates reported a plan is in place to keep production on schedule this holiday season after a fire destroyed a warehouse and distribution facility in Ohio on Thanksgiving, threatening orders.
The Alliance for Innovation and Operational Excellence (AIOE), founded by PMMI in 2011, has listed the guidelines, protocols and worksheets on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for peer review.
In response to consumer preferences, representatives with Hershey’s, the US’s largest chocolate manufacturer, say the company is weighing the idea of replacing corn syrup with sugar in products that still use the sweetener, according to news reports.
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