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  • Association Leaders: NFU Labeling Poll Hides Regulatory Burden

    WASHINGTON - On the heels of last Friday's announcement that the industry's major trade associations agreed to implement a voluntary country-of-origin program, food industry leaders are decrying results of a poll released yesterday and sponsored by the National Farmers Union (NFU), a vocal advocate of COOL.

  • Consumer Groups Mad About Current Mad Cow Safeguards

    WASHINGTON - A coalition of eight U.S. consumer groups on Thursday demanded tougher federal safeguards to prevent another case of mad cow disease, Reuters reports.

  • EBay Bans Certain Coupon Sales Following Fraud Incidents

    SAN JOSE, Calif. - Online auction site ebay has said it will ban the sale of recently expired coupons and electronic "scanned" coupons, according to the Wall Street Journal Online.

  • Industry Leaders Endorse Privacy Guidelines for New Technology

    WASHINGTON - The boards of directors of the Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) today endorsed guidelines designed for use by companies engaged in the large-scale deployment of Electronic Product Code (EPC) to ensure consumers' privacy rights.

  • Industry Groups to Create Voluntary Country of Origin Program

    WASHINGTON - Associations for the nation's leading produce, beef, pork and seafood producers, along with food retailers and wholesalers, are joining forces to craft a cost-effective, voluntary program that would provide consumers country of origin information.

  • Supermarket Discount Cards Targeted in New Bill

    DENVER - Sen. Ken Chlouber, R-Leadville, Colo., has introduced a bill that would ban supermarket discount cards, claiming that stores use the cards to gather information about customers' buying habits and then sell that to other companies.

  • Ahold Served with Summons by Dutch Shareholder Lobby Group

    ZAANDAM, The Netherlands - Ahold today announced that it has been served by the VEB (Association of Dutch Stockholders) with a summons to appear before the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeals in connection with a claim by the VEB that the annual accounts for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 be nullified and that Ahold be ordered to restate its accounts and related annual reports for such periods.

  • Union Sues Ralphs for Hiring Back Workers

    LOS ANGELES - The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) is suing Kroger-owned Ralphs, alleging it has been secretly hiring back selected workers under false names and Social Security numbers, the union said on Sunday.
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