Articles from Food & Drink Weekly (November 8, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman names the following 12 members to three-year terms on National Dairy Promotion and Research Board.		Brief Article	85
Albertsons.		Brief Article	108
California wine industry calls for end to EU subsidies.		Brief Article	112
Cuba purchases U.S. food.		Brief Article	206
Customs broker associations of Mexico, Canada and the U.S. have joined together to upgrade and insure the security and smooth operation of cross-border trade for these North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) nations.			90
FDA allows use of new health benefit information on olive oil labels.		Brief Article	86
Global meat trade set to rise.			436
Labatt Brewing Co.'s chief financial officer has stepped down.		Brief Article	69
Low-carb food sales slow as more consumers turn to balanced diets.		Brief Article	311
Meat company Smithfield Foods has announced that it has acquired two European meat processors, Morliny and Comtim Group, for $83 million.			63
Ontario bans junk food in school vending machines.		Brief Article	77
Smithfield also purchased Comtim Group SRL, its second acquisition in Romania.		Brief Article	35
The Canadian subsidiary of Danish-Swedish dairy products company Arla Foods has announced that it has acquired Canada's National Cheese Company.			88
The Minneapolis Grain Exchange.		Brief Article	46
The proposed merger between Constellation and The Robert Mondavi Corp. has been finalized.		Brief Article	152
The three brokerage organizations are Mexico's Confederacion de Asociaciones de Agentes Aduanales de la Republica Mexicana (CAAAREM), Canada's Canadian Society of Customs Brokers (CSCB) and the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America in the U.S.		Brief Article	87
Tomato shortage seen developing.		Brief Article	38
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's defeat in last week's election gives the food industry new hope that a voluntary country-of-origin labeling program could take the place of the mandatory program.		Brief Article	152
UN reports that food borne illnesses on the rise.			356
USDA profiles U.S. export opportunities for organic food to Australia.			369