Month: July 2015

Specialty Food Association Honored For Hunger Relief Efforts

July 31, 2015 Specialty Food Foundation

The Specialty Food Association has been awarded a Power of A Gold Award from the American Society of Association Executives for its work to help reduce hunger and increase food recovery via the grant making, education and industry events of its Specialty Food Foundation. …

Foster Farms Launches 'Don't Call Me Basic' Sandwich Contest

July 31, 2015 Foster Farms

In celebration of National Sandwich Month and to introduce the new Foster Farms All Natural Sliced Turkey lunchmeats, Foster Farms is launching the "Don't Call Me Basic" turkey sandwich contest to find the most inventive turkey sandwich recipe. Foster Farms is calling on the public to develop unique sandwich creations using its new premium turkey lunchmeat to prove that turkey sandwiches with Foster Farms All Natural Sliced Turkey are anything but basic. The contest grand prize is a luxury weekend getaway to the Napa Valley or $4,000 cash. …

TPP: Dairy Groups Commend Senate Appeals For Robust US Dairy Outcome

July 31, 2015 The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF)

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) today thanked a bipartisan group of 22 senators for urging the Obama administration to increase market access for U.S. dairy products into Canada and Japan as part of any final Pacific Rim trade agreement. …

Sargento Foods Welcomes Three New Hires In The Consumer Products Division

July 31, 2015 Sargento Foods Inc.

Sargento Foods Inc. announces three recent additions to its Consumer Products Division. Tara Schuler has joined as Associate Marketing Manager on the Shredded Cheese business, while Becky Plummer has accepted the position of Associate Marketing Manager on the Snacks business. Marie Sherman has also joined the company as Trade Planning Analyst. …

FDA Proposes Additional Updates To Nutrition Facts Panel

July 31, 2015 International Dairy Foods Association

The Food and Drug Administration published on Monday two proposed rules that would make further changes to updates to the Nutrition Facts panel that the agency proposed last year. One would mandate a percent Daily Value declaration for added sugars and define the term Percent Daily Value (%DV) in a footnote on the label. The other proposed a reopening of the comment period for 60 days for the sole purpose of inviting public comments on two consumer studies that FDA conducted related to added sugars declaration and the %DV footnote. …