Subway to sue Canadian broadcaster for defamation
Fast-food chain Subway has filed a CA$210 million defamation lawsuit against the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) after the broadcaster claimed some of its chicken was less than 50% meat.
Archives for April 18, 2017
Snyder’s-Lance CEO retires amid unsatisfactory results
Snyder’s-Lance has announced the surprise retirement of CEO Carl Lee Jnr (56) amid disappointing performance results for the first quarter of 2017.
OTA sets high bar for revised organic seed-purity standards
The Organic Trade Association wants to put the breaks on a proposal from the National Organic Standards Board to strengthen the requirements for use of organic seeds because “a few substantive changes are critical.”
On the move
Mondelēz and Bazooka Candy announce North America leadership changes
Mondelēz and the Topps’ confectionery division Bazooka Candy Brands have announced new leaders for their North American businesses.
NOSB reconsiders the use of some non-organic substances in organic certified products
Curating the National List of non-organic substances that are allowed in products certified as organic is a core responsibility of the National Organic Standards Board, and as such stakeholders will lobby the USDA advisory board to add and delete several...
Converting native land to organic farms has ‘unintended consequences’ on biodiversity, economies
To increase supply of organic and avoid the financially challenging three-year transition period necessary to convert conventional farm land, some producers are converting native ecosystems to organic farms – a practice that the National Organic...
Cornell professor of agricultural economics: US took advantage of 'loophole’ in dairy trade with Canada
Multiple US dairy groups have blasted Canada recently saying that the country is blatantly violating terms of the NAFTA trade agreement and that US dairy processors are suffering due to lost Canadian purchases of ultrafiltered (UF) milk.