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California Offers Amnesty To Trucking Firms For Misclassifying Drivers

Since 2011, truckers have filed 799 wage claims due to employee misclassification, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office said. More than $35 million has been awarded to drivers in 302 cases.

Labor organizers are pushing for reclassification because employees can unionize while contractors can’t.

Port Communities Fight Investment In Port Infrastructure

Community groups and local activists say unchecked seaport expansion has damaged coastal ecosystems and is choking some of the most densely populated zip codes with dangerously high emissions from trucks, trains and ships entering the ports.

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APM Terminals To Provide VGM Verification At 29 Ports, None Yet In The U.S.

Operational procedures and processes are being reviewed to ensure VGM process compliance throughout the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network.

Initially, APM Terminals will provide VGM generation services to supply chain partners at 29 locations globally, none of which are in the U.S. APM Terminals aims to add further locations where VGM support services can be offered.

FDA Issues Draft Guidance For Qualified Facilities Under FSMA Preventive Controls Rules

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

A business that meets the definition of a “qualified facility” is subject to modified requirements of the preventive controls rules.

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Environmentalists Petition Olive Garden To Improve Sourcing And Labor Practices

Darden’s Spokesman Rich Jeffers told The Hill Olive Garden listens to the preferences of its guests and will continue to evolve to address their needs.

More than 130,000 people signed a petition generated by the Good Food Now campaign — a partnership of Friends of the Earth, Restaurant Opportunities Center United, the Food Chain Workers Alliance, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Green America and the Animal Welfare Institute.

Spot Rates and Volume Jump First Week in May

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Driven by demand for refrigerated and dry vans, the number of loads posted on DAT boards was up 5.1 percent compared to the previous week.

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Walmart Tests Two-Day Shipping, Tapping Regional Carriers

As part of the project, Walmart will rely on eight massive e-commerce warehouses around the country, the last of which will be built by year’s end. It will also tap regional carriers to deliver more of its packages, say people familiar with the matter.

U.S. And European Workers Rally Outside XPO Logistics Shareholder Meeting Over Grievances

A delegation attended the meeting to demand a meeting to discuss workers' concerns.

The union claims XPO is mismanaging the integration of its new businesses which has created significant operational and financial risk for the company and its investors.

New Shipping Alliance To Include Major Asian And European Carriers

The deal involves Japan's Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.; Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd AG; South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping Co. and Hyundai Merchant Marine Co.; and Taiwan’s Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.

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Ajinomoto Windsor Inc. Recalls 47 Million Pounds Of Meat And Poultry

The heat-treated, not fully cooked, not shelf stable meat and poultry items were produced on various dates between May 1, 2014, and May 1 this year.

A look at the disease transmission factors associated with Listeria monocytogenes point out some unique and difficult problems that can confound our controls.

Driver Classification Disputes Hammer Port Trucking Companies

The turmoil raises questions about the future of short-haul trucking at the nation’s ports.

The class-action lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, argues that drivers for XPO subsidiaries Pacer Cartage Inc., Harbor Rail Transport and PDS Transportation Inc. failed to pay minimum wage, provide meal breaks and rest breaks and reimburse business expenses, among other allegations.

FDA Re-Evaluates ‘Healthy’ Food Definition

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

An FDA spokeswoman, Lauren Kotwicki, said in an email Tuesday that the agency believes "now is an opportune time to re-evaluate the regulations concerning nutrition content claims, generally, including the term 'healthy,'" in light of evolving research.

The FDA currently allows use of the term 'healthy' on packaging only when products meet certain nutrient criteria.

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