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. 19, 2011 Home   Public Policy   Member Services   Industry Resources    Events    News & Media   About Us     Senate adopts 'flexible' nutrition standards for school meals The Hill The Senate voted late Tuesday to adopt more flexible — some would say weaker — nutrition standards for school meals following intense lobbying by the potato and frozen food industries. Editor's note: AFFI President and CEO Kraig R. Naasz issued this statement today following the Senate vote to adopt the Collins-Udall amendment. Related articles: Senate votes for unlimited potatoes in schools (The Associated Press via CBS News) Potatoes: Healthy or harmful to children? (USA Today) Susan Collins triumphs in spud fight (POLITICO) More Share this article >     FDA report on Listeria outbreak expected to target machinery The Denver Post Food safety experts expect the FDA's key Listeria outbreak report today to zero in on equipment and conditions inside buildings at Jensen Farms. Related article: Listeria investigation update: 25 dead, 123 sickened (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) 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 >     Opinion: National Food Day should help put food safety first The Huffington Post Oct. 24 is the first National Food Day, marking a nationwide campaign to change the way Americans eat and think about food. Related article: PMA chief warns members about food safety (Food Safety News) More Share this article >     Wayward Senate Democrats keep distance from Obama The Wall Street Journal Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., was among thousands of visitors at the Preston County Buckwheat Festival on a recent fall afternoon, shaking hands, giving hugs and talking politics with voters at food stands and under the shadow of the Ferris wheel. The Democratic lawmaker barely mentioned President Barack Obama. More Share this article >     Perry vs. Romney: Now it's personal POLITICO After months of diversions — sideshow candidates, Hamlet acts and straw polls — Tuesday night's sizzling Republican presidential showdown boiled down the nomination fight to its essentials: a deeply personal, ideological and smashmouth contest between two rivals with almost nothing in common. More Share this article >     Tea party buys in to trade The Hill Freshman House Republicans voted overwhelmingly for a trio of trade deals last week, despite hopes from opponents that the faction would move en bloc to stop them. More Share this article >     Spending bill hits wall with moderates POLITICO President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders believed bringing forward a popular spending package for hiring teachers and firefighters would prove to be a far easier sell than the White House's more ambitious $447 billion American Jobs Act. But that has not been the case on Capitol Hill. More Share this article >     Rules of the game: Super PACs multiply, head to Hill Roll Call As super PACs proliferate, the number devoted either to backing or bashing a specific member of Congress or a small group of legislators suddenly has spiked. More Share this article >     Senate rejects McCain amendment to limit funds to trade program The Hill The Senate voted 44-55 against an amendment from Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to limit funding for a Trade Adjustment Assistance program. More Share this article >     Opinion: Sugar policy bitter for consumers, manufacturers POLITICO It's almost Halloween and time for trick-or-treating. Americans are expected to spend more than $2 billion on candy this holiday, according to industry reports. But here's a fact that should scare consumers: They probably are paying more for that candy than they should. Related article: Sugar shortages extend throughout Europe (Bloomberg) More Share this article >     $500,000 USDA grant could keep GM salmon company afloat Popular Science Opponents of genetically modified food are crying foul over a recent government grant to the maker of GM salmon, which plans to use the biotechnology risk assessment grant to research ways to sterilize fish and prevent genetically modified offspring. Related articles: Senators propose bill banning 'Frankenfish' (San Francisco Bay Area Indymedia) Virus threatens wild salmon population (The Associated Press via USA Today) 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. 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Companies paid more for gas, food, other goods The Associated Press via Bloomberg Businessweek Companies paid more for gas and food in September to drive wholesale prices up by the most in five months. Outside those volatile categories, inflation was modest. Related article: Unpredictable weather, expanding markets drive food prices (CAIVN) More Share this article >     Campaign raises consumer awareness of properly cooking prepackaged, prepared foods Quality Assurance & Food Safety In September, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service partnered with the FDA, International Food Information Council, Partnership for Food Safety Education and organizations representing the frozen food and home appliance industries to raise awareness about the need to follow package instructions to fully cook pre-prepared foods and prevent foodborne illness. Related article: Read all the instructions (The Winfield Daily Courier) More Share this article >     Northern Foods has big pizza plans for Goodfellas Food Manufacture Northern Foods is aiming to reclaim market leadership of the frozen pizza sector with a rebranding of its Goodfella's pizza line, including new packaging and processing technologies. More Share this article >     Progress made on Salmonella vaccine for poultry, humans Technician Online North Carolina State University professors are looking to reduce the threat of Salmonella, which infects 1.2 million people a year. More Share this article >     Study: Consumers buy 'responsibly' packaged food first Food & Beverage Packaging EcoFocus Worldwide CEO Linda Gilbert has offered an early preview of research that gives food manufacturers and packaging companies their marching orders: 60 percent of consumers choose foods they perceive to be packaged responsibly. More Share this article >     EU project looks to enhance food labels using smartphones Food Navigator Consumer-driven information on food labels is the aim of a new Brussels-based project that combines smartphone technology with data explaining the function, traceability, quality and sustainability of various ingredients in food products. More Share this article >     Offline: Intrusive maintenance policy components Quality Assurance & Food Safety The threat of food contamination might increase when equipment is taken offline. Do you have the proper policies and procedures in place to ensure that doesn't happen? More Share this article >     National Everclean Services acquires CNS/FoodSafe PRWeb CNS/FoodSafe and National Everclean Services together will field the industry's strongest offering in food safety training and food preparation auditing. More Share this article >     High-tech cleaning: From dental surgeon to food manufacturer Food Manufacture A pilot program currently taking place in the U.K. is adapting technology used in dental surgeries to create a faster, more effective way for food and beverage firms to clean factories and food processing facilities. More Share this article >     Bio-decontamination in the food industry Laboratorytalk Bioquell discusses the use of hydrogen peroxide vapor technology as a method to tackle bio-decontamination within the food manufacturing industry. More Share this article >     Global food preservatives sector topped $1 billion in 2010 Food Product Design The global preservatives market grew an average of 1.3 percent annually from 2006 to 2010, reaching $1.35 billion in 2010, according to a new market report from Leatherhead Food Research. 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