Highlights

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International

Tit-for-Tat Tariff Threats Continue: Trump Floats 200% Levy on EU Champagne, Wines, Spirits

March 13, 2025
President Trump responds to the European Union’s plan for retaliatory tariffs — which itself was a response to his announcement of a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum products ...
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Legal Issues

USDA, DOGE Slash About $1 Billion in School Nutrition Funding Programs

March 11, 2025
Two programs that allowed schools and food banks to purchase more food from local farms and ranches will be cut after Trump administration determines they were not fiscally responsible...
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Legal Issues

Michigan Pork Plant Could Lose 400 Workers After Trump Decision to End Haitian Protected Status

March 6, 2025
The future of about 400 workers at Clemens Food Group's Coldwater, Mich., plant is up in the air due to President Trump’s revoking of Temporary Protected Status, which allowed...
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Legal Issues

11 Food Companies Targeted in Ultraprocessed Lawsuit

Jan. 21, 2025
Could it become a landmark case? Plaintiff claims companies used a ‘1980s cigarette playbook’ to addict people; names Kraft Heinz, Mondelez, Post, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, General ...
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Regulatory Compliance

Pressing Food Safety and Regulatory Issues for 2025

Jan. 9, 2025
Events and issues in 2024 and earlier will likely color the food safety landscape in the new year.
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Legal Issues

Fresh Mark Pays $3.7 Million for Immigration Identity Theft Scheme

Jan. 2, 2025
Salem, Ohio, hiring manager conspired with others to steal identities and give them to illegal immigrants in order to hire them to work for processing meat company.
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Legal Issues

Albertsons Sues Kroger After Proposed $24.6 Billion Merger is Blocked

Dec. 11, 2024
One day after an injunction was filed to block the mega merger between the two grocery giants, Albertsons accused Kroger of not doing enough to help earn regulatory approval for...
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Legal Issues

Two U.S. Subsidiaries of Stoli Group File for Bankruptcy, in Part Because of Cyberattack

Dec. 5, 2024
After a cyberattack on the global company in August, lenders for Stoli Group USA and Kentucky Owl cut off access to financing for those U.S. subsidiaries; global parent Stoli ...
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Legal Issues

Maple Leaf Foods Sues Canada Bread, Grupo Bimbo for Defamation Around Alleged Price-Fixing Conspiracy

Nov. 25, 2024
Accusations continue to fly around ongoing investigation into alleged bread price-fixing scheme in Canada, with Canada Bread attempting to pull former controlling shareholder ...
Legal Issues

John R. Tyson Arrested for DWI, Suspended from Tyson Foods CFO Role

June 14, 2024
This is the second alcohol-related arrest in two years for the fourth-generation Tyson family executive, who was assumed to eventually lead the company his great-grandfather founded...
Editor's Plate

Editor's Plate: When Politics Gets in the Way of Food and Freedom

June 6, 2024
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis trashes cultured meat and, in the process, individual rights.
Dairy, Cheese, Eggs

Oberweis Dairy Receives Stalking Horse Bid, Raising Optimism About Future

April 23, 2024
Dutch Farms’ co-founder Brian Boomsma, named as the bidder, plans to operate and grow the business, according to an email from Oberweis.
Environmental

Campbell’s Napoleon, Ohio, Plant Facing Wastewater Discharge Lawsuits

March 21, 2024
U.S. Dept. of Justice as well as two environmental groups have filed suits alleging the plant wastewater exceeds allowable pollutant levels into the Maumee River and eventually...