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N.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.
read now19 Fla. counties cleared, ready to ship tomatoes
June 11, 2008
MAITLAND, Fla. — Florida's tomato growers in the state's prime tomato-producing regions enthusiastically welcomed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's…
read nowRestaurants shift beverage strategies, study shows
June 11, 2008
CHICAGO — Limited-service restaurants have reduced the number of beverage items on their menus compared to the prior year, reports foodservice consultants…
read nowFDA issues consumer, restaurant tomato warning
June 9, 2008
ROCKVILLE, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration has expanded its warning to consumers and restaurateurs nationwide that a salmonellosis outbreak has been…
read nowBillions invested in farming as food prices increase
June 8, 2008
The New York Times: Huge investment funds have started to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into commodities like wheat, corn and soybeans. Now, a few large…
read nowL.A. Times conducts calorie-count comparisons
June 8, 2008
LA Times: Restaurants such as Chipotle Mexican Grill, Pizza Hut and McDonald's are offering consumers menu items lower in fat and calories. The following are…
read nowReport reveals consumers' age-based restaurant distinctions
June 5, 2008
CHICAGO — Chicago-based Technomic Information Services has released a "Generational Consumer Trend Report," which found that age-based distinctions among…
read nowVIDEO: Wine, spirits event debuts at NRA Show
June 2, 2008
CHICAGO — The first International Wine, Beer & Spirits Event at the 89th annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show in Chicago…
read nowVIDEO: New NRA chairman discusses host of industry issues
June 1, 2008
CHICAGO — Michael Kaufman, newly named chairman of the board of the National Restaurant Association, is ready to move the NRA into a higher position of…
read nowNRA Show: Pepsico partners with Green Restaurant Association
May 19, 2008
PURCHASE, N.Y. — PepsiCo Foodservice has entered into a strategic partnership with the not-for-profit Green Restaurant Association in an effort to assist…
read nowNRA Show: McDonald's CEO talks unity, gets blast from the past
May 18, 2008
Calling the confluence of problems now facing the restaurant industry "a perfect storm," Jim Skinner, CEO of McDonald's, the largest restaurant operation in…
read nowNSF Int'l launches beverage-quality program
May 1, 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — NSF International (NSF) has announced the launch of a new Beverage Quality Certification Program. The program expands the scope of NSF's…
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