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Tazo Tea to Get Big Push From Pepsi, Starbucks, Unilever

Business Wire
August 20, 2008 - The companies have announced a licensing agreement for the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of the ready-to-drink beverages.
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Food Industry News

Pepper Problems Routinely Found at U.S.-Mexican Border

The Charleston Gazette (W. Va.)
August 20, 2008 - Federal inspectors at U.S. border crossings repeatedly turned back filthy, disease-ridden shipments of peppers from Mexico in the months before a salmonella outbreak....
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Nature's Premium Pork to Carry DNA TraceBack Seal of Authenticity

PRNewswire
August 20, 2008 - The technology provided by IdentiGEN has been cleared by USDA to assure farm to fork traceability....
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Chiquita Completes Sale of Atlanta AG to UNIVEG

PRNewswire-FirstCall
August 20, 2008 - The euro 65 million, or $92 million, deal divests Chiquita of its previously wholly owned German distribution business....
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Dairy

Tesco May Lose Milk Price War as Industry Set to Rebel

The Scotsman (UK)
August 20, 2008 - The chain and its competitors are claiming that farmers will not suffer from the reduction in retail prices, but this cuts little ice with the National Farmers Union....
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Decision to Bottle On Site Pays Off for Pa. Dairy

Erie Times-News (Pa.)
August 19, 2008 - Weary of roller coaster milk prices from processors, Randy and Becky Messinger took over their own bottling six years ago. Now, business is almost too good....
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California Benefits From Rise in Dairy-Product Exports

The Sacramento Bee (Calif.)
August 18, 2008 - In the first half of 2008. exports of butter shot up 570 percent to more than 56,000 tons, and cheese exports jumped 48 percent to roughly 78,000 tons....
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Confection

Rice Flour on Rise as Substitute for Wheat in Sweets

Japan Times
August 20, 2008 - Pastries in Japan's Starbucks are increasingly being made with less wheat flour due to cost concerns, resulting in lighter and chewier products....
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Cheesecake Factory Voted Top Consumer Choice

Business Wire
August 20, 2008 - The confectionary and restaurant chain took top honors in Restaurants and Institutions magazine's annual consumer survey....
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Hershey Raises Candy Prices 11 Percent

United Press International
August 18, 2008 - The candymaker said rapidly rising ingredient costs are forcing retail price hikes for chocolate bars and bags of Hershey Kisses....
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Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Bluetongue Spreading Rapidly Among European Cattle Herds

Western Daily Press (Bristol, UK)
August 20, 2008 - New BTV8 bluetongue virus is rampaging through unvaccinated cattle herds in Holland, and UK cattlemen are warning of an epidemic....
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Sure Slice-Brand Beef Recalled in Canada

United Press International
August 19, 2008 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the products, sold in one-kilogram packages, might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes....
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Scallop Fishery Saving Va. Fishing Industry

Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
August 19, 2008 - Scallops bring in, by far, the most value of any species at Virginia seafood docks, about $53 million a year in the most recent statistics....
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Beverage

Tazo Tea to Get Big Push From Pepsi, Starbucks, Unilever

Business Wire
August 20, 2008 - The companies have announced a licensing agreement for the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of the coffee chain's ready-to-drink beverages in the U.S. and Canada....
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Liquid Salvation Launches Recycling Campaign

Market Wire
August 20, 2008 - The bottled water brand is staging a series of promotions during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, August 25-28, aimed at increasing the recycling of beverage containers....
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Coffee Outsells Soda in '07

Roanoke Times and World News (Va.)
August 19, 2008 - According to market research firm Packaged Facts, packaged specialty coffee brands, such as Seattle's Best and Starbucks, are appearing on more retailers' shelves....
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Fruit/Vegetable

Onion Association, Pallet Pooler Team Up

Business Wire
August 20, 2008 - The National Onion Association is partnering with CHEP, the global leader in pallet and container pooling solutions, to bolster funds for retail, consumer and foodservice promotional and educational activities....
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Old Grist Mills Making a Comeback in South

The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
August 20, 2008 - Stone ground grits are back in fashion, as folks yearn for healthier alternatives of favorite foods....
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U.S. Peanut Crop Coming in Ahead of Schedule

United Press International
August 19, 2008 - According to the USDA, 98 percent of the crop is now at the pegging stage, compared with a 97 percent average at this time of year....
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Bakery/Snack Food

Nuts, Dried Fruits Cut From U.S. School Snack Program

McClatchy Washington Bureau
August 19, 2008 - Fresh fruits are being pushed instead, as part of the compromise that ensured passage of the legislation....
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Organic Baby Food to Be Shipped for Free Through Amazon.com

Business Wire
August 19, 2008 - Ten varieties of Tastybaby Variety Packs are currently on sale online....
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Castleberry Plant Recovery Slow Following Botulism Cases

The Augusta Chronicle (Georgia)
August 19, 2008 -