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Sen. Reid Urges Congress To Fully Fund FSMA

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The Senate Minority Leader made his plea Tuesday on the floor of the U.S. Senate.

Senator Harry Reid speaks at the U.S. Capitol Building.

Amazon.com Develops App To Expand U.S. Couriers

The Seattle retailer is developing a mobile application that would, in some cases, pay ordinary people, rather than carriers such as United Parcel Service Inc., to drop off packages en route to other destinations

Vantix Logistics Selects Yusen Logistics (Americas) As Intermodal Provider

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Under the contract, Yusen Logistics is managing 60 to 70 intermodal freight movements each month for Vantix, the Dallas, Texas-based division of McLane Co. Inc. and a provider of supply chain solutions for the food industry.

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Russia Extends Food Embargo For Six Months

The issue was discussed by government officials in Moscow on Tuesday according to two people with knowledge of the matter, and the conclusion was that Russia has already adjusted to the embargo and can maintain it as long as needed.

File image of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Union: A&P Supermarket Group Entertains Purchase Offers

Montvale, N.J.-based A&P operates Pathmark, Waldbaums, SuperFresh, Food Basics and Food Emporium stores, employing more than 30,000 workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers union.

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Will Uber Really Change Urban Food Delivery? The $50 Billion Question

UberEats, launched last fall to speed lunch and dinner items from popular restaurants to Uber users in parts of New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto and Barcelona, sometimes has so few customers that drivers have to throw away food at day’s end.

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Risk/Compliance

The FDA Takes Step To Remove Artificial Trans Fats In Processed Foods

The FDA has set a compliance period of three years to allow companies to either reformulate products without partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) and/or petition the FDA to permit specific uses of PHOs.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Federal Policy Needed To Solve Congestion at Major Ports

With 85 percent of imports and exports moving through just 25 port complexes, traffic-clogged roads and other delays in a handful of cities can lead to major costs for producers and consumers nationwide, researchers at the Brookings Institution.

The Brookings Report calls for targeted investments by the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, which every port pays into, to the ports that need infrastructure improvements the most.

Kansas Bans Poultry Movement Over Bird Flu

The prohibition includes all types of activities where birds of different flocks would be mingled, including the Kansas State Fair, regional and county fairs, festivals, swap meets and exotic bird auctions.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Ports Of Los Angeles, Auckland And Guangzhou Establish Formal Working Alliance

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The newly formed alliance provides a platform for growing trilateral cooperation to foster trade, innovation and investment opportunities between the public and private sectors of the three regions.

Ambassador Vilma Martinez, left, President of the L.A. Harbor Commission, signs agreement along with Yuan Huahui, center, Deputy Director-General of the Guangzhou Port Authority, and Sanchia Jacobs, Manager Global Partnerships & Strategy, Auckland Council.

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Study: Ships’ Diesel Emissions Cause Health Problems

Scientists studying the effects of maritime ship emissions on lung cells observed a stronger “biological response” to diesel-fuel emissions than heavy fuel oil exhaust.

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Risk/Compliance

Expected FDA Ban On Artificial Trans Fats Draws Opposition From Conservative Group

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce a de facto ban on artificial trans-fats as soon as Monday, a move National Center for Public Policy Research senior fellow and risk analysis division director Jeff Stier calls "a horrible idea."

The Food and Drug Administration says Americans still eat about a gram of trans fat every day, and phasing it out could prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths each year.

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