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UK's 'Trusted' Supermarkets Allowed to Self-Regulate on Food Safety

Under the proposed plan, retailers that can prove they meet top hygiene standards would become exempt from visits from officials at the Food Standards Authority.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

U.S. Commerce Secretary Calls Out Port of L.A., Long Beach on Shipment Tracking

Port of Los Angeles

“We need to continue to up our game, we are not at the kind of world-class level that we need to be at,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port of Oakland Terminal Operator to Expand

Port of Oakland

TraPac handles 20 percent of the containerized cargo moving through the Port of Oakland and manages two vessel berths and 66 acres of land. The new deal would give it four berths and 123 acres, much of which would be used for cargo handling.

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Rail & Intermodal

CP Working with Canadian Government to Move Record Grain Crop

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)

In order for the system to move record volumes of grain, it is essential that port terminals such as Vancouver operate on a 24/7 basis, remain fluid and that the seaway, especially the Port of Thunder Bay, be utilized to take pressure off Vancouver.

The grain supply chain in Canada, like most efficient supply chains, works best when demand is well-distributed throughout the year.

Rail & Intermodal

Florida East Coast Railway is For Sale

Florida East Coast Railway (FECR)

Asset manager Fortress Investment Group LLC is reported to be exploring a possible sale of Florida East Coast Railway Corp.

The holding company of Florida East Coast Railway -- Florida East Coast Industries Inc. -- was taken private in 2007 by funds managed by Fortress in a transaction valued at about $3.5 billion. The fund later spun off the railway operations into a separate company, leaving real estate, logistics and telecommunications assets under the FECI umbrella.

China Sets New Safety Rules for Selling Food Online

Among the new rules is one that requires that online food producers and sellers must guarantee the safe storage and transportation of food sold online which requires refrigeration, insulation or freezing.

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What's Next Now that FSMA Compliance Dates are Here?

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Joann Givens, co-chair of the FSMA Operations Team Steering Committee, addresses questions that have been raised about what the next few months will look like for human food facilities required to comply with the CGMP and preventive controls requirements.

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XPO Logistics Workers Vote to Join Teamsters Union

Warehouse workers and truck drivers in Connecticut and Illinois voted to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Wednesday, becoming the first workers at XPO to form a union in the U.S.

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Rail & Intermodal

Railroads Continue Tough Year, Losing More Freight to Trucking in 3Q

One of the few bright spots for the railroads is agriculture, as a bumper crop helped drive third-quarter grain carloads up about 17 percent.

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Kellogg Acquires Iconic Brazilian Food Company Parati Group

Kellogg Company

The acquisition, the company's largest in Latin America, furthers two of Kellogg's strategic priorities — becoming a global snacking powerhouse and expanding its presence in emerging markets.

Parati Group offers a wide range of iconic regional brands, including Parati, Pádua, Minueto, Zoo Cartoon and Hot Cracker biscuits, which make up approximately half of the company's business.

Shipping Logistics Startup FourKites Raises $13 Million in Funding

The startup focuses primarily on trucking, but plans to eventually expand into rail and ocean transportation in the future, as well as shipments that use more than one method of travel.

Government regulations aimed at promoting food safety have spurred the use of sensors to measure temperature, and FourKites wants to tap into those data sources to do predictive modeling for its customers.

Blue Apron Battles Hostile Warehouse Conditions

Business is booming at Blue Apron as the startup struggles to keep up with demand, but now the company is forced to deal with with a spate of violence among warehouse workers at its Jersey City, NJ, distribution warehouse.

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