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• French ban on Bisphenol-A will jeopardise US food exports
• Report: PGs Not Leveraging Retailer Data
• Food industry robots to take meat samples
• NOW Foods Creates 100 Jobs, Completes Facility
   
• Kraft Foods Inc. will cut 1,600 positions in North America
• CPI flat for 2nd straight month
• Winter Fancy Food Show offers peek into 2012 trends
• All Imported Orange Juice to Be Tested, FDA Says
• FDA traceability pilot projects soon to be underway
   
• Food Makers Told Not to Change Routines for Listeria Tests
• CDC: Nineteen sickened by ground beef
• Shortages in organic milk lead to price increases
• Industry Helps FDA Get Budget Hike For Food Safety
• McDonald's Drops Egg Supplier After Cruelty Charges
   
• Cooked Meat Provides More Energy
• New Dietary Guidelines Too Strict, Says Food Industry Group
• Judge blocks graphic images on cigarette packages
• Two Acquisitions Widen Hain Celestial's Footprint
• FDA: Moldy applesauce repackaged by school lunch supplier
   
• State of CA sues bottle manufacturer over 'biodegradable' labeling
• Sara Lee sells foodservice coffee and tea business
• Food labels may get "Energy Star"-like look
• Maple Leaf to establish a prepared meats network
• Nestle raises FY goals as 9-month growth beats poll
   
• Unilever buys ice cream business of Ingman Group
• Kraft Foods hires headhunter in search for grocery unit leader
• Del Monte, Barclays settle shareholder suits
• Group seeks labels on genetically altered food
• Why the FDA Doesn't Ban Food Colors, BPA, and Other Chemicals
   
• Ralcorp closes on Sara Lee's refrigerated dough business
• MA food company cited for violations of the federal Clean Air Act
• Finger Lakes Food Processing Cluster Initiative awarded $1.5M
• Retirement, promotion in Hormel international division
• E. coli scare prompts Tyson to recall ground beef
   
• Kraft's Oscar Mayer Plant Cited For 12 'Serious' OSHA Violations
• Nestle names Wal-Mart executive Wan Ling Martello as CFO
• Traceability key to avoiding deadly E.coli crisis re-run
• BPA Found in Kid-Friendly Canned Foods
• Study: Safety, Cost , Convenience Form Basis of Food Processing Purchase Decisions
   
• Bachmann says food industry overregulated
• ConAgra Pulls Bid; Now Ralcorp Has to Make it Work
• Tyson Food paying $32M to settle safety gear lawsuit
• Carrot based edible films display food packaging potential
• Battle of the Pork Rind Heavyweights
   
• Campbell Soup Company to launch 35 new products in its U.S. Soup and Simple Meals business
• Louisiana Food Company to acquire Mossy Bayou Foods
• ConAgra to Cancel $5.18 Billion Ralcorp Bid Without Talks
• Chiquita Brands considers leaving Cincinnati
• Cargill Announces 2nd Ground Turkey Recall; USDA Finds Salmonella
   
• Food industry vs. nutrition standards: 1st Amendment issue?
• How Kraft Will Market Its Grocery Business After the Split
• Sara Lee appoints Jan Bennink as chairman of CoffeeCo
• McCormick & Co completes acquisition of Polish Spice Maker Kamis
• FDA approves two tests to combat outbreaks of foodborne illnesses by tracking down contaminated foods
   
• ConAgra Tries Hidden Camera Promotion; Bloggers Call it a Sham
• Flooded fields lead to higher pasta prices
• Archer Daniels Midland acquires two oilseeds processing factories in India
• Del Monte suit could chill govt efforts to keep food safe
• Hurricane Irene harms fruit/vegetable production but spares NE terminal markets
   
• Food workers union spent $80K on federal lobbying
• Food Industry Commends USDA for Codex Support
• Silva Sausage recalls 28K pounds of chicken sausage
• FDA moves for seizure of adulterated seafood at California company
• Global Glucosamine Market to Reach 46.6 Thousand Metric Tons by 2017
   
• Unilever Reorganizes To Speed Emerging-Markets Growth
• H.J. Heinz Co. quarterly report: income down but revenue up thanks to growth in emerging markets
• Nonprofit being sued by Kellogg Co. over toucan logo
• J.M. Smucker Co. cuts coffee prices 6%
• Technology to help achieve real-time efficiency while boosting profits in food production
   
• The FDA Gets Serious About Gluten-Free Labeling Laws
• Nestle and Danone preparing bids for Pfizer's Wyeth baby formula business
• Oregon confirms deer droppings caused E. coli outbreak
• Kraft launches the Triple Double Oreo
• Legal beef: Sara Lee, Kraft escalate wiener war
   
• ConAgra's latest bid for Ralcorp rejected
• Food Industry Urged to Lighten Up on Salt
• Sara Lee Widens 4Q Profit as Assets Are Shed
• Simulation software unwraps benefits for Cadbury
• Red Meat and Processed Meat Linked to Diabetes Risk
   
• Ralcorp Buys Sara Lee's private brand refrigerated dough business for about $545 million
• Produce and beverage manufacturer Sunsweet Growers buys Function Drinks
• The future of food safety funding uncertain
• Why Kraft Is Splitting Into Two Companies
• Kraft Foods to split into two; a snack food company and a grocery company
   
• USDA announces recall of 36M lbs of ground turkey
• Leanne Cutts joins Kraft Foods as vice president of marketing
• FDA says sleepy brownies are unsafe
• Tofurky maker, Turtle Island Foods, plans a $10 million plant in Oregon
• American Crystal may lock out 1,300 workers at five MN sugar mills
   
• Pilgrim's Pride Expands Recall to Include Nuggets
• What to know before becoming a farmers market vendor
• Sugar doesn’t melt, it decomposes, say researchers
• Uninspected Chopped Beef Recalled by CA Company
• Arsenic found in Mott's apple juice
   
• Campbell Rethinking Sodium, and Other Things
• Food Processors Find Public Growth for Private Label
• Costco ups testing for fresh produce, beef
• What Food Labels Aren't Telling Consumers
• Canada's food producers relish taste of success
   
• Breakfast Cereals Americans No Longer Love
• General Mills buys 51% of Yoplait
• Why there's more wood pulp in our food 
• ConAgra offers to buy Ralcorp for $4.9 billion 
• Government says: more nutrients and less junk in kids' food 
   
• FDA head reports progress on food-import screening
• FDA will be 'severely' limited by shutdown 
• FDA Ponders: Food Dye Makes Kids Hyper? 
• Food companies on quest for the next generation of healthy 
• Pork and poultry: Tale of two meat markets 
   
• USDA Audit Says E. Coli Testing in Ground Beef is Flawed 
• Cartoon Characters Influence Kids' Food Choices
• Nashville's Vietti Foods is sold 
• New USDA sodium regulations 
• Kraft plans to increase marketing to lift lagging U.S. sales 
   
• FDA Urged to Ban Cola Caramel Coloring
• Premium Brands to buy Canada Bread sandwich unit
• Getting Botulism Control Right in an HACCP Plan
• Food Processing Plants Increase Reliance on Robots
• An Inside Look at Beef Processing
• Orval Kent Food Co. settles with U.S. government