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Egypt Claims Their Strawberries Do Not Have Hepatitis A

Investigators believe the Tropical Smoothie Café chain was the only U.S. business to import these particular Hepatitis A-tainted frozen strawberries, an outbreak that has had 131 victims across eight states according to the latest reports from the CDC.

The investigation began in early August when the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) identified an outbreak of hepatitis A cases potentially linked to smoothies from Tropical Smoothie Café restaurants in that state.

Waste Reduction

Brambles and The Global FoodBanking Network Partner to Alleviate World Hunger and Reduce Food Waste

The agreement comes as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reports that the value of food lost or wasted annually around the globe amounts to roughly $680 billion in industrialized countries and $310 billion in developing countries.

Brambles has signed a three-year agreement with the international non-profit organization The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) to provide supply chain knowledge, in-kind contributions, volunteers and donations to help finance GFN operations, in an effort to reduce hunger, poverty, malnutrition and food waste globally.

Zombie Dispatch: Omnitracs Creates Video Game to Show Importance of Human Truck Drivers

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Driver Dan has to make his way across a 500-mile trek to deliver valuable medicine that will save mankind and ward of the Zombie Apocalypse.

Can you get life-saving medicine across the country in order to save the World from the Zombie Apocalypse?

UK's 'Trusted' Supermarkets Allowed to Self-Regulate on Food Safety

Under the proposed plan, retailers that can prove they meet top hygiene standards would become exempt from visits from officials at the Food Standards Authority.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

U.S. Commerce Secretary Calls Out Port of L.A., Long Beach on Shipment Tracking

“We need to continue to up our game, we are not at the kind of world-class level that we need to be at,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker.

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Port of Oakland Terminal Operator to Expand

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TraPac handles 20 percent of the containerized cargo moving through the Port of Oakland and manages two vessel berths and 66 acres of land. The new deal would give it four berths and 123 acres, much of which would be used for cargo handling.

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CP Working with Canadian Government to Move Record Grain Crop

In order for the system to move record volumes of grain, it is essential that port terminals such as Vancouver operate on a 24/7 basis, remain fluid and that the seaway, especially the Port of Thunder Bay, be utilized to take pressure off Vancouver.

The grain supply chain in Canada, like most efficient supply chains, works best when demand is well-distributed throughout the year.

Florida East Coast Railway is For Sale

Asset manager Fortress Investment Group LLC is reported to be exploring a possible sale of Florida East Coast Railway Corp.

The holding company of Florida East Coast Railway -- Florida East Coast Industries Inc. -- was taken private in 2007 by funds managed by Fortress in a transaction valued at about $3.5 billion. The fund later spun off the railway operations into a separate company, leaving real estate, logistics and telecommunications assets under the FECI umbrella.

China Sets New Safety Rules for Selling Food Online

Among the new rules is one that requires that online food producers and sellers must guarantee the safe storage and transportation of food sold online which requires refrigeration, insulation or freezing.

The growing fleet of motorbike couriers on Chinese roads is the latest challenge to long-established but struggling Western companies such as McDonald’s Corp. and Yum Brands Inc., which owns KFC and Pizza Hut outlets.

What's Next Now that FSMA Compliance Dates are Here?

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Joann Givens, co-chair of the FSMA Operations Team Steering Committee, addresses questions that have been raised about what the next few months will look like for human food facilities required to comply with the CGMP and preventive controls requirements.

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XPO Logistics Workers Vote to Join Teamsters Union

Warehouse workers and truck drivers in Connecticut and Illinois voted to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Wednesday, becoming the first workers at XPO to form a union in the U.S.

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Railroads Continue Tough Year, Losing More Freight to Trucking in 3Q

One of the few bright spots for the railroads is agriculture, as a bumper crop helped drive third-quarter grain carloads up about 17 percent.

For the first 22 weeks of 2016, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 5,274,449 carloads, down 13.7 percent from the same point last year; and 5,648,851 intermodal units, down 2.1 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 22 weeks of 2016 was 10,923,300 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 8.1 percent compared to last year.

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