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Sell-By Dates on Food Are About to Change in a Big Way

The Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers Association announced Wednesday that they’ve adopted standardized, voluntary regulations to clear up what product date labels mean.

Grocery Manufacturers Association Sept. 12 Webinar to Address FSMA Recall Requirements

The Grocery Manufacturers Association will host a webinar on Monday, Sept. 12 at 1 p.m. EST on the recall requirements under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

President Obama on Friday signed S. 764 into law, setting in place one national standard for GMO disclosure that brings consistency, certainty and an end to restrictions on interstate commerce facing retailers, manufacturers and customers.

Obama Signs GMO Labeling Law; Industry Applauds, Activists Criticize

While the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) applauded the signing, an activist group, FoodDemocracyNow!, said it will challenge the law.

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Food Industry Urges Senate to Act on GMO Label Law

Because the House of Representatives must also pass the Senate bill and is out of session the last week of June, only seven legislative days remain for Congress to act.

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin responded to the letter yesterday on his Facebook page: The Grocery Manufacturers Association sent me a letter yesterday urging me to abandon Vermont's GMO labeling law. Here's my response: Here's an idea for the industry: Just label your products. All of them, nationwide. 64 countries already do it. I'm sure the food industry in America could summon the moral imagination to be the 65th. The industry's real concern is that as goes Vermont so will go America. Plain and simple Vermont's law is about giving consumers the right to know what is in their food. For too long consumers in America have been denied that right. Vermont is saying enough is enough. Give us the right to know.

Grocery Manufacturers Warn Vermont Over GMO Labeling Rule; Organic Consumers Group Defends The Mandate

The state's labeling mandate on foods with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is scheduled to go into effect in July 2016, but food manufacturers are finding even more costs and challenges from the law the GMA said in a letter to Vermont's Governor.

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Grocery Manufacturers Association Offers FSMA Readiness Training Webinars

Available to members and non-members, these expert-led training sessions are critical for companies to maintain the ability to implement new industry regulatory requirements.

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CPG and Retail Companies to Sell Products More Directly to Consumers in 2013

Retail, F&B and household product sectors shift their focus to the new rules of consumer engagement