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Uber Extends Food Delivery To New York And Chicago

First tested in Los Angeles and Barcelona, Spain, the service will expand this week to New York and Chicago, Uber said in a blog post Tuesday.

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Russia Set To Extend Western Food Import Ban

The ban on most food imports from the U.S., European Union and other countries worth $9 billion is due to run out on Aug. 7, a year after it was imposed in retaliation to Western sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis.

Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told reporters on Wednesday 'We are not currently considering cancelling the ban.'

Food Industry Fights Vermont's GMO Food Labeling Law

The legal challenge was widely expected and Vermont created a "food fight fund" in anticipation of the move because it was the first state to pass a GMO labeling law that did not require other states to go first.

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Emerging Technologies

IARW/WFLO Expo Keynote: Technologies That Will Change The Business

Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA)

Futurist Jack Uldrich subtitled his presentation as “The Big AHA,” the three letters standing for awareness, humility and action.

Futurist author Jack Uldrich presents the “Big AHA” to the IARW/WFLO expo in Orlando.

Farmers: Food safety Rules Could Put Them Out of Business

Connecticut's dwindling number of commercial vegetable and fruit farmers say it could cost them tens of thousands of dollars to comply with the complex regulations the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning to issue this year.

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IARW Attendee On FSMA: 'It’s Just Utter Chaos'

Thermo King Corporation

Speakers Bud Rodowick of Thermo King and Dr. Patrick Brecht of P.E.B. Commodities Inc. said that many shippers are unaware of the rules that will take effect, particularly the sanitary transport rules.

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GCCA And United Fresh Produce Association To Hold Inaugural Global Cold Chain Expo June 21 to 23, 2016 In Chicago

The Global Cold Chain Expo will be a one-stop-shop for all cold chain needs with 25,000 square feet of trade show space featuring hundreds of exhibitors from every sector of the cold chain.

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Truck Drivers Strike Again At West Coast Ports

The strikers planned to expand picket lines to marine terminals, rail yards and customer warehouses where the companies' trucks were dispatched.

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Software & Technology

Walmart Looks To U.K. Unit For Lessons In Online Grocery

Aided by the deep pockets of its parent company, Asda offers online grocery delivery across 97 percent of the U.K. and is pushing aggressively into "click-and-collect," where customers order online and pick up in person at no extra charge.

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Live from IARW-WFLO Convention: Cold Storage Executive Gains ROI Insight About Automation

Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA)

Greg Laurin, a principal at Conestoga Cold Storage in Ontario, Canada, gained insight into cold storage automation during a seminar at the IARW-WFLO Convention in Orlando, Fla

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Chipotle Teams With Postmates To Deliver Food In 67 Cities

Chipotle’s delivery service is available in Washington D.C. and major cities within the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington.

Featured In Food Logistics: FDA Publishes Four Supplemental Proposed Rules To FSMA Law

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA’s rule on produce safety is intended to establish science-based standards for growing, harvesting, packing, and holding produce on certain domestic and foreign farms.

The FSMA rule on produce safety has scientific standards for holding produce on domestic and foreign farms.

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