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New law requires labels on meat
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — In a few weeks, American shoppers will be able to look at a cut of meat or a pound of hamburger and see something they've never seen before—a label that says where the meat came from. Starting Sept. 30, food manufacturers and...Tags: Government, Agriculture, Healthcare Policies, Colorado, Food Industry
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California winemakers brace for smaller supply of grapes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs California's winemakers begin the 2008 harvest, they are scrambling to find enough Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. After several years of bumper crops, Mother Nature turned fickle this year, offering up deep frosts, followed by...Tags: August, Beverage Industry, Food Industry, Valley Bank, California
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Food industry is bitten by its own lobbying success
Associated PressWASHINGTON — The food industry must drop any remaining opposition to electronic record-keeping and back an effective system for tracing contamination to its source, a lawmaker investigating food safety said Friday. "It is my hope that the food...Tags: The White House, Healthcare Policies, Food Industry, Health Organizations, Electronics
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It's Citrus season again in Hollywood
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCarpaccio of "surf, turf and earth" is laid out on a square platter -- a fabulous mosaic of raw beef, tuna, salmon, scallop and roasted pepper, each round decorated with a wisp of frisee or a pretty pink grapefruit segment, the whole pulled together...Tags: Beverage Industry, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Tourism and Leisure Industry, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Food and Dining Culture
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World of change in winemaking
Chicago Tribune criticChicagoans are thirsty. Whether it's an $8 glass of 2006 Brooks Riesling from Oregon raised in a toast at Webster's Wine Bar in Lincoln Park, a $15 bottle of French ros� named the "Pink Criquet" and tossed back on an Oak Park porch, or a $2,125 bottle...Tags: New Britain, Chicago Weather, Health and Safety at School, Global Warming, Oregon
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A wine label overhaul: Meet the man who'd change your AVA
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIN a small, windowless laboratory -- far removed from romantic vineyard vistas -- scientists at the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) are attempting what most wine lovers would say is impossible. They are developing a test for terroir,...Tags: Beverage Industry, Ronald Reagan, Maryland, Government, George Bush
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Concerts, festivals promote wineries
Special to the TribuneDave Cushman, chief winemaker for Park Farm Winery & Vineyard near Dubuque, Iowa, is going to make a change in a successful recipe this year. "When we have our annual grape stomp for the public," he said, "we're going to judge contestants on style this...Tags: Missouri, Beverage Industry, Real Estate Sellers, Iowa, Colleges and Universities
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Robert Mondavi, 94; vintner was a powerful ambassador for California wine
Special to The TimesRobert Mondavi, the pioneering Napa Valley vintner whose drive and salesmanship revolutionized the way the world thought about California wine, died peacefully Friday at his Yountville, Calif., home, a spokeswoman for the Robert Mondavi Winery said. He...Tags: The White House, Virginia, Patricia Wiggins, Academic Progress, Arts
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Your friend, the kitchen
If Americans are feeling frustrated about food, who can blame us? It's not just the bugs in the burger or the hormones in Chinese seafood -- or even the skyrocketing prices. It's that most of us feel powerless to fix things. We may be a nation of do-it-...Tags: Food Industry, Family, Consumers
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Discount-grocer Aldi to set up shop in Florida with 25 stores
Sentinel Staff WriterDiscount grocery shopping is entering a new era in Central Florida. Aldi, a no-frills grocery-store chain from Germany, said Thursday it plans to build a distribution center in Polk County to serve 25 new stores expected to open along the Interstate 4...Tags: Interstate 4, Groceries, Real Estate, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Iowa
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Soldier who grew up in Norfolk killed in Iraq
757-247-7821A 32-year-old Norfolk-native, husband and father of two children and two step-sons died March 29 at the military's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds he received in Iraq. Army Sgt. Jevon K. Jordan was hurt March 23 in Abu Jassim...Tags: Norfolk County, Virginia, Hampton Roads, Defense, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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Making food safe
The U.S. Department of Agriculture just issued the biggest beef recall in history. Not really. It was, in fact, the biggest recall, but not by the USDA, which has no power to recall tainted food. The agency has to prod and push meatpackers to do that. It...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Diseases, Government, New Jersey, Product Recalls
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