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The U.S. Economy Continued to Expand at a Moderate Pace From November
Jan 17, 2014The U.S. economy continued to expand at a moderate pace from November to the end of the year, with reports on transportation services generally positive, the Federal Reserve said. The economic outlook is positive in most of 12 Federal ...
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Two Colorado Farmers Contaminated Cantaloupe to Interstate Commerce
Jan 17, 2014Two Colorado farmers who pleaded guilty to six counts of introducing contaminated cantaloupe to interstate commerce in one of the deadliest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history have asked a federal judge for probation sentences. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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Fusion Packaging Has Unveiled a New and Innovative Foundation Bottle, Scene.
Jan 16, 2014Fusion Packaging has unveiled a new and innovative foundation bottle, Scene. Aptly named, the patent-pending package provides a shatterproof, clear and glass-like base for true color indication, enabling the formula to be seen while on ...
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Fausti Has Been Analyzing Trends in Cattle Marketing for Nearly 20 Years
Jan 16, 2014Change and volatility are commonplace in today's agricultural markets. South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station economist Scott Fausti has had a front row seat to monitor much of that change. He has been analyzing trends in cattle ...
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Retail Sales Grew 0.2% in December, The Commerce Department Reported Jan. 14.
Jan 15, 2014Wal-Mart Corp. Retail sales grew 0.2% in December, the Commerce Department reported Jan. 14. The expansion followed a 0.4% increase in November that was smaller than previously reported. On average, analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News ...
Tags: retail sales, December, Commerce Department, increase
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The Price of Goods Imported to The US Was Unchanged in December
Jan 15, 2014Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News The price of goods imported to the United States was unchanged in December after declining the prior month, the Labor Department reported Jan. 14. December is the third consecutive month without an increase ...
Tags: price, imported goods, commodity disinflationary pressures, unchanged
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Frank Reese Rattles off Names of Chicken Breeds That Were Once Common
Jan 15, 2014Peering through a sunlit barn in rural Kansas, fourth-generation poultry farmer Frank Reese rattles off names of chicken breeds that were once common - Barred Rock, Dark Brahma, Ancona, Rhode Island Red, Dark Cornish. He points to an ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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Hog Herd Could Be on Its Way to Expansion ?
Jan 15, 2014For the last year, there's been some guarded optimism that the U.S. hog herd could be on its way to expansion. But, the sustained growth forecast in 2013 never really reached fruition by the year's end that industry-watchers saw coming. ...
Tags: hog herd, Agriculture
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The State Should Deny a Wastewater Discharge Permit for Valley Meat
Jan 14, 2014A New Mexico hearings officer says the state should deny a wastewater discharge permit for Valley Meat in Roswell, and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources says it will get back to Rains Natural Meats in Gallatin once it decides if ...
Tags: Food Safety News, Food News, Slaughter Horses, Slaughter Horses Export
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Foster Farms Is Voluntarily Halting Operations at Its Troubled Plant
Jan 14, 2014Foster Farms is voluntarily halting operations at its troubled plant in Livingston, CA, according to a news release from the company. Operations at the plant were originally shut down by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Jan. 8 for a ...
Tags: Food Safety News, Food News, Halts Operations, Foster Farms
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FDA Released a Draft Risk Assessment on The Levels of Contaminants in Spices
Jan 14, 2014In October 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a draft risk assessment on the levels of contaminants in spices. The report made headlines nationwide for including the finding that 12 percent of spices imported to the U.S. ...
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Humane Society of The United States Recently Ranked Colorado's Animal-Protection Laws
Jan 14, 2014The Humane Society of the United States recently ranked Colorado's animal-protection laws among the top 10 for overall effectiveness. But, this past Friday, the Weld County Prosecutor's Office determined that timing provisions in those laws ...
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Aluminum Industry's Carbon Footprint Has Fallen Even More Dramatically
Jan 14, 2014Energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions associated with primary aluminum production in the United States and Canada have declined significantly in recent years according to a new, peer-reviewed life-cycle assessment (LCA) report released ...
Tags: primary aluminum production, life-cycle assessment, Aluminum Association
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Laboratory Tests Have Found No Evidence of Unsafe or Excessive Levels of Arsenic
Jan 10, 2014Laboratory tests on Washington State's exotic shellfish export, the geoduck clam, have found no evidence of unsafe or excessive levels of arsenic, rebutting claims made by Chinese food safety authorities that followed?a sudden ban placed on ...
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Hundreds of People in Japan Have Been Sickened by Food Contaminated
Jan 10, 2014Hundreds of people in Japan have been sickened?by food contaminated with the pesticide malathion. Reports on the number of victims differ from at least 890 to more than 1,000. The mass poisoning has been traced to?Maruha Nichiro Holdings, ...
Tags: Frozen Foods, Pesticide-Contaminated Frozen Foods, Sick in Japan
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