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 Dec. 14, 2011 Home   Public Policy   Member Services   Industry Resources    Events    News & Media   About Us     Low readership for nutrition labels The Wall Street Journal A simulated grocery shopping experiment found consumers have a limited attention span for nutrition labels on food packaging, and they read the labels far less frequently than they say they do, according to a study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Research. More Share this article >     Food groups: White House should review EPA dioxin reassessment Food Chemical News Major food producers alerted the White House last week to an EPA risk assessment on dioxin that could have a "chilling" effect on the sales of livestock, dairy, poultry and produce. Editor's note: The American Frozen Food Institute is a signatory to the food group letter referenced in this story. More Share this article >     Long-awaited FDA produce safety rules coming in 2012 The Packer The long-anticipated produce safety regulation from the Food and Drug Administration will be issued soon after the first of the year, FDA officials say. More Share this article >     How Obama gets to 270 The Washington Post On Tuesday morning, the brain trust of President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign gathered a select handful of reporters to make a simple case: The incumbent has a number of different paths — five, to be exact — he can follow to win the 270 electoral votes necessary to secure a second term. More Share this article >     Poll watcher: Swing states less friendly to Obama in 2012 The Washington Post A USA Today/Gallup poll of 12 swing states released Tuesday finds the Republican Party in a stronger position than in 2008, when Barack Obama ran the table in each state contest. More Share this article >     Poll: Gingrich leads GOP field, Romney better against Obama The Hill Newt Gingrich has a double-digit over the GOP field nationally, but Mitt Romney performs better in a head-to-head match against President Barack Obama, according to an NBC-Wall Street Journal poll released Tuesday. More Share this article >     USDA's MyPlate very different from Americans' actual plates Progressive Grocer The nutritionally balanced quadrants of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's MyPlate — the new federal dietary guidelines that depict a healthful daily diet — look quite different from what actually is on the plates of most Americans, according to new research from The NPD Group. More Share this article >     What are the next steps for farm bill? Farm Futures A former USDA chief of staff is optimistic that Agriculture Committee leaders on Capitol Hill and farm and commodity groups will put their differences aside when work resumes next year on the 2012 farm bill. Related article: New farm bill stalled — for now (Corn & Soybean Digest) More Share this article >     USDA observes anniversary of Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act USDA First lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday highlighted the achievements of the historic Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, one year after the legislation was enacted to combat child hunger and obesity and improve the health and nutrition of the nation's youth. 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More Share this article >     IBM to build pork safety monitoring system in China Bloomberg IBM, the world's largest computer services company, won a contract to build a food monitoring system in China as the nation toughens supervision of food safety after recent scandals. More Share this article >     Cargill hopes to recall laid-off workers to poultry plant KSPR-TV Some northwest Arkansas workers at a poultry plant previously linked to a Salmonella outbreak soon could be back to work. Cargill says it hopes to recall some laid-off employees by Christmas. More Share this article >     Research: Blast surface freezing gets same results as fresh, frozen U.S. Poultry & Egg Association A funded research project at Clemson University to determine the survival of E. coli and Salmonella on the surface of raw poultry products following blast surface freezing showed no differences between fresh and completely frozen treatments. More Share this article >     Stores test market for frozen Vermont vegetables WCAX-TV The goal of eating local can be tough in the winter when no crops are growing in Vermont's frozen fields, but now those crops can be found in the frozen food section of food cooperatives in the Northeast. More Share this article >     New beef exports record set TheMeatSite October was another excellent month for U.S. beef exports, which were valued at $452 million for the month, pushing the 2011 total to a new annual record of $4.49 billion. This is 37 percent ahead of the then-record pace established during the first 10 months of 2010. More Share this article >     United States Cold Storage Nationwide cold storage warehousing, transportation and customized services 34 nationwide locations to serve you. MORE CO-PACKING. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. SOURCING & SUPPLY Harvest creates and manufactures innovative frozen food products for some of the best brands in the industry. 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