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Food Safety Coalition Petitions USDA Seeks Overhaul Of Food Labels

The Safe Food Coalition has requested that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) add requirements for a SHI label for all raw or partially cooked siluriformes fish, including catfish products.

The revised rules should continue to require that labels provide information about the potential risk of pathogenic contamination of USDA products. They should further require that labels provide more specific information about safe handling practices for meat, poultry and catfish products.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Teamsters Clash With Coastal Ports Over Driver Classification

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

At issue is whether owner-operators are simply small businesses working by choice as contractors for trucking companies, or whether the drivers are “misclassified” as contractors and are actually employees.

The Teamsters launch a concerted campaign to pressure trucking companies on the issue in California, where a week-long series of job actions involving drayage companies that serve the ports, intermodal rail yards and warehouses began Wednesday.

DHL Plans To Expand Robots In Warehouse Following Successful Test

Seeing as the pickers are only human, DHL and the French robotics company Effidence are looking for a better way — for both efficiency and the employees.

EFFiBot sits on four heavy-duty all-terrain wheels, its body is mainly an open wagon-like bay that holds upwards of 650 pounds. Sensors on the front help EFFiBot follow the picker throughout the warehouse as he or she finds packages on the shelves and places them on the robot to carry.

Truck Drivers Oppose Nationwide Database For Drug And Alcohol Results

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sent the rule to the White House last month for final approval after a two-year delay.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is moving to establish a national database — also known as a clearinghouse — that would list truck drivers who have failed drug and alcohol tests. It would also list drivers who have refused to take them.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Cargo Container Weight Seminar Calls For Communication

The recent Maritime Safety Committee Meeting stated that the key to successful implementation of the VGM requirements is close communication and cooperation between governments and all industry stakeholders.

The Port of New Orleans recently welcomed the return of Chiquita after a 40-year hiatus.

Trucking Outlook Uncertain; Spot Markets Negative

FTR Transportation Intelligence

“There is enough uncertainty swirling around the trucking markets right now to force a manager or business owner to keep the antacids handy," says Jonathan Starks, chief operating officer at FTR.

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) for April was up month-over-month to a 6.2 reading, however, this number reflects soft market conditions, according to trucknews.com.

Waste Reduction

Global Standard To Measure Food Waste

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

The backers of the standard, launched at the Global Green Growth Forum in Copenhagen, hope governments will adopt it to measure progress under the new Sustainable Development Goals.

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Listeria Alert: Hershey, Atkins And Kashi Hit By Extended SunOpta Recall

A look at the disease transmission factors associated with Listeria monocytogenes point out some unique and difficult problems that can confound our controls.

Food Industry Mostly Confident About Meeting FSMA; Companies Conduct ‘Gap Analysis’

The Acheson Group

Most companies in the food industry have or are considering programs and systems to meet upcoming Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations, although many do not have confidence that those programs and systems will actually meet requirements.

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Maersk Line To Reduce Port Calls To Improve Asia-Europe Network

A.P. Moller- Maersk

Maersk Line will eliminate overlapping port pairs in order to reduce the number of direct port calls in the network.

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CAI International Inc. Acquires Hybrid Logistics Inc. And General Transportation Services Inc. For $12 Million

Robert Thompson, a co-founder and prior shareholder of Hybrid and General Transportation, will be president of the companies.

CAI International, Inc., a transportation finance and logistics companies, announced the acquisition of Hybrid Logistics, Inc. and its affiliate company, General Transportation Services, Inc. for a combined purchase price of $12 million.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

CMA CGM Launches Container Weighing Portal To Assist SOLAS Rule

A 3-month delay was recently proposed by the International Maritime Organization, in order to provide shippers with extra time to ensure they are ready to meet the requirements.

CMA CGM has launched an electronic portal via its website to assist with the new Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) amendment and the verification.

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