Month: August 2012

Skuna Bay Salmon has been selected as the exclusive House Purveyor of fresh salmon for the James Beard Foundation (JBF). The Vancouver Island craft raised salmon will be served at the multiple dinners, tastings, and special events that take place more than 200 days a year at the historic James Beard House in New York City. The “performance space” for the most promising and established chefs from across the country is one of the many ways the prestigious nonprofit organization promotes its mission of celebrating, nurturing, and preserving America’s diverse culinary heritage and future. The James Beard Foundation provides a forum for visionaries who have become known for creating a remarkable culinary experience, making Skuna Bay Salmon an ideal partner. …

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) today endorsed new legislation that will support Congress’ original intent on federal restaurant menu labeling by ensuring that regulatory protocols intended for restaurants are not expanded to mainstream grocery stores, thus saving food retailers and their customers from unnecessary regulatory consequences costing in excess of $1 billion. …

The manufacturer of Golden Corral Tartar Sauce, Dickey’s BBQ Bean Sauce, Lee’s Cole Slaw Dressing, Fatz Tartar Sauce, Ken’s Tartar Sauce.  These items contain onions from Gills Onions, which may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.  Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and still births among pregnant women. …

Chipotle Mexican Grill gives back to California farmers by donating $1 to the Farmer-Veteran Coalition (up to $50,000) for every side of guacamole purchased at California restaurants during Farmers’ Market Week, August 5-12, 2012. The promotion celebrates the California farmers who make it possible for Chipotle to serve delicious, handmade guacamole every day, in each of their restaurants. …