Archives for April 26, 2011

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Dairy associations: New labeling bill is not COOL at all

By Elaine Watson

Legislation designed to help US dairy farmers could have the unintended consequence of encouraging firms to replace dairy ingredients from US suppliers with non-dairy ingredients just to avoid labeling headaches, trade associations have warned.

Link strengthens between organic and Fair Trade imports

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Demand for organic Fair Trade certified food imports increased significantly in 2010, with especially strong growth for vanilla, coffee, citrus and cocoa, according to Fair Trade USA’s 2010 almanac.