by Associated Press Published: May 12,2013
Tags: alcohol, city, city government, drink, drinking, election, liquor, mnicipality, municipal, Politics, poll, referendum, vote, voter, Voting
NEW ALBANY — Aldermen have passed the ordinance that will implement the sale of wine and liquor on June 6. Mayor Tim Kent says the ordinance states that New Albany will follow the state’s regulations. City attorney Regan Russell tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal the ordinance is to take effective date at least 30 days [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Jacksonville, Fla.-based Winn-Dixie is voluntarily recalling 64 fluid ounce Winn-Dixie Organic 100% Apple Juice. The product is being recalled as a precaution because it could have levels of “patulin” that exceed FDA limits. Winn-Dixie has received no reports of any issues associated with Winn-Dixie Organic 100% Apple Juice consumption. Patulin is a mycotoxin, [...] [...]
TUPELO — Mitchell Distributing Company was recognized by Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) as one of the top wholesalers in the country at the annual Wholesalers Excellence Meeting in Las Vegas. Mitchell Distributing was selected as an inaugural recipient of the Ambassadors of Excellence Award, an award granted to wholesalers who have earned “Top Performer” status for [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — When PepsiCo Inc. announced it would stop putting an obscure vegetable oil in its Gatorade right before the Super Bowl, one of the loudest cheers came from a high school student who had made it her mission to get rid of the ingredient. “I was like, ‘Whoa,’” said Sarah Kavanagh, a 16-year-old from [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 14,2013
Tags: alcohol, beer, brewery, city, community development, craft beer, drink, festival, microbrewery, tourism, tourist, visitor
TUPELO — This city will host a craft beer festival with samples of at least 60 different beers. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the March 2 festival in comes about a year after the state enacted a law increasing the legal limit of alcohol by weight in beer. The law opened the state for [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 21,2012
Tags: bottle, closure, drink, facility, injection molding, job, llayoff, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, packaging, plant, plastic, polymer, shutdown, unemployed, unemployment, work, worker
JACKSON — Constar International, LLC, a global producer of plastic containers for food and beverages that has previously announced its intention to focus on plastic packaging for technologically advanced and specialty applications, is reducing its presence in the commodity carbonated soft drink (CSD) market. “With a large contract to supply commodity CSD products expiring at [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 27,2012
Tags: county agency, county government, disaster, disaster recovery, drink, drinking, hurricane, infrasturcture, natural disaster, severe weather, sewage, sewer, tropical weather, waste water, wastewater, water, Weather
JACKSON COUNTY — The Jackson County Utility Authority has spent its Hurricane Katrina recovery project funds on water and wastewater projects that will be well utilized across the county, leaders say. An Associated Press investigation revealed that the Harrison County Utility Authority used millions of dollars to build sewage plants that are underused or sitting [...] [...]
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