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Wal-Mart VP Offers Food Safety Tips

Frank Yiannas, vice president of food safety and health for Wal-Mart tells 300 industry members at the annual meeting of the U.S. Apple Association in Chicago “what you did for food safety last year is no longer good enough.

Frank Yiannas, vice president of food safety and health for Wal-Mart.

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Superbug MRSA Found in Pork on UK Supermarket Store Shelves

Recent tests were done on minced samples of 97 U.K.-produced pork products sold at Asda Stores and Sainsbury’s, two of the largest supermarket chains in Great Britain.

British public health officials are concerned about superbugs because even the strongest antibiotics available might not cure some people who become infected by MRSA, which can be contracted from eating infected meat or through contact with infected animals.

Grocery Manufacturers Association Sept. 12 Webinar to Address FSMA Recall Requirements

Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)

The Grocery Manufacturers Association will host a webinar on Monday, Sept. 12 at 1 p.m. EST on the recall requirements under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

Consumer Group Urges FDA to Improve Supermarket Recall Notification Rules

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

In a letter to FDA Deputy Commissioner Stephen Ostroff, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) wrote that it is concerned by the agency’s lack of progress on this particular provision of the FSMA.

In a letter to FDA Deputy Commissioner Stephen Ostroff, CSPI wrote that it is concerned by the agency’s lack of progress on this particular provision of the FSMA.

Walmart's Poultry Safety Plan Cuts Salmonella Contamination

Before the new supplier requirements went into effect, 17 percent of the chicken parts provided to Wal-Mart were positive for Salmonella. By January this year that number was cut to 5 percent.

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‘Supermarket Guru': GMO Labeling Rule Falls Short in Addressing Bioengineering Concerns

According to Phil Lempert, the new GMO Labeling bill signed into law last week is more troubling in that there are no penalties for lack of compliance, and no authority to recall products that are not properly labeled.

One thing is for sure is that the legislation as written will require food packages to declare, through a QR code, a symbol, 800# or plain text whether a food contains genetically engineered ingredients.

Whole Foods Market Tests Meal Kit Service

Whole Foods, which discussed its plans on a July 27 conference call with investors, didn’t offer many details and did not say how the service would be branded.

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7-Eleven Makes First Drone Food Delivery in Reno

The 7-Eleven drone delivery clearly preempts statements Amazon had stated in the past, when it intended to be the first to offer delivery services through drones.

The Flirtey drone successfully lowered each food package into the family's backyard within a few minutes of the delivery. Already delivering food items through services such as those offered by Postmates and Tapingo, 7-Eleven has stated that it intends to widely launch a delivery service powered by drones sometime in the future.

Investors Daily News: Amazon Fresh is on the Move

First tested in Seattle almost a decade ago, AmazonFresh has quietly popped up since then in about a dozen cities along the coasts.

If it now opens brick-and-mortar grocery locations, Amazon would appear to be acknowledging that some kinds of purchases just might not be well-suited for the doorstep-delivery model.

Campbell Soup Co. Commits to Antibiotic-Free Chicken

Campbell Soup Co.

Campbell President Denise Morrison said the planned change reflects a "real food philosophy" at Campbell, which has previously vowed to remove artificial colors and flavors from North American products by year-end 2018.

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Fairway Market Seeks Reorganization In U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Fairway Group Holdings Corp. and certain of its subsidiaries have filed a joint prepackaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization and filed voluntary petitions for protection under Chapter 11.

Fairway Group Holdings Corp. and certain of its subsidiaries have filed a joint prepackaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization and filed voluntary petitions for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

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.

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