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Western Expo hot products draw crowds
August 24, 2008
LOS ANGELES — Point-of-service systems and digital menu boards were among the heavily visited booths on the second day of the Western Foodservice and…
read nowSalmonella outbreak may have had warning signs
August 20, 2008
KXAN (Austin, Texas): An Associated Press review of Food and Drug Administration records has found there was a warning sign ahead of the recent salmonella…
read nowSalmonella outbreak not yet solved
August 17, 2008
Google/Associated Press: The nationwide salmonella outbreak linked first to tomatoes and then jalapenos is finally winding down, but federal health officials…
read nowWestern Foodservice Expo to move to San Diego in '09
August 7, 2008
NORWALK, Conn. — Reed Exhibitions and the California Restaurant Association (CRA) have announced plans to relocate the Western Foodservice & Hospitality…
read nowThe Horton Group hosts food-product-recall workshop
August 4, 2008
ORLAND PARK, Ill. -- The Horton Group is hosting "Terror at the Table" -- a food product recall workshop, on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, at its Waukesha, Wis.…
read nowWestern Foodservice & Hospitality Expo opens in 3 weeks
July 30, 2008
NORWALK, Conn. -- With three weeks to go before the opening of the 2008 Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo, more than 300 multiunit operators have…
read nowPapa Romano's, Mr. Pita open co-branded unit
July 29, 2008
COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A new co-branded Papa Romano's and Mr. Pita restaurant — the chains' first — has opened in downtown Detroit. The 1,800 square-foot…
read nowCalif. governor signs trans-fat ban
July 27, 2008
The New York Times: California became the first state to ban trans fats in restaurants when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill July 25, 2008, to phase…
read nowMinn. key to cracking salmonella source
July 23, 2008
Star Tribune (Minneapolis/St. Paul): While the FDA was focused on tomatoes and bogged down by its reliance on local health departments in its investigation, in…
read nowSalmonella found on jalapeno, tomatoes cleared
July 21, 2008
Government inspectors have found the same bacteria linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper that was handled by…
read nowFDA clears tomatoes, investigation ongoing
July 17, 2008
Google/Associated Press: The FDA has lifted its salmonella warning on tomatoes, but continues to ask those at risk of salmonella — including the elderly and…
read nowN.C. restaurant focus of salmonella investigation
July 13, 2008
The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer: Health investigators have converged on a Charlotte, N.C.-area restaurant suspected of being a source of multiple salmonella…
read nowCRA sues to overturn San Fran menu-labeling law
July 7, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — The California Restaurant Association has announced it has filed suit against the city and county of San Francisco and the San Francisco…
read nowFDA tomato traceback leads to Florida, Mexico
June 22, 2008
North Florida NewsDaily.com: Federal health authorities have announced that investigators looking for the source of a salmonella outbreak linked to tomatoes…
read nowExperts: EPA must address food inflation crisis
June 19, 2008
WASHINGTON — The American Meat Institute has announced that leaders in agricultural economics, the environment and the food industry have urged the U.S.
read nowPodcast Grill episode discusses NRA's 'Conserve'
June 18, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Dawn Sweeney, chief executive officer of the National Restaurant Association, will appear on the next episode of Podcast Grill, hosted by…
read nowFood safety experts probe salmonella cluster
June 17, 2008
Reuters: U.S. food safety officials have announced that they are looking at a cluster of nine cases of salmonella poisoning in hopes it yields clues to the…
read nowFDA backs NYC in calorie-count dispute
June 15, 2008
USA Today: The Food and Drug Administration believes the New York City has a right to force chain restaurants to post calorie counts on menu boards, a…
read nowMidwest flooding may push food prices higher
June 15, 2008
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.): Over the weekend of June 7, a monsoon-like storm dumped 10 inches of rain on Central Indiana, flooding farms still to…
read nowChains put tomatoes back on the menu
June 12, 2008
FRESNO, Calif. — California tomato growers are relieved that restaurants and grocery stores have announced the return of tomatoes to store shelves and menus.
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