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Fourty-four Canadians Get Salmonella From Chicken Nuggets

The Public Health Agency of Canada is collaborating with provincial public health partners, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and Health Canada to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to frozen, raw, breaded chicken products.

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Featured In Food Logistics: How To Prepare For A Warehouse Technology Upgrade

The rise of e-commerce has already significantly altered the way companies fulfill orders, so companies are taking steps to modernize both their warehouse technology and their warehouse infrastructure to keep up with these changes.

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Sysco Scraps Plan To Merge With US Foods

Under terms of the merger agreement, the termination of the transaction requires Sysco to pay break-up fees of $300 million to US Foods and $12.5 million to PFG.

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Judge Explains Why He Halted The Sysco/US Foods Merger

Judge Mehta’s 128-page ruling said the Sysco-US Foods tie-up, announced in December 2013, was the type of large combination that lawmakers were concerned about long ago when they gave the government the power to halt mergers.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said there was “plenty of evidence” in the case that showed restaurants and other buyers of food-distribution services use a mix of providers besides Sysco and US Foods.

Featured In Food Logistics: 2015 Top Green Providers List

This year’s list represents transportation providers, 3PLs, cold storage providers, technology companies, pallet manufacturers and others key to supporting a more sustainable food supply chain.

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U.S. Senate Introduces Multimodal Freight Act

The National Multimodal Freight Policy and Investment Act provides multimodal freight infrastructure with a total of $12 billion over a six-year period, with funding for multimodal freight projects distributed based on a merit-based grant program.

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A Three-Year Payback On An Automation Installation?

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Depending on the level of automated system installed and the specific circumstances surrounding an operation’s current mode of operation, an investment in automated material handling systems and technologies could produce a three-year ROI.

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Whole Foods Market Faces Backlash For Overcharging And Mislabeled Package Weights

People are lashing out at the company on its Facebook page, claiming they will no longer shop there due to the accusations that stores mislabeled packaged foods and sold them for more than they were worth.

Sysco Reviews FTC Injunction Against US Foods Merger

President and Chief Executive Officer Bill DeLaney said "we will take a few days to closely review the Court's ruling and assess our legal and contractual obligations, including the merits of terminating the merger agreement."

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Canada And Mexico Plot Tariffs On U.S. Meat Imports In Labelling Row

The Canadian and Mexican governments are preparing to impose retaliatory tariffs on American imports, including meat, over the US’s country of origin labeling (COOL) rules for meat and livestock.

The North American spat pitting Canada and Mexico against the U.S. over meat labels has sown confusion among producers and shippers in all three countries, with a trade war potentially just weeks away, according to Reuters.

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Beck’s Is Not An Import, Anheuser-Busch InBev NV To Refund Customers

In addition to the refunds, the company agreed to pay as much as $3.5 million in attorney fees and costs.

A federal magistrate in Miami, Fla., approved of a class action settlement in which Anheuser-Busch InBev NV allegedly misled customers that Beck’s is a German-made beer.

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New York City Claims Whole Foods Market Overcharged, Mislabeled Package Weights

The New York Department of Consumer Affairs tested 80 types of prepackaged products and found all of them had mislabeled weight.

The natural foods and organic retailer, which has outlets in the UK, is said to have overstated weights of pre-packaged meat, dairy and baked products.

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