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Electrification

Technology Brings More Options for Urban Delivery Vehicles

Changing markets place new demands on urban fleets, including expanding e-commerce.

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Manufacturing & Processing

Contract Manufacturers Can Add Value through Vertical Integration of Supply Chains

As consumers are demanding healthier and natural foods, customers are asking to improve the quality of ingredients in their products.

Automated agricultural processing facility with robotic arms sorting fresh tomatoes, lettuce, and peppers on conveyor belts under industrial lighting.

How to Choose a Logistics Partner

Growing market complexities require careful vetting of logistics partners.

'Ultimately, in the 3PL space, proven capability is king.' - Frank McGuigan, president and chief operating officer of Transplace

How to Comply With FSMA’s Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food

The STF final ruling identifies shippers as the primary responsible stakeholder when it comes to determining appropriate standards for sanitary and safe transportation of food products.

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Omnichannel Puts Food Supply Chains Through the Wringer

E-commerce grabs a bigger share of food sales, disrupting fulfillment strategies.

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Trump Proposes Slashing the FDA’s Power

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

In a fact sheet posted online Thursday, the Trump campaign highlighted a number of "specific regulations to be eliminated" under the GOP nominee's economic plan, including what they called the "FDA Food Police."

Food safety infographic displaying red icons for hygiene, contamination prevention, and safe food handling practices

Risk/Compliance

GMO Critics Slam Proposed Bayer/Monsanto Mega-Merger

Food activists are worried that this merger could result in more genetically modified crops in an already over-saturated U.S. market as well as other countries around the world that have banned or partially banned the seeds.

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Produce Industry Forms Working Group to Fight Listeria Monocytogenes

United Fresh Produce Association

The Produce Marketing Association (PMA) and United Fresh Produce Association (United Fresh) are collaborating to address produce-specific challenges surrounding Listeria monocytogenes (Lm).

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Grubhub Maintains Dominance in a Less Crowded Food Delivery Market

Since 2013, at least 25 food delivery companies have failed, according to data tracked by venture-capital research firm CB Insights.

With funding from investors harder to come by, it’s an open question whether these startups will be able to continue providing a service that can rival Grubhub in speed, reliability, and convenience at a competitive price.

Manufacturing & Processing

Bayer Agrees to Acquire Monsanto For $66 Billion, Creating Mega Ag Company

The proposed merger will likely face an intense and lengthy regulatory process in the United States, Canada, Brazil, the European Union and elsewhere.

Werner Baumann (left), CEO of Bayer AG, and Hugh Grant (right), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto.

Electrification

Uber Tests Self-Driving Cars in Pittsburgh, Envisions Food Deliveries

The test represents Uber Chief Executive Travis Kalanick’s vision to have a fleet of autonomous vehicles replace the company’s roughly 1.5 million drivers and to ferry food, packages and commuters around urban centers.

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Risk/Compliance

USDA to Test Online Shopping Using Food Stamps

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

To help accomplish this complex goal, USDA officials are expected to announce Thursday a request for online grocery retailers to participate in the program, which is expected to begin next summer.

Refrigerated grocery store produce display with fresh tomatoes, green beans, and vegetables in clear plastic packaging on illuminated shelves

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