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Cheese Products Recalled Due To Metal-Tainted Ingredients
August 18, 2010 4:49 am | News | CommentsTOKYO, Aug. 18 (Kyodo) — Cheese maker Union Cheese Co. and two other cheese distributors said Wednesday they will voluntarily recall some of their cheese products in the wake of Meiji Dairies Corp.'s recall on Monday after finding metallic pieces in cheese ingredients imported from Germany.
Brewery Hopes To Keep Returnable Bottles
August 18, 2010 4:45 am | News | CommentsST. MARYS, Pa. (AP) — For years, it was the way breweries did business: sell bottles, then take back the empties. It just made sense, especially to folks weaned in the lean days of the Great Depression and World War II, that bottles should be scrubbed and refilled, not thrown away.
Farmer Pushes Genetically Modified Crops
August 18, 2010 4:36 am | News | CommentsPORDENONE, Italy (AP) — Giorgio Fidenato has made a habit of carrying a raw ear of yellow corn and taking a hearty bite whenever a camera is in sight. It's a provocation. The Italian farmer's corn is genetically modified, grown surreptitiously in fields in the northeast not far from the Austrian and Slovene borders.
Cranberry Production To Rise 6 Percent
August 18, 2010 4:33 am | News | CommentsBOSTON (AP) — The nation's cranberry crop is on track this year to become the second largest on record, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. The USDA's annual cranberry forecast calls for 7.35 million 100-pound barrels, up 6 percent from about 6.9 million barrels a year ago.
PepsiCo, Senomyx Collaborate On Sweeteners
August 18, 2010 4:30 am | News | CommentsPURCHASE, N.Y. (AP) — PepsiCo, Inc. and food flavoring company Senomyx Inc. have signed a four-year deal to research and develop sweeteners for its beverages. The agreement announced Tuesday includes a $30 million upfront payment, of which $7.5 million was already paid. Senomyx, which develops flavors, flavor-enhancers and bitter taste blockers, will be entitled to $32 million more over the four years.
Hong Kongers Wage War Against Shark Fin
August 18, 2010 4:22 am | News | CommentsHONG KONG (AP) — When Steven Leung and Sylvia Cheung celebrated their nuptials in this southern Chinese financial center recently, they lavished their guests with one sumptuous dish after another — bird nest soup, lobster, abalone. But one traditional dish was missing from the 13-course Cantonese banquet.
'CSI' For Seafood
August 17, 2010 4:35 am | News | CommentsWASHINGTON (AP) — Fish, shrimp and other catches from the Gulf of Mexico are being ground up to hunt for minute traces of oil in what's considered unprecedented safety testing — sort of a "CSI" for seafood that's far more reassuring than the sniff test that made all the headlines.
PepsiCo To Invest In Vietnam
August 17, 2010 4:30 am | News | CommentsPepsiCo Inc. plans to invest $250 million in Vietnam in the next three years in both its food and beverage businesses. Saad Abdul-Latif, CEO of PepsiCo Asia, Middle East and Africa, said Vietnam is one of the company's biggest growth opportunities. The company, based in Purchase, N.
Wright County Egg Recalls Shell Eggs
August 17, 2010 4:26 am | News | CommentsThe following statement was released by officials of Wright County Egg regarding the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) on-farm records review and egg testing for Salmonella. Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa is voluntarily recalling specific Julian dates of shell eggs produced by their farms because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella .
Raise A Glass To Beer-Free Beer
August 17, 2010 4:17 am | Videos | CommentsJapanese beer-drinkers turn to non-traditional brews to quench their thirst for beer in the midst of an intense heat wave.
Finding Your Sea Legs
August 17, 2010 4:04 am | by Krystal Gabert, Editor | Articles | CommentsA University of Minnesota Food Industry Center survey recently found that over half of Americans surveyed say that the recent BP oil spill will affect their purchasing decisions with regard to seafood. Many reported that they would eat only seafood they could be certain did not come from the Gulf of Mexico, and still others responded to the survey claiming that, because of fears about the oil spill, they would curtail their seafood consumption regardless of the food's origin.
New England Fishing Legacy Fades
August 16, 2010 4:46 am | News | CommentsPLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Mike Secondo remembers the days when Plymouth's docks outshone its rock. Tourists swarmed the town pier in the 1970s and '80s, snapping pictures and bantering with commercial fishermen as they unloaded another shimmering haul for Secondo's company, Reliable Fish, to truck to points south.
Shrimp Season Starts Amid Oil, Price Worries
August 16, 2010 4:43 am | News | CommentsNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Shrimpers returned to Louisiana waters Monday for the first commercial season since the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, uncertain what crude may still be in the water and what price they'll get for the catch if consumers worry about possible lingering effects from the massive BP spill.
