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Atalanta Wins Top Award
Elizabeth, NJ – Atalanta Corporation's Canadian partner Quality Cheese’s Bella Casara Ricotta took home top honors in the Fresh Cheese category at the 2015 Canadian Cheese Grand Prix Gala of Champions held on April 22, 2015. Sponsored and hosted every two years by Dairy Farmers of Canada, the Canadian Cheese Grand Prix celebrates the high quality, versatility and great taste of cheese made from 100% Canadian milk by cheese makers from Prince Edward Island to British Columbia. An esteemed panel of Canadian food industry experts selected the top performing cheeses in 27 categories by evaluating each cheese using a six ...

Dairy Deli Bake Seminar & Expo
Madison, WI — The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association™ (IDDBA) announced the addition of the Show & Sell Workshops, an interactive and tactical series of seminars focusing on dairy, deli, bakery, and food safety topics, to its Dairy-Deli-Bake Seminar & Expo, June 7-9, program lineup. Held at the event’s Show and Sell Center—a 10,000-square-foot retail merchandising and idea center—presenters and sessions at the Workshops will include: • Basketball great Shaquille O’Neal will share with attendees his favorite sandwich concepts. • Phil Lempert, founder of SupermarketGuru, will present findings from original IDDBA food safety research, such as: • Thorough cleanliness is a make-or-break issue for 83.3% ...

Oregon Farmers Free to Advertise Raw Milk
Portland, Ore.—In a significant win for the First Amendment, Governor Kate Brown signed a bill late yesterday that repeals the ban on the advertisement of raw—or unpasteurized—milk. The new law is the result of a federal lawsuit that Christine Anderson, owner of Cast Iron Farm in McMinnville, Ore., filed in November 2013. “I am so pleased at Oregon’s permanent decision to allow raw dairy producers the opportunity to talk about their product openly and without fear of government reaction,” explained Christine. “This is a food freedom win for producers and consumers in our state. I can’t wait to put up ...

Registration Open For Las Vegas Market
LAS VEGAS – (May 14, 2015) – Registration for Summer Las Vegas Market, running from Sunday, August 2, through Thursday, August 6, 2015, is now openwww.lasvegasmarket.com/register. Join us for the only major home furnishings market in the West this August as Las Vegas Market continues its unprecedented growth with more new categories and products than ever before. · NEW showrooms on every floor with 2,200 Cross-Category Lines and Growing · NEW Dedicated Floors Including: o Gourmet, Gift & Housewares on C11 o Boutique Décor and Accessories on C5 o Casual/Outdoor Furniture on C12-C13 · NEW Temporary Tradeshow: The Pavilions at Las Vegas Market o ...

Doug Rauch to Speak at Summer Fancy Food Show
NEW YORK (May 14, 2015) — Doug Rauch, former president of Trader Joe's, and CEO of Conscious Capitalism, Inc. will speak about his latest venture, Daily Table, at the Summer Fancy Food Show. Daily Table is a pioneering retail venture designed to provide healthy, ready-to-eat meals at fast-food prices, fresh produce and other items to individuals dealing with hunger. The first location opened last month in Dorcester, Mass. Rauch's session, "How to Do Good While Doing Well in the Marketplace," is part of a full menu of seminars and workshops at the show, North America's largest trade event for the ...

Rogue Creamery Wins Big at US Cheese Championship
(03/19/15) Rogue Creamery’s Rogue River Blue and Smokey Blue won 1st Place Gold and 2nd Place Silver respectively in the Blue Veined Cheese category at the 2015 United States Championship Cheese Contest. The largest cheese, butter and yogurt competition in the nation was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; the contest featured a record 1,885 entries from 28 states. Rogue River Blue On top of winning Gold at the US Cheese Championship, Rogue River Blue has also won Best American Cheese and Super Gold @ the 2012 World Cheese Awards in London and is a two time winner, 2009 and 2011, of ...

Antibiotic Use in Livestock Going Up
By Avinash Kar, Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) health attorney Posted April 10, 2015 This morning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the latest report on sales of antibiotics for livestock use, that is, for use in meat and poultry production in 2013. The news follows the trends of the last few years, showing yet another increase in the numbers. Some lowlights: · Livestock antibiotic sales have gone up from about 16,115 tons in 2012 to a little over 16,300 tons in 2013, an increase of 1% (see Table 9). · Use of antibiotic classes that are considered important in human medicine ...

IDDBA Offers Members $2000 for Food Safety Certification
Madison, WI — The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association™ (IDDBA) is promoting food safety among its retail members by reimbursing them up to $2,000 annually for food-safety-certifying store-level dairy, deli, and bakery managers and employees. Called the Food Safety Certification Reimbursement Program (FSCRP), it reimburses retail members the cost for food safety exams taken in the following food safety programs: · Food Safety Manager Certification (National Registry of Food Safety Professionals). · SafeMark (Food Marketing Institute) · ServSafe® Food Protection Manager Certification (National Restaurant Association). · Certified Food Manager (Prometric). Retail members can submit their reimbursement application at any time throughout the year. FSCRP is a major ...

To'ak Chocolate Introduces $260 Bar of Chocolate
QUITO, Ecuador, April 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Many people are wondering how To'ak Chocolate can charge $260 for a single bar of chocolate. New DNA tests confirm that one of the reasons is genetics; To'ak Chocolate is sourced from cacao trees that represent one of the last genetically-pure remnants of a rare heirloom variety called Nacional. Native to Ecuador and famous for its complex flavor profile, Nacional cacao was considered by many of Europe's earliest chocolatiers to be the world's most prized cacao in the 1800s. The variety was nearly driven to extinction in 1917 after the outbreak of Witch's Broom disease, and in recent years many experts ...

Specialty Food Sales Top $100 Billion
NEW YORK (April 8, 2015) – The specialty food industry is a bright spot in the U.S. economy. In 2014, sales of specialty food topped $100 billion for the first time, with retail and foodservice sales reaching a record $109 billion. Retail sales of specialty food sales grew 19 percent from 2012 to 2014 versus a tepid 2 percent increase for all food. The industry, fueled by small businesses, now boasts 15 segments that exceed $1 billion in sales, including cheese; coffee; meat, poultry and seafood; chips, pretzels and snacks; candy; and yogurt. These findings are from a new report ...

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