FDA Makes Available Menu Labeling Social Media Toolkit for Consumer Outreach 

May 22, 2019 FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is making available a Menu Labeling Social Media Toolkit for use by organizations and health education professionals to conduct outreach with their audiences. This toolkit is designed to raise awareness of how consumers can use calorie information they may now see on menus and menu boards.

BEF Foods Recalls RTE Beef Products Produced without Benefit of Inspection

May 22, 2019 USDA FSIS

BEF Foods, Inc., a Lima, Ohio establishment, is recalling approximately 527 pounds of beef pasta products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection and outside of inspection hours, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.

Bothwell Cheese to Receive Up to $ 1.1M in Government Funding to Streamline Processing

As part of the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, the governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing up to $1,132,000 in Bothwell Cheese to advance its modernization efforts and enhance efficiency and productivity.

SpartanNash Wraps $ 18.3M Re-Branding Project

Byron Center-based SpartanNash adopted the slogan “keeping it real” for all of its Family Fare supermarkets, according to the company yesterday.

Whole Foods Market to Further Reduce Plastics Across all Stores

May 22, 2019 Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods Market today announced that it will eliminate plastic straws from its stores in the U.S., the U.K. and Canada by July 2019, becoming the first national grocer to make this change. In addition, the grocer switched to smaller plastic bags in its produce department this year and is replacing hard plastic rotisserie chicken containers with new bags that use approximately 70 percent less plastic.