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Food Giants Invest In SmartLabel Initiative

Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)

The SmartLabel initiative, announced Wednesday by the Grocery Manufacturers Association, so far includes more than 30 companies, including General Mills Inc., Hershey Co., and PepsiCo Inc.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association estimated that by the end of 2017, companies will disclose information on GMOs for some 20,000 products through the SmartLabel technology.

Grocery Industry Seeks FDA Clarification On Chain Restaurant Menu Labeling

FMI - The Food Industry Association

FMI, on behalf of the supermarket industry, seeks common-sense flexibility for the regulation constructed for use in chain restaurant environments, but which does not translate effectively or efficiently in a grocery store setting.

Walmart Switches To Wood Grain Plastic Containers For Produce

Walmart and IFCO North America have executed an agreement stating IFCO will provide Walmart US with a new generation of wood grain reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for wet and dry produce.

Coalition Lobbies Congress For Uniform Food Labeling Standard

Coalition for Safe Affordable Food

The fly-in at Capital Hill yesterday featured men and women from across the country who represent the entirety of the nation’s food supply chain – farming groups, co-ops, seed producers and food companies.

The fly-in attendees had a successful day with nearly 140 meetings in the Senate and House, and they came away encouraged that their message was heard loud and clear.

Food Industry Spokesman Supports Federal GMO Labeling Rule

The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, is a sensible solution to the need for labeling food containing GMOs according to the president of the Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance.

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Walmart Warns Suppliers About Meeting Labeling Laws

Walmart is in the midst of a renewed push to encourage suppliers to be ever vigilant on their own costs so that the retailer can sell more products for less than competitors.

How The Globalized Supply Chain Delivers More Food Recalls

Swiss Re's analysis of publicly-available food recall data in the U.S. shows that since 2002, the number of food recalls have nearly doubled with the increase influenced by regulatory changes and an increasingly globalized food supply chain.

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Canada And Mexico Plot Tariffs On U.S. Meat Imports In Labelling Row

The Canadian and Mexican governments are preparing to impose retaliatory tariffs on American imports, including meat, over the US’s country of origin labeling (COOL) rules for meat and livestock.

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.

Coca Cola Co. Unveils PET Bottle Entirely Made From Plant Material

Coca-Cola Company

PlantBottle packaging uses patented technology that converts natural sugars found in plants into the ingredients for making fully recyclable PET plastic bottles.

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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.

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U.S. Customs Targets Mislabeled Food Imports

This operation is part of a continued effort to interrupt what CBP calls “an extensive network of purposely mislabeled and high-risk agriculture products coming from Hong Kong, China, India and Saudi Arabia.”

Boxes of frozen fillets of catfish of the genus Pangasius -- called basa, swai or sutchi -- that were imported into the United States from Vietnam falsely labeled as sole to avoid anti-dumping duties.

PACK EXPO East To Showcase Packaging And Processing Technologies

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies

PACK EXPO East to be Feb. 16 to 18 at Philadelphia Convention Center.

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