Texas has secured a landmark settlement with Albertsons Safeway LLC, ending the chain’s practice of misting USDA-certified organic produce with synthetic antimicrobial pesticides. The investigation, launched in January 2026, found that ProduceMaxx — an EPA-registered antimicrobial pesticide containing hypochlorous acid — was being sprayed on organic produce in misting systems to control bacteria and extend shelf life. While ProduceMaxx is approved for certain food safety uses, it is not allowed on organic produce unless chlorine levels are below 4 parts per million or a water rinse is performed. Many consumers were unaware that organic fruits and vegetables had been treated, undermining the trust in organic labeling. All Albertsons-owned stores in Texas must stop using ProduceMaxx or similar misting chemicals on organic produce. The company committed to ceasing misting within 90 days and updating policies.
The settlement applies to all Albertsons-owned chains in the state, ...

THE CARIBBEAN CRACKDOWN: CASTRO INDICTED, NIMITZ ARRIVES
The geopolitical landscape of the Caribbean just experienced a massive structural shift. In a flawlessly synchronized, high-stakes display of absolute executive power, the Department of Justice officially unsealed a federal murder indictment against 94-year-old former Cuban dictator Raúl Castro—on the exact same day the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group entered the Caribbean waters just off the island's coast. While the globalist establishment and U.S. Southern Command routinely try to downplay the arrival as a "regularly scheduled exercise" alongside regional allies, the message echoing from the Trump administration is unmistakable: the era of tolerating hostile, anti-American communist regimes on our doorstep is officially over.
The legal mandate for this operation stems from a brutal historical debt. The criminal indictment, unsealed in Miami on Cuba's Independence Day, explicitly charges Castro and five regime co-defendants ...