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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.

  • Ahold Appoints New C.E.O. at U.S. Foodservice Division

    AMSTERDAM -- Dutch supermarket and food retailer Royal Ahold NV today said it had appointed Lawrence S. Benjamin the new c.e.o. at its U.S. Foodservice division, which earlier this year was at the center of an accounting irregularities scandal.
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