The trade organization representing the nation’s largest food and beverage companies wants permission to label as “natural” products that contain genetically engineered ingredients like corn, soy, canola and sugar, according to a letter sent to the Food and Drug Administration. …
The Federal Trade Commission voted 4-0 Monday to accept a settlement package from Albertson’s that includes divestiture of its Amarillo and Wichita Falls stores, made necessary by its proposed $385 million acquisition of the United Family. …
Florida fresh fruit shipments have declined more than 20 percent so far this season because of crop declines, smaller fruit sizes and a later start to the harvesting season. …
U.S. researchers suggest paying students in school small amounts of money or prizes increases the number who ate fruit or vegetables at lunch. …
Florida, the world’s largest orange grower after Brazil, will harvest 121 million boxes of the fruit in the season that began Oct. 1, the fewest since 1990, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates. Orange-juice futures in New York will rally 18 percent to $1.6465 a pound by the end of June, up from $1.3945 today, according to the average estimate of nine traders and analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News. …
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