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  • Study Suggests Dangerous Food Bacteria is Long-term Problem

    WASHINGTON - A new report conducted for the Institute of Food Technologists suggests America's food supply will be threatened by dangerous bacteria for a long time as new germs arrive in imported products and microbes already here develop in new forms, The Associated Press reports.
  • Campbell Soup Co. Issues Allergy Alert on RTS Classic Tomato Soup

    CAMDEN, N.J. - Campbell Soup Company on Saturday voluntarily recalled one day's production of its 18.7-ounce cans of soup labeled Campbell's Ready To Serve Classic Tomato, because it may contain undeclared milk and soy protein.
  • Kraft Foods Is Targeted Again by Green Group

    CHICAGO - Kraft Foods Inc. is once again a target of Genetically Engineered Food Alert, the Washington-based group whose research led to Kraft's recall of taco shells containing StarLink last year, Reuters reports.
  • Ahold Global Promotion Breaks Records

    ZAANDAM, The Netherlands - Ahold said today that its third worldwide promotion held last fall generated record sales.
  • Store Refuses Customer's Coins Because of Anthrax Fear

    PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - A father who brought $3.13 in change to buy milk, three jars of baby food and a newspaper at a Market Basket store in Portsmouth, N.H., was turned away by a cashier because of anthrax fears, The Associated Press reports.
  • Ultimate Juice Company Sells Saratoga Spring Water

    BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - The Ultimate Juice Company, the nation's largest super premium, refrigerated juice company, has sold Saratoga Spring Water, the oldest bottled water company in the United States, to a private investor group led by Adam Madkour, who has been president of Saratoga Spring Water since 1993.
  • Terror in aisle one

    Anthrax in the flour? Smallpox in the watermelon? We pray it won't happen, but we all know it can. Here's how food retailers are girding for the terrorist threat.
  • Study: Supermarkets Fast Becoming One-Stop, Whole Health Solution

    WASHINGTON - American consumers believe that the food they eat can make a significant difference in their health, but many admit that their own diet needs improvement, according to Shopping for Health 2001, just released by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Prevention magazine.
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