This message contains images. If you don't see images, click here to view. Click here to advertise in this news brief.   Mobile version   RSS   Subscribe   Unsubscribe   Archive   Media Kit Oct. 14, 2011 Home   Public Policy   Member Services   Industry Resources    Events    News & Media   About Us     Potato wars: An eye for an eye POLITICO Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is a more gentle soul than your typical Republican Steering Committee regular, but there she was in the Capitol last week: Ms. Maine Moderate lunching with the "Sons of Jesse Helms" — all in the name of the potato. Related article: Don't denigrate the potato (Time) Editor's note: Write your senators today and urge them to support the Collins-Udall school meals amendment by visiting the Friends of Frozen Food online. More Share this article >     House votes to delay EPA 'boiler' regulations The Hill The House on Thursday evening voted to postpone the implementation of several EPA rules that would regulate emissions from commercial, institutional and industrial boiler systems. Editor's note: AFFI, in partnership with a broad industry coalition, has been urging congressional approval of this legislation. More Share this article >     Upcoming Food Day signals thumbs down to 'Terrible 10' Food Safety News Monday, Oct. 24, is Food Day, and much of what its organizers would like to eliminate in the American diet was spelled out Thursday by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the force behind the new national day to rally for healthy, affordable food. Related article: Opinion: That crooked carrot is food, too (The New York Times) More Share this article >     Opinion: How Taxpayer Protection Pledge helps push tax reform The Washington Post The Taxpayer Protection Pledge is a one-sentence written commitment by members of the House and Senate to their constituents that they will oppose all efforts to increase total taxes. Tax reform not only is consistent with the pledge but also was the original and continuing purpose of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Editor's note: Grover Norquist was the keynote speaker at AFFI's Public Policy Forum & Breakfast at the 2011 Government Action Summit. More Share this article >     Opinion: China must respect the free trade system The Washington Post The feckless economic policies of the Obama administration have resulted in a 10 percent decline in Americans' median income, persistent unemployment above 8 percent and collapsing home and asset values. More Share this article >     Transportation Secretary to leave post after 2012 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Thursday let it slip to reporters that he would leave his post after 2012 at the end of President Barack Obama's first term. More Share this article >     Herman Cain's surge put to test POLITICO The clock already is ticking on Herman Cain's presidential moment. The former pizza executive and talk radio host suddenly is scrambling to take advantage of an opening in the presidential race that even his supporters say seems too good to be true. More Share this article >     Obama far outpaces GOP rivals in third-quarter fundraising The Washington Post Despite his political troubles, President Barack Obama has surged far ahead of his Republican rivals in raising money for the 2012 election, bringing in more than $150 million for his campaign and the Democratic Party from nearly a million donors, according to figures released Thursday. More Share this article >     Mexican carrier cleared for cross-border trucking pilot program Truckinginfo Transportes Olympic SA de CV has been cleared to be the first Mexican carrier in the U.S. Department of Transportation's cross-border trucking pilot program. More Share this article >     Trade groups go after Obama ethics rules Roll Call Leading Washington, D.C., trade association executives remain so irate over the Obama administration's new draft ethics rules for government employees that they've asked White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley for a meeting. Editor's note: AFFI is a member of ASAE's Key Industry Associations Committee and is a party to the Oct. 12 letter to White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley requesting a meeting regarding the Office of Government Ethics' proposed rules for government employees. More Share this article >     South Korean leader thanks Congress for free trade vote The Hill South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday thanked a joint meeting of Congress for approving the U.S.-Korea free trade agreement and said his country would hold to its labor and environmental commitments, a nod to Democrats who were more divided on the pact. More Share this article >     House Democrats aim to raise revenue, taxes in supercommittee The Hill House Democrats are calling for the congressional supercommittee on deficit reduction to raise taxes and other revenue to narrow the nation's long-term budget shortfall. More Share this article >     China forms food safety risk assessment center Xinhua News Agency China has established a national professional center for food safety risk assessment, which is a major move for China in applying improved scientific management to preventing food scandals. More Share this article >     E. coli confessions: Part IV Food Safety News This is the fourth installment in a series written by John Munsell of Miles City, Mont., who explains how the small meat plant his family owned for 59 years ran afoul of USDA's meat inspection program. More Share this article >     Convert Pallet into Carton Flow Span-Track carton flow track by UNEX ‘drops-in’ to any new or existing pallet rack structure. Span-Track’s full width roller provides more contact surface than any other carton flow. Product tested for durability within Freezer environments to deliver superior flow with product always at the pick point. Request a free sample … Digital Lumens Intelligent Lighting Systems Warehouse lighting can account for as much as 40% of the total electricity in a facility. Now there is something you can do to slash your carbon footprint and control those costs. The Digital Lumens award-winning Intelligent Lighting System combines LED fixtures with intelligence – integrated controls, sensors, networking and reporting – to reduce lighting energy use by up to 90%. MORE VISYS sorting systems Visys’ digital sorters detect and remove foreign bodies as well as defective, undesirable or contaminated product from your product streams on differences in color, biostructure, shape and/or density. Our world-class sorters incorporate the latest state-of-art technologies based on lasers, near-infrared, color, metal and x-ray sensors or any combination thereof. Mars Food recall highlights need for contingency planning Food Manufacture Mars Food's recall of some of its Dolmio PastaVita products underlines the need for effective contingency planning, according to some legal specialists. Editor's note: AFFI has partnered with Sound Counsel Crisis Communications to provide customized crisis communications plans and media training for AFFI members. Please click here for more information. In addition, AFFI has partnered with Lockton Companies LLC and XL Insurance to provide enhanced product recall protection for AFFI members. Learn more here. More Share this article >     'Better for you' food might be better for company profits NPR Processed foods that are low in calories, salt, fat or sugar are too expensive. And we won't buy them if we think they won't taste good — or so the conventional wisdom goes. But a unique economics analysis published Thursday says the foods that help keep us in shape can help keep the companies who make that food in shape, too. More Share this article >     Sanitizing, standardizing your maintenance program Food Processing A manufacturer poses this question: "We have been tasked by the FDA to develop a 'Maintenance Sanitation Program' that supports adequate cleaning of maintenance supplies, new equipment, parts, hand tools, etc. This is separate from our Sanitation Standard Operating Procedure. What are the differences between these two documents?" More Share this article >     Frozen fajitas recalled over mislabeling USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service Phil's Fresh Foods Inc., of Boulder, Colo., is recalling approximately 15,760 pounds of frozen chicken and steak fajita products because of mislabeling; the chicken fajita packages might contain steak, and the steak fajita packages might contain chicken. More Share this article >     Frozen ground tuna recalled U.S. Food and Drug Administration Osamu Corp. of Gardena, Calif., is recalling up to 1,800 cases of frozen ground tuna because the FDA found decomposition in several samples of the product and also found elevated histamine levels in samples taken from one retail location. More Share this article >     Shredded lettuce recalled after Listeria detected U.S. Food and Drug Administration Giant Eagle is recalling bags of its Giant Eagle Farmer's Market shredded iceberg lettuce, as well as a range of deli sandwiches that used the product, after the Food and Drug Administration detected the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in a routine random sample test. The company also is using loyalty card purchase history data to call customers who might be at risk. More Share this article >     SupplySide West: Hot topics for food industry Food Product Design All the hot industry topics were represented during the Food & Beverage Education track at SupplySide West, including nutrigenomics, naturally functional foods and beverages, emerging trends and the best approaches to controlling food allergens in the manufacturing setting. More Share this article >     De-packaging system addresses contaminated packaged food Food & Drink News Organic and biodegradable waste treatment company The Maltings Organic Treatment Ltd. has taken delivery of a de-packaging system that can handle up to 10,000 tons of heavily packaged and contaminated food products. More Share this article >     New paper-based packaging to control pathogen growth Packaging Digest Recent Listeria and E. coli outbreaks have shown the current procedures for food safety have not achieved full control of these deadly pathogens. New packaging approaches developed by Canadian researchers from the Sentinel Bioactive Paper Network offer unique solutions for biocontrol by using immobilized phage. More Share this article >     Orbcomm, Locas Traxx to enable shipment tracking system Telecompaper Business analytics expert Locus Traxx will use Vodafone's GSM communications service and Orbcomm's low-Earth orbit satellite network to support its dual-mode SmartTraxx shipment monitoring, reporting and alerts system. More Share this article >     United States Cold Storage USCS and its several predecessor companies have been providing refrigerated storage services to the food industry since 1889. Today USCS is a leading national public refrigerated warehouse operator with 34 facilities located in 12 states. MORE Sorting Food From wild to cultivated, from fresh to frozen, from whole to cut, in bulk or in bags, … we get everything sorted, whatever color or defects. MORE   Frozen Express Colby Horton, Vice President of Publishing, (469) 420-2601 Download media kit Valerie Hunt, Content Editor, (469) 420-2690    Contribute news This edition of Frozen Express was sent to ##Email##. 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