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Senator Says FDA Should Investigate Fast Food Packaging

Sen. Charles Schumer released a letter he sent to the head of the agency asking for the investigation into phthalates, which are used in plastics to make them more flexible.

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Supermarkets Are Taking up Too Much Space as Consumer Shopping Habits Shift

A massive build-out by retailers has left the country piled up with grocery shelves as consumers are shifting from big weekly shopping trips to more snacking and to-go meals.

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ILWU Workers Approve Contract Extension at West Coast Ports

Pacific Maritime Association (PMA)

The union said the “unprecedented” contract extension with the Pacific Maritime Association “will raise wages, maintain health benefits and increase pensions.”

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How the Climate Crisis Could be Disastrous for the World’s Food Supply

A new report by Chatham House, a London-based think tank, details how climate change further threatens the food network, as the type of extreme weather event that knocked out the Russian harvest becomes all the more common.

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Egg Surplus Pressures Farmers Struggling to Win Back Trust

After the worst bout of avian influenza in U.S. history devastated the egg-laying flock, a glut of eggs is putting pressure on suppliers and farmers who are struggling to win back business.

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Carrier Transicold to Offer New EPA-Approved Refrigerant for North America Truck and Trailer Systems

Carrier Transicold

Developed by the refrigerant manufacturing industry to reduce environmental impact, R-452A has a global warming potential (GWP) that is almost half that of R 404A, the refrigerant used in most land-based transport refrigeration applications.

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World’s Largest Tuna Company Commits to Supply Chain, Labor Reforms

Thai Union's supply vessels have used the most destructive and indiscriminate fishing methods, and the company has refused to take meaningful action to change—until now.

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Traces of Roundup Herbicide Found in Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream

The Organic Consumers Association announced Tuesday that it found traces of glyphosate in 10 of 11 samples of the company’s ice creams.

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Chipotle’s Food Safety Disaster is Far from Over

The rate of illness reports connected to Chipotle restaurants last month—before the recent norovirus outbreak—was nine times higher than the average rate associated with 10 of the chain's U.S. competitors.

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Pew Study Assess Food Safety from Farm to Fork

The study specifically examined food safety control measures designed to limit exposure on farms and feedlots to pathogens such as Salmonella, Coli and Campylobacter that can affect cattle, swine and poultry.

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Reports of Rats, Norovirus Continue to Plague Chipotle

Chipotle Mexican Grill's stock tumbled more than 3 percent Thursday as investors reacted to a string of bad news.

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Congressional Protest Unlikely to Hold Up ELD Mandate

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

Despite passage of a measure requiring additional study on the pending ELD mandate by a Congressional committee, chances of a major overhaul of that rule or even its stoppage is being characterized as a long shot at best.

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