Fresh produce Monday headline roundup

Here is a collection of headlines gleaned from the Web. The first links to the Food Safe discussion group, which questions the food industry's role in watering down traceability provisions in the 2002 bioterrorism law. There is also a report on the WTO talks and the link to banana tariffs in the European Union, reports of some design changes to Fresh & Easy, and New York's financial downturn. Plus, coverage from Hawaii reveals the continuing decline of the Hawaiian pineapple industry.

From the Honolulu Advertiser:

ML&P's pineapple production will drop by half, from about 2,000 acres to around 1,000 acres. Of the 274 jobs being cut, 204 are in the company's pineapple division of 441 employees.
And if the drastic reduction doesn't turn around the money-losing operation, then what's left of pineapple production in Hawai'i could disappear.

Traceability and a strong FDA: Is the industry listening?

Tomato farmers see prime crop go to waste

Safe to eat?

Change to tariffs on bananas splits the EU

New York concerned recession is coming

Tesco to freshen its stores for Fresh & Easy

Country of origin labels coming for food

After Iowa raid, immigrants fuel labor inquiries

Aldi wins converts

Pineapple could vanish from Hawaii

Obesity risk: being chained to your desk

Illegal immigration trashing southern Arizona desert?