Carolinas Food Industry Council

The N.C. Department of Labor is encouraging businesses and teens to use a new online program to apply for work permits as the summer hiring season approaches. Last year the department launched a computerized program-called YEC Auto-that allows employers and school-age teenagers to get youth employment certificates online. Full Article Here.

CFIC Talks with NC's New Agriculture Commissioner

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler met recently with CFIC Executive Director Fran Preston and General Counsel Andy Ellen to discuss how the retail grocery industry can combine communication forces with the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Both groups are interested in working together to better disseminate information to the public about food industry news, programs, regulatory questions and changes. MORE