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Banana Republic Legacy Thrives in Today's Latin America

Michelle Chen | Posted 04.23.2012 | World
Read More: Women, Gender Discrimination, Del Monte, Latin America, Central America, Agriculture, Globalization, Free Trade, Bananas, Labor Unions, Civil Rights, Chiquita, Labor, Human Rights, Banana Republic, Nafta, Cafta, Guatemala, Unions, World News
Michelle Chen

The term "banana republic" has become a cliche to describe economic imperialism throughout history, but the legacy of colonialism persists in Latin America today.

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Del Monte Recall Lawsuit Could Strike Blow To Food Safety Progress

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 11.01.2011 | Home
Read More: Recall Lawsuit, Del Monte, Del Monte Recall Lawsuit, Cantaloupe, FDA Recalls, Food Safety, Fda, Del Monte Lawsuit, Del Monte Recall, Home News

WASHINGTON -- A major fruit company's lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration could have a chilling effect on regulators' efforts to get tain...

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Del Monte Sues The FDA Over Cantaloupe Recall

Food Politics | by MARION NESTLE | Posted 10.30.2011 | Home
Read More: Cantaloupe Salmonella, Del Monte Fda, Cantaloupe Del Monte, Del Monte, Cantaloupe, Del Monte Sues Fda, Food Safety, Salmonella, Cantaloupe Recall, Home News

In an astonishing display of what can only be described as chutzpah* Del Monte sued the FDA for insisting on a recall last March of its cantaloupes li...

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WATCH: Would You Eat A 'Hoffsicle'?

Posted 08.23.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Video, Hoffsicles, Del Monte, Popsicles, David Hasselhoff, Desserts, Food, Urlesque, Hoffsicle, National Ice Cream Month, Comedy News

When we first heard of The Hoffsicle - a popsicle specifically designed to look like David Hasselhoff - we couldn't tell if it was a joke or not becau...

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Means, Ends and Money

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: J. Crew, Fortune, Dan-Primack, Del Monte, Business, Private Equity, Inside Job, Business News
Yvette Kantrow

The media has long taken it on faith that private equity is an evil, possibly criminal, enterprise, run by money-hungry fraudsters who bury their comp...

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Sigg Says Sorry, Patagonia Dumps Sigg

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Coca-Cola, Del Monte, Chicago, Takepart, Patagonia, Bpa, Sigg, California, Green News
Sarah Newman

The anti-BPA movement is spreading nationwide. Chicago has already banned the toxin and legislation is currently pending in California

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FDA: Get BPA Out ASAP

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Del Monte, Alcoa, Inc. And Grocery Manufacturers Association, Environmental Working Group, The American Chemistry Council, Bisphenol A, Coca-Cola, Endocrine Disrputor, Fda, BPA Joint Trade Association, Bpa, Food and Drug Administration, Takepart, The North American Metal Packaging Alliance, Crown, Ewg, Green News
Sarah Newman

You, like millions of other Americans, probably regularly use and consume products made with Bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic chemical that is a $6 billion global industry.

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Green Edge 8 - Saving Lives on Farms in Latin America - Cultivar

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Green Living, Farm Workers, Dominican Republic, Pesticides, Cultivar, Cdh, Del Monte, Cede, Green Edge, Mexico, Incap, Pase, Nicaragua, State Department, Haitians, Tesco, Chiquita, Dole, San Francisco Chronicle, Fertilizers, Honduras, sa8000, U.S. Department of Labor, Usaid, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

The safety of U.S. food depends starts with the farms where our food is grown. Last month, congressional hearings on America's largest salmonella out...

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