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Articles in April 25, 2005 issue of Food & Drink Weekly

• Grupo Modelo has approved a new board president
• Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns names Ed Loyd as USDA's press secretary, replacing Alisa Harrison, who resigned in February
• Chiquita Brands International Inc. said it will need more time to complete its acquisition of the country's leading seller of bagged salads
• Yeutter Urges CAFTA supporters to increase efforts to secure passage
• GM tests will not halt U.S. grain trade
• Coca-Cola Co. agreed a cease-and-desist order from the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations its Japanese unit engaged in a practice known as "gallon-pushing" to help meet its business plan targets and earnings estimates
• Kraft Foods is "actively looking"' to acquire healthy food and drink brands to tap the growing number of consumers concerned about their weight, according to an interview with chief executive Roger Deromedi reported by Bloomberg
• British drinks company Allied Domecq PLC said it has agreed to a $14.2 billion friendly takeover offer from French rival Pernod Ricard SA
• U.S. hopes to persuade Japan and South Korea to resume beef imports
• Hershey Co. last week said its stockholders approved the company's name change from Hershey Foods Corp
• Constellation Brands Inc. and a few other beverage companies may be pondering a counterbid for top winemaker Allied Domecq plc, but analysts warned they may have missed last call
• Southern Wine & Spirits of America
• The world's biggest food maker Nestle SA rewarded its chief executive with the additional title of chairman, after shareholders rejected opponents who said the consolidation runs counter to the way companies should be moving
• Yogurt maker Danone said Antoine Giscard d'Estaing of Schneider Electric will join the company as its chief financial officer, both companies confirmed
• Farmers charge possible milk price manipulation at CME
• General Mills is stepping forward to advance nutrition education in America by announcing that more than 100 million boxes of its Big G cereal brands will carry the new USDA food guide pyramid, now known as MyPyramid, along with important nutritional info
• Ad Blitz dismisses obesity threat
• Campbell Soup Co
• New, redesigned food pyramid unveiled
• EU approves testing of U.S. GM grain
• Cargill will purchase the beef processing and related assets of Guelph, Ontario-based Better Beef Ltd., under an agreement signed Friday by the two companies
• U.S. to begin new cattle traceability system
• Swift & Company
• Food company Groupe Danone SA said that The Coca-Cola Co. will take full control of the joint venture that distributes water brands including Evian, Sparkletts and Dannon in North America
• Advisory committee says WIC program needs to be revised
• Critics and supporters weigh in on "MyPyramid" nutrition guide
• New food labeling requirements could lead to more restrictive diets
• Molson Coors Brewing Company announced that Daniel J. O'Neill, Vice-chairman, Synergies and Integration and formerly President and CEO of Molson Inc., has chosen to leave the company on May 31
• Meat and food groups issue briefs in support of opening beef trade with Canada
• Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. announced several management changes last week following the news that Chief Operating Officer G. David Van Houten Jr. will retire by the end of the year