The FDA named Dr. Barbara O. Schneeman to lead the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling and Dietary Supplements.
Uncle Wally/United Baking plans to invest an additional $5 million in the 43,000-sq. ft. bakery plant it built in Brookhaven, NY in 2001. The expansion will house a new production line and create 50 new jobs.
Pepperidge Farm's new $72 million 265,000 sq. ft. bakery in Bloomfield, CT, received the 2004 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award last month in Sarasota, FL.
A coalition of food industry trade groups is strongly against USDA's proposed rule implementing the country of origin labeling (COOL) provision in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.