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Sell-By Dates on Food Are About to Change in a Big Way

Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)

The Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers Association announced Wednesday that they’ve adopted standardized, voluntary regulations to clear up what product date labels mean.

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Grain Surplus May Push American Farmers Off the Edge

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Food is the Most Important Commodity Being Shipped

Nations that traditionally have exported food now are becoming importers.

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Working on a More Well-Oiled Palm Oil Supply Chain

Some palm oil companies are willing to participate in sustainability, fair labor and supply chain transparency initiatives.

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USDA Says Less During Transition, But Scientists Not Gagged

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Reports of a black out on public information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service are vastly overblown.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

California Farmers Transform Trade at Oakland Port

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Farm exports are now 53 percent of total exports from the port. Asia is gobbling up California products.

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Egyptian Storage Idea Could Save Asia’s Food Waste Problem

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Produce Growers to Get Help Meeting New Food Safety Regulations

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Pennsylvania’s produce growers will get help implementing food safety systems from a $6.3 million grant.

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CDC Blames Rise in Raw Fish Consumption for Tapeworm Infected Salmon

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

A Japanese tapeworm has infected salmon that was caught off the North Alaskan coast, a new study published by the Center for Disease Control revealed.

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Drought in Coffee-Producing Countries Spikes Price on Folgers, Dunkin Donuts

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US Farmers Dependent on Cuban Trade Ask Trump to Stay the Course

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Fate of World's Seafood Supply May Lie in Hands of Iowan Farmers

The Nelsons' barramundi live in tanks meant to mimic a riverbed.

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