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Articles in August 16, 2004 issue of Food & Drink Weekly

• USDA revises criteria for announcing inconclusive BSE tests
• Acosta Sales and Marketing has announced it will acquire Reliance Food Brokerage, an agency specializing in fresh foods
• Ahold
• Human mad cow disease may be more widespread
• American Sugar Alliance
• Survey finds number of low-carb dieters stable
• The Coca-Cola Co. said it inadvertently inflated worldwide unit case volume increases for two quarters last year, and underreported volume in the first three months of this year
• International sugar industry praises WTO decision
• Chiquita Brands International Inc
• Cost seen as no reason to avoid fresh fruit, vegetables
• Land O'Lakes
• Reeling from a massive financial scandal, dairy giant Parmalat announced a lawsuit August 6 seeking $350 million from Swiss bank UBS—the Italian conglomerate's second attempt in as many weeks to share the blame and the losses from its fraudulent near
• Spanish food maker Campofrio Alimentacion has said it has signed a preliminary agreement to sell a 99.3% stake in Poland's Morliny to meat processor Smithfield Foods for $50.4 million
• Nash Finch Company
• Napa Valley vintners granted labeling protection
• Constellation Wines US
• Canadian frozen desserts company CoolBrands International has said that it has been served with a complaint by Weight Watchers International alleging an "anticipatory breach" of a license agreement between the two companies