Imperial Valley News Center
President Trump Announces Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Korea for the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games
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Washington, DC - President Donald J. Trump today announced the members of the Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Korea to attend the Opening Ceremony and events of the 2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games beginning Friday, March 9, 2018.
FTC Challenges Proposed Acquisition of Conagra's Wesson Cooking Oil Brand by Crisco owner, J.M. Smucker Co
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Washington, DC - The Federal Trade Commission today filed an administrative complaint [a public version of which will be linked to this news release shortly] charging that J.M. Smucker Co.’s proposed $285 million acquisition of Conagra Brands, Inc.’s Wesson cooking oil brand “is likely ‘substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to create a monopoly’ in violation of the Clayton Act;” and thereby reduce competition in the United States for canola and vegetable oils. Smucker currently owns the Crisco brand, and by acquiring the Wesson brand, it would control at least 70 percent of the market for branded canola and vegetable oils sold to grocery stores and other retailers.
FTC Obtains Court Order Against Final Defendant in Phantom Debt Scheme
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Orlando, Florida - The final defendant in an operation that posed as lawyers and falsely threatened to sue people or have them arrested for failing to pay on debts they did not owe is banned from the debt collection business under a recently entered court order.
Bulgaria National Day
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Washington, DC - Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson: "On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, it gives me great pleasure to wish the people of Bulgaria a happy and prosperous national day.
FDA’s commitment to modernizing food and nutrition programs
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- Written by Scott Gottlieb, M.D.
Washington, DC - Americans rely on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make sure our food supply is the safest in the world. The FDA is responsible for helping oversee about 80 percent of the nation’s food supply. Making sure that we continue to modernize our food safety system and advance our work in the important area of nutrition is a high priority of mine.
CDFA accepting grant applications for Alternative Manure Management Program
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Sacramento, California - The California Department of Food and Agriculture is now accepting grant applications from non-profits, universities, and California Resource Conservation Districts that will offer technical assistance to farmers and ranchers interested in applying to the state’s Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP).
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