Washington DC -May 24- Caldwell Fresh Foods, of Maywood, CA, is voluntarily recalling all alfalfa sprouts manufactured and distributed nationwide under the Caldwell Fresh Foods, Nature’s Choice, and California Exotics brands, because the alfalfa sprouts may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday.

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Washington DC -May 14- As communities and organizations get behind the First Lady’s Let’s Move! campaign to solve the childhood obesity epidemic within a generation, one group that could have a tremendous impact on the health and well being of children are the Nation’s chefs.

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Washington DC -April 30- Losses of managed honey bee colonies nationwide totaled 33.8 percent from all causes from October 2009 to April 2010, according to a survey conducted by the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).

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Washington DC -April 23- U.S. sales of organic products continued to grow during 2009 despite the distressed state of the economy, the Organic Trade Association (OTA) revealed today in releasing findings from its 2010 Organic Industry Survey.

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Washington DC -April 23- Congressman J. Gresham Barrett (SC-03), a member of the Financial Services Committee, called on the President to denounce the value-added tax (VAT)

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Washington DC -April 20- Westward Seafoods Inc., the operator of a seafood processing plant in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, will pay a $570,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement agreement to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.

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Washington DC -April 19- As a precautionary measure, due to mislabeling, StarKist Co. is initiating a voluntary recall of two SeaSations® frozen white whole fish fillet products – Thai with Basil, UPC # 80000 50007 and Teriyaki Orange and Ginger, UPC # 80000 50112. All 11.4 oz packages of these two varieties have been recalled, regardless of Best By Date or Manufacturing Code.

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shington DC - April 14 -   On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Over the last 12 months, the index increased 2.3 percent.

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Washington DC - April 14 - The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.7 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The increase was attributable to higher prices for both fuel and nonfuel imports and followed a 0.2 percent decline in February.

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Washington DC - April 13 - Total February exports of $143.2 billion and imports of $182.9 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $39.7 billion, up from $37.0 billion in January, revised.

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Washington DC - April 12 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to conduct full five-year (”sunset”) reviews concerning the antidumping duty orders on frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil, China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Washington DC - April 9 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the presence of Guignardia citricarpa, or citrus black spot, in Florida. Citrus black spot causes early fruit drop, reduces crop yield and renders the highly blemished fruit unmarketable.

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Washington DC - April 8 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack helped commemorate the 50th anniversary of a 1959 “hog lift” in which Iowa farmers sent 36 hogs to Yamanashi Prefecture after Japan suffered major livestock losses caused by two destructive typhoons.

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Washington DC - April 6 - Retail food prices at the supermarket showed a modest increase during the first quarter of 2010, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.

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Washington DC - April 5 - Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector grew in March for the third consecutive month, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®.

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