OSHA seeks comments on whistleblower retaliation draft documents Jeremy Gerrard November 9, 2015 The draft document is intended to help employers develop a program to protect employees from retaliation.Read More
Full text of TPP posted online Jeremy Gerrard November 6, 2015 The Obama administration posted the full text of the of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) online. Read More
AFFI applauds senators for effort to expand school snack program Jeremy Gerrard November 6, 2015 The organization expressed its support for bipartisan legislation that allows schools to serve a full range of fruit and vegetables. Read More
IPPE extends ’30 under 30’ deadline Jeremy Gerrard November 6, 2015 The International Production and Processing Expo has extended the deadline for application submissions for young leaders. Read More
Kraft Heinz to close 7 North American plants, cut 2,600 jobs Jeremy Gerrard November 5, 2015 In an effort to streamline operations, the the company will close seven plants in the US and Canada during the next one to two years. Read More
Panera commits to cage-free eggs by 2020 Jeremy Gerrard November 5, 2015 The company announced its intentions to move to 100 percent cage-free eggs for all of its US operations by 2020. Read More
Food safety specialists gather in Beijing for GFSI Focus Day China November 4, 2015 More than 300 food safety executives gathered in Beijing this week for the fourth annual GFSI Focus Day China. Read More
JBS completes acquisition of Cargill pork operations Jeremy Gerrard November 4, 2015 JBS USA Pork finalized its acquisition of Cargill’s US-based pork business for $1.45 billion. Read More
FDA submits three new FSMA final rules Jeremy Gerrard November 4, 2015 Three more final rules of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) were submitted by FDA to the Federal Register this week.Read More
Amid E. coli outbreak, Chipotle moves to address food safety issues in Washington, Oregon Jeremy Gerrard November 4, 2015 Chipotle Mexican Grill has closed 43 stores in the Pacific Northwest in response to an E. coli outbreak.Read More