Articles from Food & Drink Weekly (December 27, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"Animal material" found in some Canadian feed samples.		Brief Article	251
A new global wine investment house has been formed.		Brief Article	141
Ahold has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its U.S. retail subsidiaries BI-LO and Bruno's to an affiliate of private investment firm Lone Star Funds for total cash proceeds of up to $660 million.		Brief Article	85
Diageo, the world's largest wine and spirit group, is to acquire the U.S. wine company Chalone Wine Group for $260 million.		Brief Article	97
Dominican Republic Senate lifts import tax on HFCS.		Brief Article	188
Environment, structure drive dairy policy.		Brief Article	210
Freshman Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) has been designated by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) to become chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee when the 109th Congress convenes Jan. 4.		Brief Article	147
Kraft Foods will sell its North American yoghurt business to Canada's CoolBrands International for approximately $59 million, "accelerating Kraft's shift toward businesses in which [it has] sustainable competitive advantage.".		Brief Article	99
Low-cal soft drinks gaining market share on regular soda.		Brief Article	102
Meat inspectors union says U.S. packing plants are violating BSE regulations.			431
Mexico concerned about U.S. GM corn.		Brief Article	182
Natural and organic food distributor United Natural Foods has announced the acquisition of Select Nutrition Distributors, a privately owned distributor of health and beauty aids, vitamins, minerals and supplements.		Brief Article	145
PepsiAmericas, Inc.		Brief Article	86
U.S. claims victory in WTO geographic indications case.			607
Wild Oats Markets, Inc.			119