This message contains images. If you don't see images, click here to view. Click here to advertise in this news brief.   Mobile version   RSS   Subscribe   Unsubscribe   Archive   Media Kit Oct. 13, 2011 Home   Public Policy   Member Services   Industry Resources    Events    News & Media   About Us     CDC: Deadliest Listeria outbreak in 25 years USA Today An outbreak of Listeria in cantaloupe now has been linked to 23 deaths, making it the deadliest known outbreak of foodborne illness in the U.S. in more than 25 years. Editor's note: The American Frozen Food Institute is organizing a series of instructional food safety webinars with leading experts to examine topics and issues related to implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act. To register, or for more information, please click here. More Share this article >     American Frozen Food Institute applauds Congressional passage of South Korea, Panama, Colombia trade pacts Business Wire via MarketWatch AFFI president and CEO Kraig Naasz today applauded members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate for approving free trade agreements, saying the actions "will help the U.S. frozen food industry expand into rapidly growing international markets and create new jobs here at home." Related articles: Congress passes free trade agreements (The Washington Post) National Pork Producers Council: Passage of FTAs a great victory (The Meat Site) More Share this article >     Meat groups ask for more time before E. coli policy overhaul Food Safety News In a letter to the Food Safety and Inspection Service this week, the meat industry requested more time — 120 days instead of 60 — to comment on the FSIS proposal to ban six more pathogenic serotypes of E. coli in raw beef. More Share this article >     Voting before Christmas? New Hampshire says it could happen The Wall Street Journal New Hampshire is threatening to move the start of the presidential nominating process to early December — less than two months from now — if Nevada does not budge in what has become an electoral calendar game of chicken. More Share this article >     Obama raises $70 million for campaign, DNC The Washington Post President Barack Obama collected $43 million for his 2012 re-election campaign and helped raise an additional $27 million for the Democratic National Committee during the past three months, according to an email sent to supporters by campaign manager Jim Messina this morning. More Share this article >     Romney attracts new support from donors, elected officials The Washington Post Buoyed by a series of strong debate performances, Mitt Romney suddenly is attracting new support from major donors and elected officials, some of whom had resisted his previous entreaties, as people throughout the GOP grow more accepting of the presidential contender as the party's standard-bearer. Related article: Obama's campaign sets sights on Romney (POLITICO) Cain vaults to lead in poll (The Wall Street Journal) More Share this article >     New GOP Super PAC for House races POLITICO Republicans on Thursday are launching the Congressional Leadership Fund, the first GOP Super PAC dedicated solely to House races, reports POLITICO's Mike Allen exclusively in Playbook. Related article: American Crossroads seeks permission to feature candidates in ads (The Washington Post) More Share this article >     Deal close on cut in farm subsidies POLITICO Under pressure to cut farm subsidies, Agriculture Committee leaders in Congress are closing in on a 10-year savings target near $23 billion — about a third less than House Republicans and President Barack Obama had proposed, but still a significant change. More Share this article >     US-China trade gap widens The Wall Street Journal The U.S. trade deficit with China hit a new record in August, which is likely to be seized upon by those in Congress who want to punish the Asian nation for its currency policies. Related articles: House Democrat pleads for GOP leaders to bring up currency bill (The Hill) Opinion: The Senate's new protectionists (The Wall Street Journal) More Share this article >     Study: FDA risk assessment underestimates danger of contamination in seafood Food Safety News The first peer-reviewed challenge to the FDA's risk assessment of seafood offers evidence the FDA is tolerating too much contamination and is failing to identify risks for pregnant women and children. Related article: Study: FDA seafood standards flawed (The Tallahassee Democrat via USA Today) More Share this article >     UK: Britons need to cut 5 billion calories The Associated Press via USA Today British health officials say the country needs to slash 5 billion calories from its collective daily diet to slow the obesity epidemic. More Share this article >     Supporting children's health during National School Lunch Week USDA Blog In recognition of National School Lunch Week, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service offers an update on the fresh fruit and vegetable pilot program that will send fresh lettuce, apples, grapes, oranges, carrots and blueberries to schools in Michigan and Florida. More Share this article >     State Department: Biotech labeling would scare consumers Des Moines Register The Obama administration shows no sign of changing the government's position on labeling of biotech foods: Jose Fernandez, the State Department's assistant secretary for economic, energy and business affairs, said Wednesday that such labeling would scare consumers. More Share this article >     FDA sets strategic plan for Food and Veterinary Medicine Program U.S. Food and Drug Administration The plan outlines seven strategic program goals, each encompassing its own key objectives, as well as nearly 100 specific initiatives aimed at achieving the FDA's goals and objectives. More Share this article >     WHO: World more prone to foodborne disease AFP via Ahram Online The world has become more vulnerable to outbreaks of disease caused by contaminated food because of growing global trade, the World Health Organization said Thursday. More Share this article >     E. coli confessions: Part III Food Safety News This is the third installment in a series written by John Munsell of Miles City, Mont., who explains how the small meat plant his family owned for 59 years ran afoul of USDA's meat inspection program. More Share this article >     EU food, drink sector backs decision to end sugar quotas Food Navigator The EU food and drink manufacturing sector has welcomed Brussels' decision to abolish the EU sugar quota system by 2015, claiming it will allow a more market-focused sugar regime. More Share this article >     Convert Pallet into Carton Flow Span-Track carton flow track by UNEX ‘drops-in’ to any new or existing pallet rack structure. Span-Track’s full width roller provides more contact surface than any other carton flow. Product tested for durability within Freezer environments to deliver superior flow with product always at the pick point. Request a free sample … Digital Lumens Intelligent Lighting Systems Warehouse lighting can account for as much as 40% of the total electricity in a facility. Now there is something you can do to slash your carbon footprint and control those costs. The Digital Lumens award-winning Intelligent Lighting System combines LED fixtures with intelligence – integrated controls, sensors, networking and reporting – to reduce lighting energy use by up to 90%. MORE VISYS sorting systems Visys’ digital sorters detect and remove foreign bodies as well as defective, undesirable or contaminated product from your product streams on differences in color, biostructure, shape and/or density. Our world-class sorters incorporate the latest state-of-art technologies based on lasers, near-infrared, color, metal and x-ray sensors or any combination thereof. Political moves seen behind Wal-Mart's China food troubles The Associated Press via Newser Wal-Mart is getting another public bludgeoning in China as popular anger over food safety makes the retail giant an easy target for political point scoring ahead of a central government leadership shuffle. Related article: Updated: 2 employees arrested, 10 detained in pork labeling probe (Bloomberg Businessweek) More Share this article >     Ryan Systems launches food safety solutions business The Packer John Ryan, who retired last May as head of the quality assurance division of the Hawaii State Department of Agriculture, has founded Ryan Systems in Southern California, a company that will specialize in designing and supplying radio frequency identification, sensor-enabled traceability and food safety solutions. More Share this article >     Synergy Flavors acquires Sethness Greenleaf Food Ingredients First Synergy Flavors has acquired Sethness Greenleaf, thereby strengthening its presence in several key beverage, dairy and bakery markets. More Share this article >     Cargill offers new specialty chocolate tastes Food Ingredients First Investment by Cargill's cocoa and chocolate business has led to three new chocolate tastes: chocolate with mocha paste, chocolate with hazelnut paste and an authentic Gianduja chocolate, all produced using two new processes developed by Cargill. More Share this article >     Company recalls uneviscerated herring U.S. Food and Drug Administration CFE International has recalled salted, smoked, split herring after a routine sample taken at a retail store in New York found the product to be uneviscerated. More Share this article >     3PLs and the role of government SupplyChainBrain From large to small, logistics services providers should be concerned about how legislation — ranging from food safety laws to union rules to wage and labor guidelines — will affect them, says John E. Wagner Jr., president of Wagner Industries. More Share this article >     Ag diagnostics market to hit $3 billion by 2017 Global Industry Analysts via Western Farm Press Rising concerns over food and water safety globally continue to increase the need for testing contaminants, thereby generating strong demand for agricultural and environmental diagnostics. More Share this article >     Doubling global food production: Solutions for a cultivated planet Nature To meet the world's future food security and sustainability needs, food production must grow substantially while, at the same time, agriculture's environmental footprint must shrink dramatically. Related article: Feed the world, save the planet (Scientific American) More Share this article >     Eat your greens, change your genes Food Product Design New research from McMaster and McGill universities found consumption of fruit and raw vegetables modified a gene called 9p21, the strongest marker for heart disease. More Share this article >     Food processing floors go for green FoodProcessing.com Much is demanded of flooring in food processing plants: It must be durable, easy to clean, straightforward to repair and live a reasonably long life. Now, for a growing number of processors, plant flooring also needs to be environmentally friendly. More Share this article >     Frozen food to find new retail channel in UK Retail Gazette U.K. value retail chain 99p Stores on Wednesday announced it will introduce freezers to its stores as it aims to become a "one-stop shop" for bargain-hungry consumers. More Share this article >     UK's Waitrose launches new frozen meals FBR U.K.-based supermarket chain Waitrose has launched five new ready meals under its "Essential" range. More Share this article >     United States Cold Storage USCS and its several predecessor companies have been providing refrigerated storage services to the food industry since 1889. Today USCS is a leading national public refrigerated warehouse operator with 34 facilities located in 12 states. MORE Sorting Food From wild to cultivated, from fresh to frozen, from whole to cut, in bulk or in bags, … we get everything sorted, whatever color or defects. MORE   Frozen Express Colby Horton, Vice President of Publishing, (469) 420-2601 Download media kit Valerie Hunt, Content Editor, (469) 420-2690    Contribute news This edition of Frozen Express was sent to ##Email##. To unsubscribe, click here. Did someone forward this edition to you? Subscribe here -- it's free! Recent issues Oct. 12, 2011 Oct. 11, 2011 Oct. 10, 2011 Oct. 7, 2011 7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063