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Walmart's Poultry Safety Plan Cuts Salmonella Contamination

Before the new supplier requirements went into effect, 17 percent of the chicken parts provided to Wal-Mart were positive for Salmonella. By January this year that number was cut to 5 percent.

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Featured in Food Logistics: Are You Ready For FSMA?

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

While many players have already deployed safe practices that exceed FSMA standards, the law gives the FDA new enforcement powers that can encourage better practices to improve food safety.

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Food Logistics Presents the 2016 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers List

The list provides a handy resource to transportation decision makers, giving them a snapshot of the capabilities of these companies and the geographic region(s) they serve.

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Rail & Intermodal

Genessee & Wyoming to Acquire Providence and Worcester Railroad for $126 Million

Genesee & Wyoming

P&W interchanges with G&W’s NECR and CSO railroads, as well as with CSX, Norfolk Southern, Pan Am Railways, Pan Am Southern, the Housatonic Railroad and the New York & Atlantic Railroad, and connects to Canadian National and Canadian Pacific via NECR.

The addition of P&W to G&W’s existing presence in the region substantially enhances G&W’s ability to serve customers and Class I partners in New England, which is a highly competitive rail market with a premium placed on timely, efficient and safe rail service.

Animal Rights Group Sues USDA, Seeks to Ban Foie Gras

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

ALDF claims foie gras consists of the pathologically diseased livers of ducks and geese, who are force-fed massive amounts of grain, which causes their livers to swell to up to 10 times their normal size and induces painful conditions in the birds.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund is also working to uphold California’s landmark ban on foie gras against an ongoing attack from the makers and purveyors of this cruel product.

Des Moines Cold Storage Builds New Cold Storage Facility

ESI Group USA, a nationally accredited design-build engineering and construction management firm, was selected to provide their specialty design-build services for this exciting project named Crossroads Cold Storage facility.

Des Moines Cold Storage recently broke ground for its new 120,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Iowa.

How Technology Innovation Transforms the Cold Chain

Sudarsan Thattai

Foodservice Industry Prepares for Big Challenges on Many Fronts

From the FSMA to labor regulations to changing consumer demands and more.

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Software Solutions

Food Logistics Industry Embraces Big Data to Optimize the Supply Chain

Organizations must maintain a real-time view of the holistic supply chain that connects restaurants with the entire logistics ecosystem.

Arvind Venugopal, senior product manager at Cleo.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

SOLAS Ocean Container Weight Rule Takes Effect

Safety requirement pushes maritime industry to better organize their information management.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Leading Carriers Investing in Real-Time Tracking Solutions

Enhanced visibility and control are important benefits for temperature-sensitive cargoes.

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Software Solutions

How ‘Hypermodal’ Trade will Transform Logistics

Report explores how Big Data and analytics are removing logistics efficiencies.

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