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GMO Labeling Bill Causes Split in Organic Food Industry

Organic Trade Association

OSGATA claimed its decision was prompted by OTA’s duplicity towards organic farmers and consumers when a small number of OTA board members endorsed the bill that would preempt existing strong state GMO labeling laws.

The Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) has withdrawn its membership from the Organic Trade Association (OTA) over federal legislation that would for the first time require food to carry labels listing genetically-modified ingredients.

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Venezuela’s Military Seizes Ports, Assumes Food Distribution

As protests over food rationing and long lines at stores occur with increasing regularity, military chief General Vladimir Padrino said he hopes that putting the military in charge of distribution will help calm some of the unrest and looting.

As the crisis-plagued country slides deeper into an economic crisis, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has created a new campaign to root out the corruption and mismanagement that has caused Venezuela to run out of many basic goods.

U.S. and Cuba Reach Tentative Air Transport Agreement Impacting Cargo Service

Airforwarders Association (AfA)

Tentative awards have now been granted to Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines.

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Brewers to Add Nutrition Labels to Beer

Anheuser-Busch InBev

According to a statement from the Beer Institute, brewers will disclose calories, carbohydrates, alcohol content by volume (ABV) and portion size, both on labels affixed to bottles and cans and on websites that will be accessible via a QR code.

Anheuser-Busch InBev, Molson Coors, Constellation Brands and Heineken, which produce more than 80 percent of the beer sold in the U.S., announced plans to begin providing consumers more nutritional information about the beers they sell.

Rail & Intermodal

Florida East Coast Railway Celebrates First Big Ship via Expanded Panama Canal at PortMiami

Florida East Coast Railway (FECR)

Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) recently celebrated the arrival of MOL Majesty, the first neo-Panamax vessel to transit the expanded Panama Canal bound for PortMiami.

The MOL Majesty is part of the G6 Alliance Transpacific PA2 service, originating in Asia.

General Mills Flour Recall Drives More Food Recalls

Two weeks ago, the food company expanded the recall dates, which added another 20 million pounds to the recall list and the ripple effect of recalls highlights the interdependence of the food industry as suppliers and producers buy and sell ingredients.

A full list of the recalled flours is listed on the General Mills website.

First 3D Printing Restaurant to Debut in London

The pop-up gastropub promises gourmet 3D-printed food made into artistic "culinary sculptures" presented in a series of high-tech, nine-course meals, with its world premiere scheduled for July 25 to 27 in London.

The Food Ink concept had its debut back in April at the 3D Printing Food Conference in the Netherlands. The plan going forward is to stage nine-course 3D-printed dinner events in London from July 25 to 27, then move on to other major cities worldwide, including Berlin, Dubai, Seoul, Rome, Tel Aviv, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam, Toronto, New York City, Taipei, Las Vegas, Sao Paolo, Tokyo, Austin, Singapore, Los Angeles, Cape Town, Sydney and Reykjavik.

Rail & Intermodal

Regulators Seek Alternatives to Proposed Great Lakes Railroad

The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis instructed the company in a July 5 letter to submit alternative alignments — or explain why there aren’t any — along its 278-mile route from LaPorte to Milton, Wis.

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Software & Technology

UberEATS Expands Food Delivery to Phoenix, Ariz.

Initially, UberEATS will deliver only to downtown and central Phoenix, Arcadia, Paradise Valley and south Scottsdale up to Shea Boulevard, although participating restaurants are spread across the Valley.

Uber is killing off its “instant” option in UberEats, its food-delivery service, just one month after the standalone app launched in New York City.

Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Terminals to Raise Traffic Mitigation Fees

Port of Los Angeles

PierPass launched the OffPeak program in 2005 to reduce severe cargo-related congestion on local streets and highways around the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports.

The increase will sustain continued operation of PierPass OffPeak gates amid labor cost increases.

Autonomous Robots Deliver Food in Europe

Starship Technologies

Starship Technologies has been testing its robots in 12 countries over the past nine months, but this will be the first time businesses will be using the technology to deliver real orders to paying customers.

The little robots, which are designed to operate on sidewalks rather than roads, make deliveries within a two- to three-mile radius. They can carry loads weighing as much as 20 pounds, at speeds of up to four miles per hour.

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