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Articles in Nov 13, 2006 issue of Food & Drink Weekly

• Creekstone answers USDA on mad cow testing
• PepsiAmericas has announced the election of Michael Corliss to its board of directors
• National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board
• International Dairy Foods Association
• ERS says mergers, acquisitions improve food industry efficiency
• Crop scientists work to improve organic yields
• Cal-Maine Foods, Inc
• U.S. and South Korea still at impasse over beef import restrictions; USDA undersecretary to hold talks
• Archer Daniels Midland Company announced at its 83rd Annual Shareholders' Meeting that the eleven incumbent directors were re-elected to its Board
• Oxfam calls Starbucks' to support licensing agreement with Ethiopia over coffee varieties
• Food Products Association
• Swift & Co. says that exports of U.S. beef from its plant in Greeley, Colo., are on hold until a USDA investigation is complete
• Safeway or Anheuser-Busch Cos. could be potential takeover targets for Sears Holdings Corp., reported Chicago Sun-Times
• Grocery chain's nutritional rating system criticized by food sector
• The board of poultry group Gold Kist has restated its opposition to the takeover bid by Pilgrim's Pride, writing to its stockholders urging them again to reject the $20-per-share cash offer for the company
• Constellation Brands' CEO has described the drinks industry landscape as "a pretty target-rich environment"
• Tyson Foods Inc. said last week it reached a nearly $1 million settlement with a group of current and former workers who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit involving actions at the company's Ashland poultry plant