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Taylor Farms Deploys Wind Turbine To Power Vegetable Processing

The 398-foot turbine came online November 18th and will help power the shipper’s vegetable processing facility in Gonzales, Calif.

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Chinese E-Commerce Firm To Sell Fresh Food

The online retail market in China has become sophisticated with more and more Chinese consumers actively shopping online.

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Air Freight Rebounds To 2010 Levels

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Air freight demand, measured in freight ton kilometers (FTK), rose 5.4 percent in October compared to October 2013.

Measured in freight ton kilometers (FTKs), demand increased 5.0 percent in July 2016, compared to July 2015. This was the fastest pace in almost 18 months. Freight capacity measured in available freight ton kilometers (AFTKs) increased by 5.2 percent year-on-year, outstripping demand and keeping yields under pressure.

Georgia Ports Continue To Report Record Freight Activity

Georgia Ports Authority

Savannah's Garden City Terminal handled a record 311,759 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) in October - a 13.6 percent increase (37,432 TEUs) compared to the same month a year ago.

Georgia Ports Authority's Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah.

Software & Technology

WAM Technologies Launches Remote Monitoring For Vessels

VesselConnect offers a low-infrastructure, cost-effective alternative to older power line modem (PLM) technology for remote reefer monitoring, which requires ships to be fitted with cables and other control hardware.

Overhill Farms Recalls Cheese Enchiladas Over Salmonella Contamination

The recalled product was sold in the freezer section at Safeway-owned stores nationwide including Safeway, Carrs, Genuardi’s, Pak ‘N Save, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb and Vons.

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U.S. Sweet Potato Exports Surge

The value of sweet potato exports has risen to $95 million, according to a news release from the Benson, N.C.-based American Sweet Potato Marketing Institute.

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Banned In Russia, Polish Apples Head For Singapore

Poland's turn to new markets such as Singapore comes after Russia, which bought 56 percent of its apple exports last year, started banning agricultural produce from places such as the U.S. and European Union in August.

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Asia-Pacific Market Brightens For Medical Foods

Frost & Sullivan

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, “Global Medical Foods Market,” finds that the global medical foods market earned revenues of $9.36 billion in 2013 and estimates this to reach $13.34 billion in 2018.

Menu Labeling Regs Take Effect Dec. 2015; Here’s An Overview

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The new rules are part of the federal government’s effort to fight obesity and will apply nationwide and preempt existing state laws covering the same types of foods and establishments, unless identical to the federal rules.

The guidance documents do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities. Instead, guidance documents describe the FDA’s current thinking on a topic and should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited.

E-Commerce Solutions

Did Cyber Monday Bypass Food? Hey, It’s A Good Thing

E-commerce sales on Cyber Monday jumped 17 percent from last year, totaling nearly $2.04 billion, research firm comScore Inc. reported Tuesday.

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Florida-based Meal Delivery Service Expands To New York

Fresh Meal Plan, a prepared meal plan company based in Florida, will initiate service in the New York metropolitan region commencing with deliveries on the night of Jan. 4, 2015.

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