The 115th United States Congress has passed the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA), which reduces the federal excise tax for breweries, wineries and distilled spirits producers. Under the bill, the federal excise tax ...
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Flint Group has announced the global launch of its latest version UV LED process inks, XCURA EVO. ““EVO” is short for evolutionary,” explains Trevor Amps, Global Product Management Director for Energy Curing inks. ...
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US Senator have reached a bipartisan deal for mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in packaged foods across the country. The proposal was introduced by Senate Agricultural Committee members Sen. Pat Roberts, R- ...
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Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on January 8, 2015 The medical device tax is the issue that won’t go away. Elected officials and medical device companies began railing against Obamacare’s medical device tax ...
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Las Vegas Market announced today that its gift and home décor leasing activity continues to intensify, with the rapid growth rate fueled by showroom expansions among leading vendors as well as large numbers of new resources opening ...
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Medtronic isn’t the only medtech company facing criticism over potentially moving its headquarters overseas. Hospira is also taking flak—even though it is only rumored so far to be in talks with French company Danone for a ...
Medtronic officials apparently see the political blowback over their proposed $43 billion acquisition of Covidien as serious business. The company has paid $200,000 to lobbyists including former U.S. Sens. Trent Lott and John Breaux to ...
The following is a statement from National Corn Growers Association President Martin Barbre on Senate and House letters to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, stressing the importance of preserving the Renewable Fuel Standard: ...
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A third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. A Food Safety News investigation has documented that millions of pounds of ...
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A group of U.S. senators are urging U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to push for broad market access for U.S. pork in the countries that are part of the current Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ...
A bipartisan group of 13 U.S. senators from both sides of the aisle sent a letter last week to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to move forward with a proposal to modernize the department's poultry ...
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U.S. Sens. Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown and Reps. Bob Latta and Jim Jordan sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Mike Froman urging government ...
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US-based medical device provider Blood Cell Storage has started shipping its SAFE Sens IVM (in vessel monitoring), a novel new approach to monitor pH in closed incubator for in vitro fertilization. The SAFE Sens (sterile, automated ...
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California lawmakers gave final passage Thursday to a bill to create a mattress recycling program, sending the measure to the governor's desk for review. The California State Senate voted 31-8 to approve SB254, authored by Sens. Loni ...
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Supporters of a mattress recycling bill stand amid used mattresses on the steps of the California State Capitol. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Amid a backdrop of used mattresses, supporters of a mattress recycling measure backed by the ...
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