GHS Training: MIRA To Offer Training Classes
Watch MIRA eblasts for information offering training classes to comply with new OSHA rules regarding labeling and classifications of chemicals. Dates and venues for training will be published shortly. At…
Make Small Changes for a Healthy Holiday – Makeover Your Holiday Plate with MyPlate
by Jackie Haven, Acting Executive Director, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion We all cherish time-honored holiday traditions; yet want to make healthier choices when celebrating the holiday season.…
Marathon to Invest $925 Million in Speedway
Published in CSP Daily News by Greg Lindenberg Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) president and CEO Gary R. Heminger, also chairman and CEO of MPLX LP, highlighted MPC’s greater emphasis on…
ATTN: USDA Nutrition Assistance Partners – Midwest Region
USDA’s nutrition assistance programs provide healthy food for Americans who work hard but struggle to fill their plates. Last year, more than 49 million Americans lived in households that had…
Action Call: Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act
For two years FMI has been been asking Congress to pass legislation preventing FDA from expanding menu labeling regulations to grocery store operations. And while bipartisan legislation has been introduced (H.R. 1249/S.…
Farm Bill Compromise Will Change Programs and Reduce Spending
By RON NIXON |The New York Times House and Senate negotiators on Monday agreed on a new five-year farm bill that will eliminate or consolidate dozens of agriculture subsidy programs,…
Congress Passes Long Awaited Farm Bill
Congress gave its final stamp of approval on Tuesday to a five-year reauthorization of the US Farm Bill, ending a three-year back and forth struggle to pass the legislation. The…
Food Industry Pushes Voluntary GMO Labeling
The Associate Press reports that large food companies are pushing a plan to allow voluntary labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in manufactured foods “amid fears that they might face…
Obama Administration Releases Final ACA Employer “Shared Responsibility” Rules, Provides Limited Transition Relief
The U.S. Treasury Department released the final rule implementing the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirements for “large” employers (50+ full-time equivalent employees) under Internal Revenue Code §4980H for most large…
Summary Of Relevant Provisions For Snap Retailers
2014 Farm Bill After more than two years of work, Congress recently passed and President Obama has signed a comprehensive Farm Bill. The newly-enacted legislation contains several provisions that impose…