Food & Beverage
March 24, 2008
According to CNN, PepsiCo and its biggest bottler said recently that they are paying $1.4 billion to buy a majority stake in Russia''s biggest juice company, a deal that expands
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March 20, 2008
According to the Associated Press, a Target Corp. official told a congressional panel recently that Hormel Foods and Cargill are close to putting a label on meat to let consumers
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March 17, 2008
According to the Wall Street Journal, Food and Drug Administration officials said recently that all shipments of heparin and active ingredients to make the blood thinner will be stopped at
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March 17, 2008
If you think the cost of gassing up your car is outrageous, wait until you need to restock your pantry.The Associated Press is reporting that the price of wheat has
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March 12, 2008
According to Reuters, Pilgrim''s Pride Corp said recently it will close a chicken processing complex and almost half of its U.S. chicken distribution centers as it tries to cope with
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March 10, 2008
According to Market Watch, Heinz, the Pittsburgh foods giant, recalled 40,000 cases of Boston Market lasagna with meat sauce because the product contained meat that was recalled by Hallmark/Westland Meat
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March 7, 2008
The Associated Press reported recently that Standard & Poor''s Ratings Services said it may downgrade Ecolab Inc.''s ratings, after the food safety and infection prevention products company said it may
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March 7, 2008
A federal jury recently ordered Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Upjohn Co. to pay more than $27 million to a Little Rock woman who got breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy,
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March 7, 2008
A Brazilian meatpacker''s $1.1 billion bid to buy two large U.S. rivals lifted shares in other meat producers recently as investors viewed the deals as a way to give the
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March 3, 2008
With grocery stores pulling tons of tainted meat out of their freezers, a food industry spokesman urged Congress to radically strengthen food regulators'' powers, the Associated Press reported recently.The
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