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Arizona Proposal To Eliminate Licensing Alarms The Produce Industry

Arizona lawmakers are considering a bill that seeks to do away with state licensing for a wide variety of professions, trades and positions — including packers of fresh produce and other foods.

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Supply Chain Visibility

How Kellogg Stabilizes Its Food Supply Chain

Kellogg Company

The essence of dealing with a Volatile – Uncertain – Complex – Ambiguous (VUCA) world is finding ways to accommodate turmoil with agility.

Risk/Compliance

U.S. Opposition Grows Against China’s Bid For Pesticide/Seed Giant Syngenta AG

Syngenta, based in Switzerland, generates about one-quarter of its sales in North America, where it is a top pesticide seller and supplies an estimated 10 percent of U.S. soybean seeds and 6 percent for corn.

China, the world's largest agricultural market, is looking for ways to secure food supply for its population. Syngenta's portfolio of top-tier chemicals, fertilizers and patent-protected seed varieties will represent a major upgrade of its potential output.

Mondelēz, Nestlé, Mars And Lindt Pledge To Use 'Sustainable Cocoa' For Australian-Made Chocolate

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Kellogg Co. And Mars Inc. To Label GMOs

Kellogg Company

Kellogg Co. and Mars, Inc. have joined General Mills in announcing plans to begin labeling products that contain genetically modified ingredients, according to Food Business News.

All of the recalled products, which include Mars, Snickers and Milky Way bars, were manufactured at a Dutch factory in Veghel, a Mars spokeswoman said on Tuesday. They were sold in European countries including Germany, France and Britain, and in certain countries in Asia.

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Historic Agreements For U.S.-Cuba Agriculture Sectors

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

While in Cuba, Secretary Vilsack announced that USDA will allow the 22 industry-funded Research and Promotion Programs and 18 Marketing Order organizations to conduct authorized research and information exchange activities with Cuba.

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GMO Labeling Law Perplexes Food Industry; General Mills To Add GMO Labels Nationwide

The country’s first law requiring mandatory GMO labels is slated to go into effect in Vermont on July 1 after an industry-backed federal law that would block states’ authority stalled in the U.S. Senate last week.

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Senate Blocks Bill To Prevent State GMO Labeling

The Biotechnology Labeling Solutions Act (S2609), authored by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., which would create a national voluntary labeling standard for genetically engineered foods, did not pass.

The Biotechnology Labeling Solutions Act (S2609), authored by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. (pictured above), would create a national voluntary labeling standard for genetically engineered foods.

Whole Foods To Install Rooftop Solar Panels At 100 Sites

Whole Foods plans to install rooftop solar panels at up to 100 locations in deals with NRG Energy and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's SolarCity, according to USA Today.

In a decision late on Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins in San Jose, California said PETA failed to show that Whole Foods' alleged misrepresentations on in-store signs, placards and napkins defrauded consumers into overpaying.

Food Companies Ramp Up Food Origin Disclosure

Companies are rushing to meet consumers’ increasing demand to know more about what’s in their food, where it came from, and how it was produced, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The North American spat pitting Canada and Mexico against the U.S. over meat labels has sown confusion among producers and shippers in all three countries, with a trade war potentially just weeks away, according to Reuters.

Global Investment Group To Acquire The Fresh Market For $1.36 Billion

The Fresh Market, Inc. a specialty grocery retailer and an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, LLC has entered into a definitive agreement whereby certain funds managed by Apollo will acquire The Fresh Market for approximately $1.36 billion.

The transaction was unanimously approved by the board of directors of The Fresh Market, other than Ray Berry, chairman and founder of The Fresh Market, who recused himself from all board discussions related to the review and from the Board vote approving the transaction.

FDA Calls For Info On Produce Treated With BSAAO

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is calling for help to create a risk assessment for foodborne illness associated with pathogens from produce.

Typical examples of untreated BSAAO are raw cow manure, poultry litter, swine slurry and horse manure.

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