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Obama To Seek $10 Per Barrel Crude Oil Tax

The proposed fee, which would be paid by oil companies and phased in over five years, was quickly met with scorn by lawmakers in the Republican-controlled Congress.

Set to be officially announced in Obama's fiscal 2017 budget plan on Tuesday, the fee would provide nearly $20 billion a year to help expand transit systems across the country and more than $2 billion a year to support the research and development of self-driving vehicles and other low-carbon technologies.

Food Industry Presses Congress On GMO Labeling Before Vermont Law Takes Effect

The food industry wants Congress to pre-empt Vermont's law and bar mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods before it goes into effect.

The food industry wants Congress to pre-empt Vermont's law and bar mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods before it goes into effect.

12 Nations Sign Trans-Pacific Partnership, Await U.S. And Japan

The TPP will now undergo a two-year ratification period in which at least six countries - that account for 85 percent of the combined gross domestic production of the 12 TPP nations - must approve the final text for the deal to be implemented.

From small freight brokers like Portland, Ore.-based Geo. S. Bush & Co. Inc. to global logistics giants like United Parcel Service Inc., supply chain providers are gearing up for a surge in business they believe the historic agreement will bring to Pacific trade.

China Seeks To Strengthen Its Food Security With $43 Billion Syngenta Takeover Bid

The largest ever foreign purchase by a Chinese firm, announced by both companies, will accelerate a shake-up in global agrochemicals and marks a setback for U.S. firm Monsanto, which failed to buy Syngenta last year.

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.

Burger King And Tim Hortons Commit To Cage-Free Eggs By 2025

Restaurant Brands International (RBI), the parent company of Burger King and Tim Hortons, has committed to cage-free eggs by 2025.

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Why Listeria Continues To Plague The Produce Industry

The food industry has controls in place to combat Listeriosis, along with other pathogens; yet outbreaks continue to occur, and we must ask the difficult question… why?

A look at the disease transmission factors associated with Listeria monocytogenes point out some unique and difficult problems that can confound our controls.

Supply Chain Visibility

How Denny’s Franchisees Manage Purchasing Through Their Supply Chain Oversight Committee

Denny's, with its 1,599 franchises in the United States, has advisory councils, which offer advice from franchisee delegates to a willing-to-listen franchisor.

As the original home of all-day breakfast, Denny’s serves more than 400 million eggs each year, including classic breakfast items such as the signature Build Your Own Grand Slam®, Omelettes and delicious Skillets.

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U.S. Expands Permissible Exports to Cuba

The rule changes will allow more U.S. exports related to disaster preparedness, food processing, public transportation and more

The changes, which go into effect Jan. 27, will permit more U.S. exports related to disaster preparedness, education, agricultural production, food processing, public transportation and art.

Maine Bill Would Require Food Companies To Label GMOs

The bill, LD 991, would require foods distributed in Maine to include a label if genetically modified organisms were used to produce the final product. Exempt from the requirement are restaurants, medical food and alcoholic beverages.

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Listeria Outbreak Linked To Dole Salads Claims One Death, 12 Hospitalizations

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Officials from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced they have been investigating the six-state outbreak since September 2015.

Dole Food Co. issued a voluntary market withdrawal of packaged salads from 23 states and three Canadian provinces a few hours after the CDC announcement.

Battle Brews In Maine Over GMO Labeling

Some lawmakers have began a drive to repeal the trigger that requires five contiguous states to pass labeling laws, which would put the Maine labeling law into effect, and a key State House panel is expected to take up the issue in coming weeks.

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ConAgra Foods Inc. Joins Cage-Free Eggs Bandwagon

ConAgra’s supplier quality program outlines specific expectations for appropriate animal care, and the company continues to expand and refine this program.

Conagra Brands will be comprised primarily of the operations currently reported as the company’s consumer foods segment, which generated approximately $7.2 billion in fiscal 2015 revenues, as reported. The consumer foods segment consists of popular leading brands such as Marie Callender’s, Hunt’s, RO*TEL, Reddi-wip, Slim Jim, PAM, Chef Boyardee, Orville Redenbacher’s, P.F. Chang’s and Healthy Choice.

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