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  • USDA Issues COOL Regulations; Industry Responds

    WASHINGTON - After presiding over numerous fact-finding discussions with more than 70 different trade and producer groups, the U.S. Agriculture Department yesterday issued its proposed rules for the congressionally mandated country-of-origin labeling (COOL) program that was required by the 2002 Farm Bill.

  • ACNielsen to More Than Double Size of U.S. Homescan Consumer Panel

    SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - ACNielsen U.S., an operating unit of ACNielsen, a VNU business, this week announced plans to more than double the size of its Homescan consumer panel, the single largest expansion in the history of this industry-leading service.

  • Food Institute Adds Second Bioterrorism Seminar

    ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. - As the countdown begins for the Food & Drug Administration's new bioterrorism rules that go into effect Dec. 12, the Food Institute here has added a condensed half-day version of its "Complying With FDA's Final Bioterrorism Rules" seminar, to be held Nov. 6.

  • PG Profile: Wal-Mart vs. the world

    Still busily blanketing the U.S. with stores, the largest retailer is also becoming a major presence in countries around the globe. So far, its prospects are bigger than its problems.

  • SUPPLY CHAIN: In the meantime

    Grocers still have plenty of supply chain options while waiting for RFID to happen.

  • U.S. Food Producers Agree That Labeling Law Should Be Changed

    WASHINGTON -- Although producers have a favorable opinion of country-of-origin labeling, a study released today shows that nearly two in three (62 percent) of the nation's meat, vegetable, and fruit producers oppose the country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law in its current form and want Congress to change or repeal the law before it goes into effect.

  • Supermarket GROCERY Business: Hot stuff

    Enticing customers with a host of new flavor combinations and heat levels, hot sauces are burning up the shelves of the condiment aisle.

  • WorldWide Retail Exchange, UDEX Partner

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The WorldWide Retail Exchange, an Internet-based business-to-business exchange for retailers and suppliers, announced yesterday a collaborative initiative with UDEX, a global provider of data normalization services, to enable the sharing of product information between WWRE members and UDEX's extensive list of supply-side trading partners

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