Nonfoods

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to increasing public concerns about the safety of imported food, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) yesterday unveiled a proposal it said was designed to strengthen, modernize, and improve government oversight of imported food and ingredients. The proposed public-private partnership is known as "Commitment to Consumers: The Four Pillars of Food Safety."

OTTAWA, Ont. -- Grocery operator Farm Boy, Inc. here has become the first-ever Official Fresh Food Grocer of NHL hockey team the Ottawa Senators.

BRAINTREE, Mass. -- Internet grocer Peapod, LLC and Stop & Shop have opened a third facility on New York's Long Island in response to consumer demand, the companies said.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Six months after the national recall of Menu Foods' wet dog food, which was found to contain wheat gluten contaminated with melamine, Wegmans Food Markets here is ready to bring it back in the form of Wegmans wet cat food and Bruiser wet dog food.

MONTEREY, Calif. - The unholy pairing of leafy greens and E. coli, which rocked the fresh produce industry repeatedly in recent seasons, has reared its head again, as Dole Fresh Vegetables here yesterday recalled all its packaged salad products bearing the label "Dole Hearts Delight" sold in the U.S. and Canada, after a sample in a grocery store in Canada was found through random screening to contain E. coli O157:H7.

MONTEREY, Calif. - The unholy pairing of leafy greens and E. coli, which rocked the fresh produce industry repeatedly in recent seasons, has reared its head again, as Dole Fresh Vegetables here yesterday recalled all its packaged salad products bearing the label "Dole Hearts Delight" sold in the U.S. and Canada, after a sample in a grocery store in Canada was found through random screening to contain E. coli O157:H7.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Six months after the national recall of Menu Foods' wet dog food, which was found to contain wheat gluten contaminated with melamine, Wegmans Food Markets here is ready to bring it back in the form of Wegmans wet cat food and Bruiser wet dog food.

MONTEREY, Calif. - The unholy pairing of leafy greens and E. coli, which rocked the fresh produce industry repeatedly in recent seasons, has reared its head again, as Dole Fresh Vegetables here yesterday recalled all its packaged salad products bearing the label "Dole Hearts Delight" sold in the U.S. and Canada, after a sample in a grocery store in Canada was found through random screening to contain E. coli O157:H7.