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Wing-In-Ground Effect Vessels: Future Freight Transport?

WIG craft are maritime vessels that would be built to maritime structural standards and designs include pontoons, water skis and possibly hydrofoils to allow for touch down on and lift-off from a water surface.

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House Committee Approves Trade Promotion Authority; Beef Association Applauds Vote

The House Ways and Means Committee passed Trade Promotion Authority legislation (H.R. 1890) by a bi-partisan vote of 25 to 13.

Both countries will immediately begin updating their administrative procedures in order to allow trade to resume. U.S. companies will need to complete Brazil's regular facilities registration process.

Keep Fresh Food Fresh

Penske Logistics

The delicate dance of getting perishables where it needs to go, when it needs to get there and under the perfect conditions, is nothing short of a logistical ballet — one that needs to be carefully choreographed in order to get it right.

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Featured In Food Logistics: F&B Industry Supports FSMA Goals, But Seeks Some Changes

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The law also gives the FDA new tools to hold imported foods to the same standards as domestic foods and directs the FDA to build an integrated national food safety system in partnership with state and local authorities.

Industry stakeholders believe the FDA must define a 'shipper' more clearly and reconsider the scope of the shipper's responsibility in meeting food safety standards.

Walmart Fine Tunes Its Fresh Produce Supply Chain; An Inside Look

Earlier this month, Walmart quietly opened a sorting and culling operation in Los Angeles to hasten the procurement process, similar to an operation in McAllen, Texas, that allows Walmart more flexibility in buying product.

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Inventure Foods Recalls Frozen Vegetables And Smoothie Kits Over Listeria

None of the recalled products tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes, but Inventure Foods has decided to err on the side of caution and issue a voluntary recall because Listeria was detected in the facility during routine testing.

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The FSMA: A New Regulatory Landscape

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The U.S. FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is the most comprehensive legislative reform of the food supply chain in decades.

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Risk/Compliance

FSMA And Small Companies: Compliance Shouldn't Be An Issue

Food Logistics managing editor Elliot Maras.

Food Safety Best Practices In Food Transportation And The Role Of ERP Technology

FSMA will require those who transport food to use sanitary transportation best practices to ensure the safety of the food.

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Risk/Compliance

FDA Publishes Four Supplemental Proposed Rules To FSMA Law

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Agency seeks to make the original proposals more flexible, practical, and targeted.

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

Cold Chain Visibility Tools Make Great Strides

Americold Logistics LLC

New technology brings a host of tools to improve efficiency and safety.

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Risk/Compliance

F&B Industry Supports Food Safety Improvement, But Calls For Changes To FSMA

Industry stakeholders weigh in on several aspects of proposed law.

Industry stakeholders think the FSMA sanitary transport rule errs in applying quality standards to safety practices.

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