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November 2008
Wine in plastic bottles? It’s happening
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
AJC Writer Shelley Emling reports that a French company is shipping wine in plastic bottles. She reports:
First there were plastic corks. Now there’s another reason for wine snobs to turn up their noses — plastic bottles.
With an eye toward shipping costs and the environment, Boisset Family Estates in France has announced it will export all its Beaujolais Nouveau to the United States this year in plastic. Other wine and champagne producers, such as Fetzer Vineyards in California, also are converting to lighter-weight packaging. Read the full story
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Lean Cuisine recalls frozen chicken meals
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Nestle Prepared Foods Co. is recalling about 879,565 pounds of frozen chicken meals that may contain foreign materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Tuesday.
USDA’s recall information page
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