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Yusen Logistics Opens Temperature-Controlled DC in Cambodia

Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc.

The 33,000-sqaure-foot facility, which is almost double the capacity of the existing warehouse, includes a 4,237-square-foot temperature-controlled storage area.

Yusen will also offer a consolidated delivery service available to customers in Phnom Penh on a daily basis, excluding weekends. Yusen Logistics will also provide the same service for chilled and frozen goods using cold-storage boxes and will ensure product quality is maintained up to the point of delivery. (Phnom Penh Distribution Center above).

Obama Signs GMO Labeling Law; Industry Applauds, Activists Criticize

FMI - The Food Industry Association

While the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) applauded the signing, an activist group, FoodDemocracyNow!, said it will challenge the law.

President Obama on Friday signed S. 764 into law, setting in place one national standard for GMO disclosure that brings consistency, certainty and an end to restrictions on interstate commerce facing retailers, manufacturers and customers.

Schumer Calls on FDA to Overhaul Food Recall Process

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York has called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to overhaul its food recall process because it is taking too long to get tainted food off the shelves.

Schumer said potentially dangerous food can remain on sale for months before the agency issues mandatory recalls.

Emerging Technologies

How Bitcoin Technology Can Build Trust in the Food Supply Chain

Provenance, a small U.K. B2B software startup, is experimenting with proving tuna caught in Indonesia is being delivered to Japanese restaurants, using info on sensors or RFID tags and local certification, recorded in the blockchain, to track the fish.

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Feds Drop Proposal to Give Freight Trains Priority Over Amtrak

The surface transportation board ultimately concluded Thursday that current law does say that passenger trains are to be given preference over freight trains on shared tracks.

Amtrak argued that if the policy change had been implemented, long-distance and commuter trains would have seen a substantial increase in delays, since nearly 97 percent of the passenger railroad's route miles operate on host railroad tracks that are not owned by Amtrak. Freight rail companies, however, said the effort would have allowed railways to determine the priority of trains on a case-by-case basis.

Fleet Management

Hyperloop to Unveil First Major Prototype

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT)

The site will also house a new Transponics test lab, which will continue to innovate on the propulsion system that launches a Hyperloop vehicle to high speeds.

Hyperloop One has announced the opening of Hyperloop One Metalworks, the first Hyperloop manufacturing plant in the world.

Waste Reduction

3D Printing of Food Expands, Saves Waste and Helps Environment

The global market for 3D printed food is anticipated to be driven by a need for mass customization, as 3D printing saves both time and waste.

3D printing of food has the potential to trump many current food customization techniques, though the manufacturing cost is quite high.

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Software & Technology

Oracle to Acquire NetSuite

The transaction is valued at $109.00 per share in cash, or approximately $9.3 billion.

The closing of the transaction is subject to receiving certain regulatory approvals and satisfying other closing conditions including NetSuite stockholders tendering a majority of NetSuite’s outstanding shares in the tender offer.

Carrier Wins Driver Classification Suit Against Owner-Operators

The ruling is a victory for CEVA Freight, who challenged the Oregon Department of Labor’s assertion that the company’s owner-operators were wrongly classified as independent contractors.

The American Trucking Associations and the Truck Rental and Leasing Association both filed briefs in support of CEVA in the case.

Americold Acquires Storage Facility in Georgia

Americold Logistics LLC

“The East Point site is centrally accessible within the Atlanta metro area and is a critical component of our Atlanta distribution strategy. It will complement our existing network very well.,” said Fred Boehler, president and CEO of Americold.

Consumer Groups Push FDA to Ban Plastic Liners in Canned Food

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

For years, some food can manufacturers have used linings that contain the chemical Bisphenol A, commonly known as PBA, which is linked to problems with hormone products in women and children.

Some companies that stopped using BPA have replaced it with a synthetic plastic called polyvinyl chloride, or PVC. PVC contains chemicals called phthalates.

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