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U.S. 3PL Market Posts Strong Growth

Armstrong & Associates Inc.

Two U.S. 3PL market segments experienced double digit growth, while non-asset based domestic transportation management gross revenues grew 15.4 percent, while net revenues grew 20.5 percent.

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Niagara Bottling Recalls 14 Bottled Water Brands In Pennsylvania

Niagara Bottling has recalled all spring water products produced at its two Pennsylvania facilities between June 10 and 18, 2015, after being informed that the water source was potentially compromised by E. coli bacteria.

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Report: U.S. Logistics Industry Rebounds

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)

This year’s 26th Annual State of Logistics Report presents an overview of the economy during the past year, the logistics industry’s key trends, and the total U.S. logistics costs for 2014.

The report is presented by transportation consultant and author Rosalyn Wilson of Parsons at a press conference today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

General Mills Cereals To Remove Artificial Flavors And Colors

Today, more than 60 percent of General Mills cereals like Cinnamon Toast Crunch and original Cheerios are already without artificial flavors and colors from artificial sources and have been that way for a long time.

This March 22, 2011 file photo shows boxes of General Mills cereals in Portland, Ore. General Mills on Monday, June 22, 2015 said it is dropping artificial colors and flavors from its cereals, the latest company to respond to a growing desire for food made with ingredients people see as natural.

EPA, DOT Propose Greenhouse Gas And Fuel Efficiency Standards For Heavy-Duty Trucks

Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles currently account for about 20 percent of GHG emissions and oil use in the U.S. transportation sector, but only comprise about five percent of vehicles on the road.

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Railroads Retire Boxcars, Creating Shortage

The number of boxcars in service in North America fell by 41 percent in the past decade to slightly less than 125,000 last year as 101,600 cars were scrapped and only about 13,800 replacement were added.

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Ferrero To Acquire U.K. Confectioner Thorntons

Ferrero, best known for its nutty chocolates wrapped in gold foil, said it would keep the Thorntons brand and the company’s factory in Alfreton, Derbyshire.

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House Appropriations Committee Funding For FSMA Falls Short

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The Senate Appropriations Committee is preparing its version of the budget proposal and the two chambers of Congress will merge aspects of both versions to create a funding proposal for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.

In this file photo Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations Senator Thad Cochran is sitting with committee member Senator Mitch McConnell.

Grocery Manufacturers Warn Vermont Over GMO Labeling Rule; Organic Consumers Group Defends The Mandate

Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)

The state's labeling mandate on foods with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is scheduled to go into effect in July 2016, but food manufacturers are finding even more costs and challenges from the law the GMA said in a letter to Vermont's Governor.

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin responded to the letter yesterday on his Facebook page: The Grocery Manufacturers Association sent me a letter yesterday urging me to abandon Vermont's GMO labeling law. Here's my response: Here's an idea for the industry: Just label your products. All of them, nationwide. 64 countries already do it. I'm sure the food industry in America could summon the moral imagination to be the 65th. The industry's real concern is that as goes Vermont so will go America. Plain and simple Vermont's law is about giving consumers the right to know what is in their food. For too long consumers in America have been denied that right. Vermont is saying enough is enough. Give us the right to know.

Alibaba’s Logistics Arm Launches Distribution Centers For Fresh Groceries In Three Major Chinese Cities

The opening of Cainiao’s three distribution centers is part of a major expansion of its logistics network that includes a new 60,000 square-meter warehouse in eastern China.

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Food Safety Protection Laws Fail To Stem Rising Illnesses

President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act to focus federal regulators more on preventing contamination, not just reacting after the fact, but some in the food-safety field are hardly convinced that all is now fine because of a new law.

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Propane Autogas Mitigates Maintenance Concerns for Sausage Delivery Fleet

Propane Education & Research Council (PERC)

For Stevens Sausage, the rising cost of maintenance on diesel engines was a driving factor in its decision to switch to propane autogas.

Stevens Sausage, based in Smithfield, N.C., has found propane fuel significantly reduces fleet maintenance costs.

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