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Regulations
Nestle Recalls DiGiorno Pizza, Lean Cuisine And Stouffer’s Frozen Dinners Over Glass Fragments
Nestle USA
The company on Thursday announced it was launching the U.S. recall because the spinach in the products may contain glass fragments.
The company on Thursday announced it was launching the U.S. recall because the spinach in the products may contain glass fragments. So far no injuries have been reported, while an internal investigation is under way.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Port Of Long Beach Delivers Highest Volume February in 105-Year History
Port of Long Beach
The port saw strong gains last month by moving 561,412 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units), a 35.9 percent increase over the same month last year.
The arrival of the biggest ship to visit North America, the 18,000-TEU CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, catapulted the Port of Long Beach to its highest cargo volume for the month of February and extended cargo growth for an eighth consecutive month.
Transportation
Spot Load Volume Up 12%; Rates Rise
DAT Freight & Analytics
Reefer load posts picked up 10 percent and volume was up markedly in big metro areas like Los Angeles and Dallas.
Reefer load posts picked up 10 percent and volume was up markedly in big metro areas like Los Angeles and Dallas. The number of truck posts fell 2 percent nationwide, bumping the refrigerated load-to-truck ratio up 12 percent from 2.8 to 3.1. The national average reefer rate increased 1 cent to $1.80 per mile.
Regulations
FDA Issues Final Guidance On Acrylamide Levels In Food
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Acrylamide is a chemical that may form in certain foods during high-temperature cooking, such as frying, roasting and baking.
Acrylamide is a chemical that may form in certain foods during high-temperature cooking, such as frying, roasting and baking.
Air Cargo
Amazon Leases 20 Boeing 767 Aircraft To Build Air Cargo Network
Amazon
Amazon could cut its soaring shipping costs if it relies less on external delivery services, such as UPS, FedEx or the U.S. Postal Service.
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has been running trials of a fully customized air cargo network for Amazon since last summer.
Transportation
Feds Raise Concerns About Proposed Canadian Pacific, Norfolk Southern And CSX Merger
Justice Department antitrust chief Bill Baer, appearing before a Senate antitrust subcommittee, said the voting trust was “an area of concern” because it could allow merging parties to accomplish much of the merger before a government antitrust review.
Justice Department antitrust chief Bill Baer, appearing before a Senate antitrust subcommittee, said the voting trust was “an area of concern” because it could allow merging parties to accomplish much of the merger before a government antitrust review had taken place.
Transportation
Spot Market Freight and Rates Slip Lower in February: DAT Freight Index
DAT Freight & Analytics
Freight volume typically rebounds in March, due to an influx of seasonal cargo such as spring fruit and vegetables, construction equipment and materials, and a variety of consumer items.
Freight volume typically rebounds in March, due to an influx of seasonal cargo such as spring fruit and vegetables, construction equipment and materials, and a variety of consumer items.
Regulations
Ohio Woman Sues Dole Fresh Vegetable Inc. Over Listeria Outbreak
Dole Food Company
In the lawsuit filed March 7 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Constance Georgostathis said her 77-year-old mother became ill after consuming a portion of a packaged salad mix that was produced at the Springfield plant.
Dole Food Co. issued a voluntary market withdrawal of packaged salads from 23 states and three Canadian provinces a few hours after the CDC announcement.
3PL/4PL
New Jersey Transit Strike Threatens Freight Rail Service
Norfolk Southern Corp.
Norfolk Southern Corp., CSX Corp. and their wholly-owned subsidiary Conrail could face minor to moderate interruptions if they can’t run on NJ Transit’s tracks during a work stoppage.
NJ Transit dispatchers who control signals and train movements on the railroad’s territory could effectively shut down those tracks if they didn’t show up for work. Employees could go on strike as soon as Sunday morning.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Maersk Tests Shore-To-Ship Drone Delivery
A.P. Moller- Maersk
Due to weather, the drone could not be launched from shore as planned, but rather was launched from a nearby tugboat, which dropped the package from a height of 5 meters above deck.
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Regulations
Chipotle Closes Massachusetts Store Over Norovirus
Chipotle
The move appears to be a preemptive one, in the wake of the company's well publicized and damaging E. coli outbreak late last year.
In the case of the Billerica, Mass., restaurant, no customers have yet been reported sick. WBZ-TV reports that the company closed the restaurant after an employee was diagnosed with norovirus and two others reported similar symptoms.
Regulations
FDA Calls For Info On Produce Treated With BSAAO
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is calling for help to create a risk assessment for foodborne illness associated with pathogens from produce.
Typical examples of untreated BSAAO are raw cow manure, poultry litter, swine slurry and horse manure.
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