Category Archives: Food Products

Food Imports H.R. 3610

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Edward Noon

A bill is in congress to amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to safety for food and drugs imported into the United States (H.R. 3610 introduced by John D. Dingell D – Mich.). Of key interest to … Continue reading →

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Maybe It’s Time To Eat More Vegetables

Posted on November 6, 2007 by Edward Noon

This is an interesting site to visit http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/fit.nation/obesity.map/, an obesity map that shows the changes from  1985 through 2006.  Just click on the tab for the year and you check the various years out to illustrate the magnitude  of the problem.  … Continue reading →

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China Waterchestnuts Inflation

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Edward Noon

It appears that frozen water chestnuts, one of our imports from China, used for blending with stir frys, pastas etc. will be hard to come by at reasonable prices.  This year they have once again encountered weather problems causing much … Continue reading →

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Trader Joe’s To Stop Selling Product Of China

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Edward Noon

It appears that Trader Joe’s has made the decision to stop selling any food items that say “Product of  China”.  What this means is that any food products packaged in China will no longer be sold in Trader Joe’s stores.  The … Continue reading →

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China Broccoli And Cauliflower Face Shortfalls

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Edward Noon

Just after posting about the problems in Mexico with Broccoli and Cauliflower we are now trying to asses the damage in China after typhoon Krosa.  Krosa which hit Taiwan last week and then veered northwest toward China hit the province … Continue reading →

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Mexico Broccoli and Cauliflower Face Inflation

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Edward Noon

We just recently discussed about worldwide inflationary pressures on our food supply and interestingly enough today I received the letter below from the “Asociacion De Procesadores Y Exportadoes De Frutas Y Vegetales En General, A.C.”.  Mexico is no exception.  Food … Continue reading →

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Food Inflation – Dawn of New Era

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Edward Noon

Is this a New Era? Is food inflation temporary or is it here to stay? As an importer of frozen vegetables we are looking at increasing costs on all our vegetables across the board. After years of being fairly stable, … Continue reading →

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Mango Sticky Rice

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Edward Noon

One of our next projects for importing a food item into United States will be Frozen Mango Sticky Rice, most likely product from Thailand.  If you have never had the opportunity  to have visited Thailand and indulge in mango sticky … Continue reading →

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China Food Safety Can We Eat It?

Posted on September 29, 2007 by Edward Noon

I have just received an email suggesting that we avoid all processed food from China and then it goes on to show some pictures that supposedly illustrate how dead chickens are collected and then processed to a completed roasted chicken, … Continue reading →

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Audits for Food Safety

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Edward Noon

What’s the value of a 3rd party audit in a food processing facility? It’s the retailers that are demanding the 3rd party audit of food processing facilities.  The problem is that each customer has their own favorite audit that they … Continue reading →

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