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The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has hired Adam Siegel as its VP of sustainability and retail operations.

Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) late last week reached agreement on the Food Safety Modernization Act, which would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) enhanced responsibility to ensure the nation’s food safety. The legislation has already been approved by the House and now moves on to the full Senate for a vote.

The Global Market Development Center (GMDC) has teamed up with Recall InfoLink to offer a new service that provides rapid product recall and withdrawal notification communications for its members, which include wholesalers, retailers and suppliers.

West Sacramento, Calif.-based Raley’s is among the latest supermarket chains to join the growing list of companies that have adopted the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s (GAA) Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification for farmed seafood.

Q.bel Foods, LLC, a manufacturer of all-natural chocolate wafer rolls and wafer bars, has rolled a contest encouraging consumers to send in a short paragraph explaining why they think their charity of choice is in sync with the company’s tagline “Be True.

Food recalls have dropped up to 17 percent among companies with International Featured Standards (IFS) certification, a new study has found.

Safeway, Inc. this week launched its sixth annual “10% Goes Back to Schools” program, a special in-store initiative that unites over 150 food manufacturers in support of education and students throughout the United States.

As a way to offer its customers a competitive in-store advantage on premium fish and shellfish products, Bi-Lo, LLC has formed a partnership with North Coast Seafood, a third-generation primary processor of North Atlantic seafood to become the only Southeast retailer to offer this variety of fresh product to shoppers, while Price Chopper Supermarkets, a Golub Corp. company, has joined forces with Local Ocean, becoming the first supermarket retailer in the United States to provide customers with the provider’s sustainable, “locally grown” sea bream.