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San Francisco Schools To Ask Suppliers For Food Data

The San Francisco Unified School District does not currently know where the produce, meats, grains and dairy products originate, which cost alongside other food services more than $11 million and make up some 6 million school meals per year.

The vendors that supply food served at San Francisco, Calif.’s public schools will be asked to fork over information on the sources of their meals and snacks under a resolution approved unanimously Tuesday by the Board of Education.

Lawmakers Maintain Provision For 34-Hour Driver Restart Period

Before approving the bill, lawmakers rejected, by a vote of 19-28, a bid by Rep. David Price (D-N.C.) to remove several policy riders he considers to be poison pills from the measure.

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FDA Finalizes FSMA’s Intentional Adulteration Rule

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Under the new rule, both domestic and foreign food facilities, for the first time are required to complete and maintain a written food defense plan that assesses their potential vulnerabilities to deliberate contamination.

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Oil Price Reaches 7-Month High

Oil prices have rallied in recent weeks as a string of outages, due in part to wildfires in Canada and unrest in Nigeria and Libya, knocked out nearly 4 million barrels per day of production.

Above $50 a barrel, oil was seen by many market players as breaching a psychological barrier that could lead producers, particularly among U.S. shale companies, to revive operations scrapped in recent years.

China Approves CMA CGM Acquisition Of Neptune Orient Lines

The takeover offer worth $2.4 billion marks CMA CGM's biggest acquisition and comes as container lines seek to cope with a severe market downturn through greater scale.

CMA CGM has made a preliminary offer for Neptune Orient and is conducting due diligence, though it hasn’t been granted exclusivity, while discussions with Maersk are less advanced, people with knowledge of the matter said before Neptune Orient’s announcement.

Load/Truck Ratios, Fuel Prices Rise; Spot Rates Next

DAT Freight & Analytics

The load-to-truck ratio is a sensitive, real-time indicator of the balance between spot market demand and capacity. Changes in the ratio often signal impending changes in rates.

Load-to-truck ratios increased and diesel prices have been rising sharply—an indication that spot rates may pick up soon.

FDA Expands Sunflower Kernel Recall

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Production of the product has been suspended while FDA and the company continue their investigation into the source of the problem, according to the recall notice.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted three more recalls of food items containing sunflower kernels.

Coca-Cola Enterprises Shareholders Approve Transaction Creating World’s Largest Independent Bottler

Coca-Cola Company

After the closing of the transaction, Coca-Cola European Partners will be the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler based on net sales.

Muhtar Kent, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company, Sol Daurella, Executive Chairwoman of Coca-Cola Iberian Partners and John Brock, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. toast the creation of Coca-Cola European Partners.

Rail & Intermodal

Cargo Railways Battle Amtrak Over Right To Go First

In December, the U.S. Surface Transportation Board said it is reviewing the existing rule and signaled that it is open to changing the current state of play.

For more than 40 years, Amtrak says it has had the right to go first under law, meaning freight railroads have to pull over their trains whenever possible to let a passenger train pass or hold their trains in a station to prioritize an Amtrak departure, except in emergencies.

How Collaboration Expands Across The Food Supply Chain: Kroger, General Mills, Cargill

At the BMO Capital Markets Farm to Market Conference held May 19 in New York, representatives from Cargill, General Mills, Inc. and Kroger Co. were asked how their relationships with one another have changed over the last several years.

At the BMO Capital Markets Farm to Market Conference held May 19 in New York, representatives from Cargill, General Mills, Inc. and Kroger Co. were asked how their relationships with one another have changed over the last several years and what factors drove the change, according to Food Business News.

Chilled Cargo Facility Coming To Port Of Savannah

Georgia Ports Authority

PortFresh Logistics has announced plans to build a 100,000 square-foot cold treatment facility dedicated to perishable cargoes imported through the Port of Savannah.

PortFresh’s state-of-the-art cold storage facility, on 20 acres of a 182-acre site, is specifically designed to allow multiple climate zones. Engineered to maintain cold chain integrity, the facility will ensure delivery of the freshest and safest produce from the port to the customer.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

International Maritime Organization Calls For 3-Month Grace Period On Container Weight Enforcement

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

The IMO Safety Committee said in a statement Monday that government agencies should postpone enforcement of the requirement that shippers verify the weight of containers to give operators more time to put together the systems needed to meet the mandate.

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved mandatory requirements for ships to record and report their fuel consumption.

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