Category: new rule

USDA Getting Tougher on Salmonella in Chicken Products

DES MOINES, Iowa—The federal government on Monday announced proposed new regulations that would force food processors to reduce the amount of salmonella bacteria found in some raw chicken products or risk being shut down. The proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture rules would declare salmonella an adulterant—a contaminant that can cause food-borne illness—in breaded and stuffed…


US ‘Pink Sheets’ in Shakeup as Securities Regulator Looks to Stamp out Fraud

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK—As many as 2,000 companies could disappear from the off-exchange “pink sheets,” long a favorite of retail investors, when a new rule aimed at stamping out fraud in this notoriously risky enclave of U.S. equities markets comes into effect next week. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule boosts investor disclosures by requiring off-exchange…