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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Historic Agreements For U.S.-Cuba Agriculture Sectors

While in Cuba, Secretary Vilsack announced that USDA will allow the 22 industry-funded Research and Promotion Programs and 18 Marketing Order organizations to conduct authorized research and information exchange activities with Cuba.

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USDA FSIS Seeks To Streamline Meat And Poultry Rules

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Consistent with the 2001 proposed rule, this supplemental proposed rule, if finalized, will remove the provisions for the prescribed treatment of pork products.

GMO Labeling Law Perplexes Food Industry; General Mills To Add GMO Labels Nationwide

The country’s first law requiring mandatory GMO labels is slated to go into effect in Vermont on July 1 after an industry-backed federal law that would block states’ authority stalled in the U.S. Senate last week.

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Risk/Compliance

Cyber Risk, Superstorms and Economic Pressures Challenge Shipping Safety Progress

Although the number of losses remained stable, declining by just 3 percent compared with the previous year (88), 2015 was the safest year in shipping for a decade.

This year, the effect of a “super” El Niño is expected to lead to more extreme weather conditions. Meanwhile, bad weather was a factor in three of the five largest vessels lost last year, including the El Faro, one of the worst US commercial maritime disasters in decades.

FDA Unveils Funding For States For FSMA And Produce Rule Implementation

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Implementation of the produce rule is dependent on partnerships between FDA and the states, both to deliver education and technical assistance and to provide on-going inspection, compliance and oversight.

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BNSF Railway Rolls Out Capital Expenditures For Texas, Illinois And Kansas

Plans call for more than 2,400 miles of track surfacing and/or undercutting work, the replacement of 55 miles of rail and more than 480,000 ties, as well as signal upgrades as part of BNSF's implementation of positive train control (PTC).

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Software Solutions

Brazil’s iFood Buys Technology Of Now-Defunct SpoonRocket

The company plans to use SpoonRocket’s robust logistics technology to optimize delivery time, enhance the restaurant-to-consumer experience, and continue its rapid expansion in Latin America and other emerging economies.

iFood has dominated the Latin America online food delivery market and despite a weakening economy in Brazil, iFood has propelled local businesses by helping more than 10,000 restaurants connect with customers in 100 Brazilian cities, ultimately accounting for $138 million worth of restaurant transactions in 2015.

Senate Blocks Bill To Prevent State GMO Labeling

The Biotechnology Labeling Solutions Act (S2609), authored by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., which would create a national voluntary labeling standard for genetically engineered foods, did not pass.

The Biotechnology Labeling Solutions Act (S2609), authored by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. (pictured above), would create a national voluntary labeling standard for genetically engineered foods.

VersaCold Logistics Services Acquires Coastal Pacific Xpress In Canada

The acquisition comes just one month after the announcement of VersaCold's acquisition of Gary Heer Transport and the launch of its newest subsidiary, VersaCold North America Transportation Solutions Limited (VNATS).

VersaCold Logistics Services, Canada's largest supply chain solutions company focused exclusively on the handling of temperature sensitive products, has entered into an agreement to acquire Coastal Pacific Xpress (CPX), British Columbia’s largest refrigerated carrier specializing in the shipping of perishable and ambient products throughout Canada and the U.S.

Bumble Bee Foods Recalls Canned Tuna Over Contamination

There are a total of 31,579 cases that are included in the recall which were produced in February 2016 and distributed nationally.

Bumble Bee Foods, LLC announced today that it is voluntarily recalling 3 specific UPC codes of canned Chunk Light tuna due to process deviations that occurred in a co-pack facility not owned or operated by Bumble Bee.

Whole Foods To Install Rooftop Solar Panels At 100 Sites

Whole Foods plans to install rooftop solar panels at up to 100 locations in deals with NRG Energy and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's SolarCity, according to USA Today.

In a decision late on Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins in San Jose, California said PETA failed to show that Whole Foods' alleged misrepresentations on in-store signs, placards and napkins defrauded consumers into overpaying.

How Collaborative Robots Will Transform Logistics

Deutsche Post DHL

Current research shows that 80 percent of logistics facilities today are still manual.

The report highlights that the development of the next generation of robots that can see, move, react to their environment and work at precision tasks alongside people, is on a fast track powered by the explosion in labor-intensive e-commerce and diminishing and ageing workforces.

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