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Pacific Northwest Carves Out A Food & Beverage Niche

The region’s growing artisan food culture finds support from unique natural resources and a world-class logistics network.

Newport Avenue Market in Bend, Ore. offers 3,000 different wines to meet customer tastes.

Consumer Group: FDA Must Require Grocers To Post Recall Notices Under FSMA

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The 2011 FSMA law set specific deadlines for FDA action on recall notices that the agency has ignored, CSPI said, leaving many consumers in the dark about recalled products they may have in their homes.

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If It Can’t Buy US Foods, Sysco To Lose $1 Billion

Sysco has spent more than $400 million so far on a combination of integration planning, financing charges and on defending the transaction in court.

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FSMA Creates Demand For Food Safety Solutions Providers

Tougher requirements from food retailers also are helping fuel the boomlet, with industry giants like Walmart demanding more precautionary measures from suppliers before products land on grocery-store shelves.

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Target To Promote Fresher Food Over Package Food

Target Corporation

That means canned soup, cornflakes, boxed macaroni and cheese and other packaged, processed foods will get less optimal shelf space and promotional signage in its grocery aisles in favor of items such as fancy sauces and oils and granola.

In a move designed to reflect the changing tastes of Americans looking for healthier options, packaged and processed foods will get less optimal shelf space and promotional signage in its grocery aisles in favor of fresh food items.

USDA Creates New Government Certification For GMO-Free

The certification would be voluntary and companies would have to pay for it, but if approved the foods would be able to carry a "USDA Process Verified" label along with a claim that they are free of GMOs.

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USDA Requires Labeling Of Mechanically Tenderized Beef

These new requirements will become effective in May 2016, or one year from the date of the rule’s publication in the Federal Register.

To increase tenderness, some cuts of beef are tenderized mechanically by piercing them with needles or small blades in order to break up tissue.

Nestle To Reduce Water Consumption At California Facilities

Nestlé Waters' bottling plants in California are projected to save 55 million gallons of water a year, a reduction of nearly 8 percent compared to 2014 levels.

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How Sysco Manages Grain-Fed Beef Exports: An Inside Look

Dan Chase, Sysco Corp.’s senior director of logistics and outbound marketing, leads a seven-person team that gets an order, secures the product from the plant, and then preps the beef for its final destination.

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U.S. Beef Cattle Herd Expands For First Time In 10 Years

Such renewed enthusiasm in the Great Plains helped the U.S. cattle herd expand last year for the first time in eight years, though supplies remain near 2013’s six-decade low.

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Domino’s Pizza To Offer ‘Tweet To Order’ In U.S.

Domino's will be the first major player in the restaurant industry to use Twitter on an ongoing basis to place and complete an order.

E-Commerce Growth Pushes Higher Warehouses

Eight feet of added ceiling height may not seem like a lot, but for warehouse builders, the extra clearance can be the difference between an empty building and one that attracts a tenant such as Walmart.com or Amazon.com.

ES3’s facility in York, Pennsylvania serves as both a manufacturers’ mixing center and a retailers’ distribution center.

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