Industry Advocacy

CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Nevada Assembly on Tuesday approved a bill mandating that large grocery stores offer adequate health insurance for their employees, or pay back any health services the state provides.

WASHINGTON -- The National Chicken Council has launched a Web site.

LOS ANGELES -- John Burgon, president of Ralphs Supermarkets; Eddie Gales, Los Angeles zone manager, Kellogg's Snacks Division; and Bruce A. Horn, e.v.p., Advantage Sales & Marketing will be honored by the National Conference for Community and Justice and KTLA Charities Fund at the 29th Annual Food and Beverage Industries Humanitarian Awards Dinner.

President Bush is expected to sign into law today a measure that will repeal a controversial revision to federal organic food standards that would have allowed producers to raise their livestock on conventional feed but still label the meat organic.

FRANKFURT, Germany - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s German arm has appealed to the supreme court against a ruling that would force it to open its books, the company said.

WASHINGTON - The Facility Certification Institute (FCI) today instituted a new program certifying compliance with federal regulations on food and feed transportation.

NEW YORK - JP Morgan said yesterday that it raised its rating on Supervalu Inc. to "overweight" from "neutral," saying among other factors the company "has demonstrated a more prudent stance with the use of its annual free cash flow than have the management teams of other large traditional food retail companies," reports Reuters.

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A group of international food experts on Friday agreed on a framework for assessing the risks of biotech foods, establishing global guidelines that could help shape countries' food policies and influence trade disputes, Reuters reports.