Have You Washed Your Reusable Shopping Bags Lately?
We’ve often written about the American Council on Science and Health, even urging donations. Now we owe a hat tip to the Council for sending along this study by researchers at the University of Arizona and Loma Linda University. The study is titled, Assessment of the Potential for Cross Contamination of Food Products by Reusable […]
Kings Super Markets Announces Innovative CSA Program
We first wrote about various box schemes and community supported agriculture as a phenomenon happening in the United Kingdom, with pieces you can see here, here and here. But CSAs and other non-traditional mechanisms to connect consumers with the farm are blossoming all over America and posing a problem for conventional retailing: How to deal […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Does A 1,200-item Audit Necessarily Result In More Safety Than A 40-item Audit?
The always thoughtful Bob Sanderson has frequently contributed to the Pundit, including these pieces: Pundit’s Mailbag — The Acceptance Of Risk Pundit’s Mailbag — Sprout Lessons Echo Food Safety Dilemma Pundit’s Mailbag — More On Manure Pundit’s Mailbag — The Tyranny Of Economics And The Goals Of Fairtrade Pundit’s Mailbag — Can Irradiation Follow The […]
Tesco Puts Up “Tens of Millions” And Purchases British Transplants Wild Rocket And 2 Sisters Foods — Was A Secret Promise Made To Make The British Suppliers Whole? Did This Constitute Fraud Against Its Own Shareholders?
The Financial Times ran a small note in which it indicated that Tesco would be purchasing its two US “transplants” — those UK suppliers that came over to the US at the behest of Tesco when it was first opening its Fresh & Easy division in the US. The two suppliers are Wild Rocket Foods […]
Wal-Mart’s Heritage Agriculture Program Gets Good Press But Doesn’t Make A Dent
From time to time, we are pleased to work with National Public Radio to enhance the public’s understanding of issues related to produce and the broader food industry. Most recently, we weighed into a discussion on “locally grown,” participating in a piece titled, Wal-Mart Helps Small Farms Supply Local Foods: In recent years, Wal-Mart has […]
Flawed Yale Study On Junk Food Promotes Policy Without Evidence
Over the years, we’ve paid a great deal of attention to the use of cartoon characters to sell fresh produce: The Bitter Truth About Promoting Produce To Children Is It A License To Print Money? Pundit’s Mailbag — Characters and Marketing Grape “Character” Analysis Pundit’s Mailbag — PBH/Imagination Farms Alliance Questioned Being Consumer-Focused Disney Disconnect […]
A New Era Commences: PMA Australia-New Zealand Triumphs With Its First Event
We have written before about PMA’s efforts to find the right model for cooperation with the trade in Australia and New Zealand: PMA Convenes First Country Council PMA Goes To Australia We’ve also interviewed some of the most prominent people and organizations in the Australian industry: Pundit’s Pulse Of The Industry — OneHarvest’s Rob Robson […]
Another Example Of Certifiers Lacking Integrity: USDA Drops Organic Certifier In China
If you need an additional reason to read the Pundit, you could look at our December 21, 2007, interview with Jeff See, Executive Director of OCIA International, Lincoln, Nebraska. We titled the piece Too Many Concerns Still Exist Over Organic Certification In China, and we came to these conclusions: Considering the product value and the […]
Reaction to Agriprocessors Raid Leads to A New Jewish Ethical Trading Initiative For Food: But Is There Really a Jewish Position On The Minimum Wage?
The whole sustainability movement as it applies to consumers is about the notion that in purchasing products, consumers need to consider more than the finished product. There are things that we should be concerned about, which no amount of inspection of the finished product can tell us. How did the production of this product affect […]
Bill Marler Goes On The Offensive, Calling Out Industry’s ‘Sorry Safety Track Record’ And ‘Not As Smart’ Pundit
Ever since the spinach crisis of 2006, we’ve had the occasion to have frequent exchanges with members of the legal profession — particularly those interested in food safety. Among those we have interfaced with are the noted plaintiff’s attorney, Bill Marler. Bill is justly renowned as the lead plaintiff’s attorney in many food safety cases […]
