Health and Wellness Archive
SAFE HARBOR
It's a tough time to be an FDA inspector. Stung by contamination scandals that have gotten progressively worse as the year has worn on, Chinese exporters...
GENERICS: ONE YEAR LATER
Eleven monthly refills have passed since Wal-Mart Stores' disruptive decision to offer certain generic drugs for $4 per 30-day supply. Although many supermarkets...
Food Pyramid Chain to Promote Government Guidelines
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — RPCS here, which created the Food Pyramid banner for the nine Albertsons stores it acquired in Oklahoma, plans to use the government’s dietary guidelines for healthy eating as part of its promotional strategy....
ROSES ARE GREEN
Sustainable, organic and Fair Trade floral options are growing like weeds, according to industry experts, and with consumers becoming increasingly concerned...
New Botulism Risk Hits Canned Beans
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to consumers to check their cupboards for certain brands of French-cut green beans manufactured by Lakeside Foods, Manitowoc, Wis. ...
Whole Foods Recalls Candy That Doesn’t Identify Presence of Nuts
AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods Market here issued a recall of its 365 Organic Everyday Value Swiss Dark Chocolate Bars last week because they may contain undeclared almonds. ...
Case Packaging Changes Said to Affect Product Safety
BATON ROUGE, La. — To ensure product safety and durability, CPG manufacturers need to improve the quality of some of the case packaging used in the shipment of goods through the supply chain, said Randy Fletcher, vice president, logistics and supply chain management, Associated Grocers here....
MedBasics Expanding Supermarket Clinics in Kansas City Area
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — MedBasics, an operator of retail health clinics based in Irving, Texas, said yesterday it entered into a partnership with McKeever Enterprises here to open up to seven clinics in the organization’s Kansas City-area Price Chopper stores....
Ralph's Thriftway Owners Sue Washington State Over Plan B
SEATTLE — Stormans, the owners of Ralph's Thriftway in Olympia and Seattle, sued the state of Washington last week over the emergency contraceptive, Plan B, manufactured by Barr Pharmaceuticals, Woodcliff Lake, N.J. ...
Retail Industry Supports New Bill to ‘Fix’ Medicaid Reimbursements
WASHINGTON — Two members of Congress, Rep. Nancy Boyda, D-Kan., and Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., introduced a bill this week to challenge the final rule for Medicaid reimbursement to pharmacies for generic prescription drugs....
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