AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoFood Security & Summer Meals: Regional food banks are ramping up summer feeding. In Enid, Oklahoma, the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma is running free meals for kids 18 and under through Aug. 7 at multiple sites. In West Virginia, the WVDE is again listing USDA Summer Food Service Program locations as inflation squeezes families. Public Health & Regulation: Consumer Reports is applauding New York’s new infant formula and baby food heavy-metal testing and website disclosure bill, pushing for monthly checks for lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury. Livestock Health Threat: USDA confirmed the first New World screwworm case in the U.S. in a South Texas calf, triggering a quarantine zone, movement controls, and sterile fly releases; officials stress it’s not a food safety issue. Industry Moves: Nestlé bought the remaining 51% of ready-to-drink meals brand yfood Labs, valuing the company at about $523 million. Labor & Food Supply Chains: Farm workers at Windmill Farms are continuing a fight for union recognition and bargaining rights, with a boycott expanding through grocery pullbacks.
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