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News Food Institute counsel Olsson Frank Weeda
Terman Bode Matz PC provided menu labeling guidance analysis. To view, click
here. 
About
50 baby carrot growers unveiled plans for a $25 million marketing campaign.
Efforts include selling bags of carrots out of school vending machines, which
is being tested in Cincinnati and Syracuse, NY, reported USA Today. Full
Story Starbucks will introduce Starbucks VIA
Flavored Coffee in U.S. and Canada stores this fall in four varieties. Full
Story 7-Eleven
Inc. began testing whole roasted chicken and pasta dishes at some Chicago
convenience stores. Stores are also offering packaged fresh fruits, such as sliced
mango and watermelon, and boutique-style red velvet- and chocolate-flavored cupcakes,
reported Chicago Sun-Times. Full
Story Harris Tea Co. will start operating its
first solar power system Aug. 31. The array is installed on the company's
two buildings in Anaheim, CA, and will generate 450,000 kilowatt hours annually.
Full
Story International
News  Worldwide,
about 60% of consumers are stocking cupboards with more store brands as
a result of the economic downturn, according to a survey across 55 countries.
Fully 88% of shoppers globally intend to keep buying private label even after
the economy improves, noted Nielsen. Full
Story
Japan
is the world's second leading beef importer by value, behind the U.S., noted
ERS. In 2009, Japan imported over $470 million in U.S. beef products (down from
$1.6 billion in 2003 prior to trade restrictions). Japan's domestic production
is a very important market for U.S. feedstuffs exports, with over $740 million
imported to feed beef cattle in 2007 (the latest year with available data). Most
of the new consumption was met by imports because domestic beef production in
Japan is expensive. ERS
Report Health News  Neither
low doses of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), found
in fish oil, nor of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), derived
from nuts and several vegetable oils, provided any benefit to the vast majority
of heart patients, according to Dutch research published in New England Journal
of Medicine, reported HealthDay. Full
Story
Washington
News Cargill
Meat Solutions Corp. issued a voluntary recall of approximately
8,500-lbs. of ground beef because the products have the potential to be contaminated
with E. coli. Full
Story 
Queseria Chipilo is voluntarily recalling
of Oaxaca String Cheese, Queso Fresco, Queso Fresco and Hoja De Platano because
the products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Full
Story Market News The
national recall of eggs from Iowa is providing California egg farmers with an
opportunity to expand business. Last year, California
had just 19 million egg-laying hens, making it the sixth-largest producer in the
nation, compared to 41 million egg-laying hens in 1971. Arnie Riebli, a fourth-generation
egg producer in Sonoma County, expects about a 5% to 10% increase in sales because
of the recall, reported The Fresno Bee. Full
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A
team of 86 global scientists sequenced the genetic code of the Golden Delicious
apple. The findings were published in Nature Genetics, reported BBC
News. Full
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