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NEW YORK - A depressed job market and stock market losses pushed U.S. consumer sentiment in early October to its lowest level in nine years, raising concerns the consumer-driven recovery could be in jeopardy, Reuters reports.

WASHINGTON - U.S. food companies can now seek federal approval to avoid using the word "irradiation" on labels of foods treated with the disease-killing process, and instead use language such as "cold pasteurization," the Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, DC - The nation's top wholesale grocery cooperatives earned more than $29 billion in revenue during 2001, according to this year's NCB Co-op 100, an annual report issued by the National Cooperative Bank (NBC) on the nation's 100 highest revenue-earning cooperatives.

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - UCCnet announced on Tuesday the consumer products unit of Georgia-Pacific Corp. will begin implementing the organization's item registration and data synchronization services.

MATTHEWS, N.C. - Matthews, N.C.-based Family Dollar Stores Inc. on Wednesday reported higher fiscal fourth-quarter profits, suggesting that the discount format continues to fare well during this troubling economy.

BALTIMORE - A growing number of discount store shoppers are purchasing both over-the-counter drugs and convenience grocery products at discount stores, according to a survey released by Vertis, a provider of technology-based integrated marketing services.

As menopausal women turn away from hormone-replacement therapy, the market for herbal and other solutions grows.

WASHINGTON - Officials from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were scheduled to meet with consumer groups and food manufacturers on Monday to discuss the risk of acrylamide, a possible carcinogen found in many fried or baked starchy foods.