Packaging

WASHINGTON -- Food makers may advertise "qualified" descriptions of the health benefits of their products now that the Food and Drug Administration has loosened a requirement requiring scientific consensus on such claims.

ROCKVILLE, Md. - Consumers concerned about the quality and purity of vitamins and other dietary supplements can now look for the United States Pharmacopeia's (USP) new DSVP certification mark on product packaging.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - Kellogg Co. on Friday recalled Pop-Tarts Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon eight-count, 14-ounce packages because they failed to declare the presence of egg in the products. The company said that people who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to egg run the risk of serious allergic reaction if they consume this product.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Supermarket chain Lowes Foods has launched a print campaign targeted to Hispanics in select North Carolina regions. A rollout to other markets is anticipated in 2003.

Marketers with innovative strategies have given their bottom lines a boost by making hay out of the humdrum.

Whole beans, gourmet blends, organics, Fair Trade pricing, and even rainforest bats are all helping to perk up the coffee category.

WASHINGTON - Fairbank Farms, a New York meat processing company, is voluntarily recalling 320,000 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with the E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Agriculture Department announced on Saturday.

November 22, 2002 - WASHINGTON -- Half of Americans (51 percent) say they will serve at least one organic dish this Thanksgiving holiday, according to a survey conducted for the Grocery Manufacturers of America by the polling company.