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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s food safety rules — in accordance with the Food Safety Modernization Act — have not yet been published, but the produce industry shows little concern because the industry has been working on its own with government agencies to improve food safety programs that are in place....More

PORTALES, New Mexico — The private-label manufacturer linked to a salmonella outbreak has recalled an additional 25 SKUs of cashew butter, tahini and roasted blanched peanut products, bringing the total number of affected nut and seed items to about 100....More

YONKERS, N.Y. — Consumer Reports is asking the Food and Drug Administration to set limits for arsenic beginning with rice products and fruit juices....More

ST. LOUIS — Chamberlain Farms added watermelons to the list of recalled produce due to possible salmonella contamination, according to a release from Schnucks Markets here....More

The Seattle law firm Marler Clark announced that it had filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart on behalf of Angela Compton over the purchase of cantaloupes at a Battle Creek, Mich., store....More

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Due to a link to a multi-state salmonella outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration last night announced the recall of cantaloupe from Chamberlain Farms, Owensville, Ind....More

ARLINGTON, Va. — As the Grocery Manufacturers Association anticipates the start of its annual Executive Conference this weekend in Colorado Springs, its collective eye is looking farther west, to California, where it will engage in a major election battle this fall....More

WASHINGTON — The North Carolina supplier Burch Equipment has recalled 188,902 melons potentially tainted with Listeria, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday....More