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Carbon Footprint

Investors Slam Tyson Foods on Environmental, Social and Governance Behavior

A group of Tyson Foods’ investors, as well as members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, have filed five shareholder resolutions urging the company to make changes to certain environment, social and governance policies.

Produce Industry Applauds FDA on Extending Food Safety Deadlines

United Fresh Produce Association

With the first compliance deadline for the Preventive Controls Rule less than a month away, UFPA members continue to ask questions about which rule(s) they are subject to.

“We appreciate that FDA heard and responded to our concerns and requests,” Tom Stenzel, president and CEO of UFPA, wrote in Food Safety News.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Canaveral Completes First Phase of Titusville Logistics Center

This makes Class A warehousing available for the first time to cargo customers and other companies interested in logistics and distribution facilities near the Port.

Port Director of Real Estate Scott Shepard said there is active leasing interest in the 246,736 square-foot dividable space and, now that construction is complete, he expects potential tenants to begin finalizing decisions.

Kottke Trucking Acquires Walbon’s OTR Division

Kottke Trucking, Inc. has purchased Walbon & Company, Inc.’s over-the-road (OTR) operations, including Walbon’s routes, trucks, trailers and Wildwood, Fla.-based terminal.

The acquisition will not affect the Buffalo Lake, Minn. based operations that Kottke has held for nearly eight decades.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

FMC Commissioner Halts Ocean Alliance Agreement, Requests Information

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

Commissioner William P. Doyle voted in favor of requesting additional information (RFAI) from The Ocean Alliance parties, effectively halting the agreement until the filing parties answer the questions proposed in the RFAI.

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Consumer Group Urges FDA to Improve Supermarket Recall Notification Rules

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

In a letter to FDA Deputy Commissioner Stephen Ostroff, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) wrote that it is concerned by the agency’s lack of progress on this particular provision of the FSMA.

In a letter to FDA Deputy Commissioner Stephen Ostroff, CSPI wrote that it is concerned by the agency’s lack of progress on this particular provision of the FSMA.

Flatwater Transportation Acquires Riedemann Transport

Riedemann, which has been in business for 20 years, specializes in refrigerated trucking to local and national customers throughout the U.S.

Flatwater Transportation, based in Winnebago, Neb., has terminals in Bellevue and will add the former Riedemann's terminals in Paullina.

FDA Extends Certain FSMA Compliance Dates; Issues Draft Guidance

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

While the major provisions of the FSMA rules are being implemented as planned, the FDA issued a final rule that extends and clarifies the compliance dates for certain provisions in four of the seven foundational rules.

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Software Solutions

Logility Acquires Integration Solutions Provider AdapChain

Logility, an Aptean company

AdapChain’s technology speeds and simplifies the complex integration of supply chain with enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions through a proven template-based approach.

The acquisition builds on years of collaboration between AdapChain and Logility to develop an application with proven ERP templates that redefine and simplify supply chain integrations for companies around the world.

Court Rules Against Ozburn-Hessey Logistics’ Efforts to Halt Unionization

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics

The D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rebuffed OHL’s appeal of National Labor Relations Board rulings that favored the United Steelworkers union.

The United Steelworkers started organizing OHL warehouses in 2009 and narrowly won a vote by workers in May 2013, but OHL appealed and refused to recognize the union.

Procurement Fraud Management

FMCSA Proposes Allowing 18-Year Olds to Drive Commercial Vehicles Across State Lines

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)

FMCSA has proposed a pilot program to allow a limited number of individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 to operate commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce if they have received specified heavy-vehicle driver training.

Farmer smiling in tractor cab with GPS monitor and agricultural equipment during field operations

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