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Listeria Outbreak Alarms U.S. Apple Industry

The president of the U.S. Apple Association has called food safety the apple industry’s “top issue.”

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Eco-Friendly Food Carts Coming To New York City

In a pilot program set to be announced on Monday, MOVE Systems is providing 500 free carts, called MRV100 Hybrids, to vendors across the city, in partnership with the City Council.

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Nitrogen Engines Could Transform The Cold Chain

They are designed to replace typical diesel engine units on large HGVs and supermarket home delivery lorries, but can also be used in commercial refrigeration units or office cooling systems.

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Ecuador Latest To Impose Nationwide Ban On U.S. Poultry

The Ecuadorian agricultural authority Agrocalidad has banned all imports of live foul, poultry meat and poultry products, as well as genetic material, including chicks and hatching eggs, from the U.S., in response to the recent avian influenza outbreaks.

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Activists Want To Scuttle Nestle Water Bottling Due To Drought: Nestle Responds

The company claims its five bottled water plants and four food factories in the state collectively consume about 1 billion gallons of water each year, which amounts to 0.008 percent of the 13 trillion gallons of annual water use in the state.

This image was taken from video of a March 20, 2015, protest of the Nestle bottling plant in Sacramento.

CMA CGM To Operate Logistics Platform In Cuba’s Mariel Harbor

CMA CGM has been present in Cuba since 2000, one of the only three shipping companies to call the country, and is the first international company to sign such a logistics development agreement in Cuba.

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Bourbon Distillers Scrutinize Logistics As Demand Surges Amidst Barrel Shortage

Kentucky distillers filled 1.2 million barrels in 2013 alone, and that wasn’t easy because barrel producers have been struggling to keep up since the lumber industry contracted so deeply in the wake of the housing collapse.

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Grocery Giants Ahold and Delhaize Explore Merger with U.S. Focus

Dutch grocer Ahold, which owns Peapod and several U.S. supermarket chains, and Belgian rival Delhaize, which owns Food Lion in the U.S., are exploring a merger which has sent their shares soaring, though analysts were split over the merits of any deal.

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Performance Food Group Executive Testifies In Favor Of Sysco/US Foods Merger

Holm said that after the Sysco-US Foods merger and the divestitures to PFG, his company would be ready at the outset to compete for business from large national customers. PFG would be a competitor “that will be taken seriously,” he said.

George Holm is President and Chief Executive Officer of Performance Food Group.

McDonald’s Tests Postmates Direct Delivery In New York City

Customers can go to Postmates.com or download the Postmates mobile app (available for iOS and Android) to order their favorite McDonald's food for delivery within an hour from 88 select McDonald's restaurants in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.

China And Russia Launch $2 Billion Agriculture Investment Fund

It marks a sharper pivot toward Russia and accelerates a drive that has seen the Asian giant spend billions of dollars to acquire food-producing companies abroad as well as cultivate farming producers like Argentina and Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold a joint press conference after signing a joint statement in the Kremlin on May 8, 2015 in Moscow, Russia.

Purging A Big Restaurant Supply Chain Of GMOs Can Take Years

The first and the biggest "GMO culprit" was soybean oil, which Chipotle used to cook its chips and taco shells and in rubs for its chicken and steak.

In the case of the Billerica, Mass., restaurant, no customers have yet been reported sick. WBZ-TV reports that the company closed the restaurant after an employee was diagnosed with norovirus and two others reported similar symptoms.

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