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Golden State Foods Builds Meat Production Plant In Alabama

Golden State Foods

Centrally located to GSF’s meat customers in the Southeast and Midwest, this facility will also provide the company with opportunities to explore innovative technology as well as sustainable features for the plant.

GSF executives and civic leaders breaj ground for the company's new protein products facility in Opelika, Ala. The plant is scheduled for completion in 2017.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Admiral Clarifies Coast Guard Policy On Weight Containers: Agricultural Transport Coalition Applauds Him

The Admiral stated that the SOLAS Container Weight Certification Amendment provides flexibility pertaining to various ways carriers can get verified gross mass, and how they do so is a "business practice."

Admiral Paul Thomas of the U.S. Coast Guard stated that U.S. exporters and ocean carriers loading their cargoes at U.S. ports have been compliant with the Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS) convention and will not require domestic shippers to make changes in existing practices.

Farmworkers Call For Wendy’s Boycott Over Tomato Buying

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) are calling for the boycott as part of its long-running campaign to convince Wendy’s to join the Fair Food Program.

The group claims that Wendy’s has decided to stop buying tomatoes from Florida growers after the Fair Food Program was implemented there, and now buys tomatoes from Mexico.

Supply Chain Visibility

NetSuite Inc. Acquires IQity’s Cloud Business

Oracle NetSuite

The combined strengths of NetSuite and IQity’s deep domain experience can enable manufacturers to take control of their supply chain processes and improve business value, while reducing operating costs and IT overhead.

NetSuite Inc. has acquired IQity’s cloud business.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Of New York And New Jersey Sets Record Container Volume Second Straight Year

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

During the year, the port handled 6,371,720 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) (or 3,664,013 cargo containers), an increase of 10.4 percent over 2014 when the previous annual record was established.

During the year, the port handled 6,371,720 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) (or 3,664,013 cargo containers), an increase of 10.4 percent over 2014 when the previous annual record was established.

Spot Load Volume Rises 8.5 %; Rates Slide

DAT Freight & Analytics

Despite greater demand for truckload services, national average van, reefer, and flatbed freight spot rates all slipped compared to the previous week.

Despite greater demand for truckload services, national average van, reefer, and flatbed freight spot rates all slipped compared to the previous week.

International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses Advises EPA On Proposal Risk Management Program’s Impact On Small Firms

Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA)

The EPA is proposing changes to Risk Management Program in the following areas: Root Cause Analysis, Independent Third Party, Audits, Inherently Safer Technology Assessments, and Emergency Response Enhancements.

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Senate Committee Supports Measure To Prevent Mandatory GMO Labeling

Fourteen of 20 members of the committee, including three Democrats, voted in favor of the markup of the bill by Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kansas.

Fourteen of 20 members of the committee, including three Democrats, voted in favor of the markup of the bill by Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kansas.

Anheuser-Busch InBev To Sell Chinese Beer Business For $1.6 Billion

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Shares in China Resources Beer soared as much as 30 percent after the Hong Kong-listed brewer announced on March 2 that it was buying the 49 percent of CR Snow it did not already own.

Supply Chain Visibility

Featured In Food Logistics: Electronic Freight Security (EFS) – What To Expect

FreightWatch International

The January/February issue of Food Logistics offers a primer for the setup and implementation of an electronic freight security (EFS) program, provided by FreightWatch International, the logistics security division of Sensitech Inc.

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Ocean Container Trade Faces Historic Overcapacity

AlixPartners LLP

The most-recent forecasts expect global container fleet capacity to grow by 4.6 percent in 2016, and another 4.7 percent in 2017, though spot prices for major routes have dropped 21 to 44 percent from a year ago because of plunging demand.

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Food Industry Opposes Arizona Bill Eliminating Food Safety Licensing

Republican Gov. Doug Ducey is the driving force behind the push to eliminate licensing for a diverse group including food packers, landscape architects, engineers, geologists, driving school instructors and yoga teachers.

Republican Gov. Doug Ducey is the driving force behind the push to eliminate licensing for a diverse group including food packers, landscape architects, engineers, geologists, driving school instructors and yoga teachers. The proposed legislation has a dozen sponsors and co-sponsors in the Arizona House and Senate — 11 of them are Republicans.

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