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Feds Set Timetable For Fighting Seafood Fraud

The plan articulates the steps that federal agencies will take both domestically and internationally to implement the recommendations the Task Force made in December 2014.

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Coyote Logistics Prepares For Public Offering

Coyote Logistics

The Chicago-based company, backed by global private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC, could be valued at more than $2 billion including debt.

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Study: Halal Market Expands; Dubai Company Plays Key Role

The Harvard team was briefed by Al Islami about halal food production and the vision of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, prime minister and vice president of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, to establish UAE as the capital of the world halal economy.

Port Of Oakland Trims Activity Over Labor Dispute

Port of Oakland

According to the port’s website, the Port of Oakland’s international terminal halted staging and gate operations around noon Wednesday.

The massive post-Panamax cranes and container ships of the deepwater Port of Oakland seen from Alameda Point.

World Health Organization And World Food Program Battle Ebola In West Africa

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the U.N. system and WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.

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Acme Smoked Fish Corp. Opens Biggest Smoked Salmon Facility in Wilmington, N.C.

The new facility will serve as a platform for Acme to accommodate future growth and sales opportunities in the smoked seafood category, both domestically and internationally, while still remaining connected to its Brooklyn roots.

New Zealand Bolsters Security Following Infant Formula Poison Threat

New Zealand authorities said that the threat was an apparent protest over the government's use of the chemical 1080, sodium fluoroacetate, to control pests.

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GAO: FDA Not Meeting FSMA Mandate To Inspect Foreign Facilities

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Under FSMA, the FDA is to inspect at least 600 foreign food facilities in 2011 and, for each of the next five years, inspect at least twice the number of facilities inspected during the previous year.

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Risk/Compliance

Bird Flu Confirmed In Arkansas As Mexico Expands Poultry Ban

The H5N2 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in Boone County, Ark., a unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement Wednesday.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

West Coast Port Disruption Continues Despite Labor Pact

International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)

West Coast ports disruption continues despite a recent agreement between port employers and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILU), according to Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (ATC).

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2015 file photo, the Space Needle towers in the background beyond a container ship anchored in Elliott Bay near downtown Seattle.

FDA Releases Small Entity Compliance Guide On Menu Labeling

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The guidance represents FDA’s current thinking on nutrition labeling of standard menu items in restaurants and similar retail food establishments and is intended to help small entities comply with the final rule that becomes effective Dec. 1, 2015.

The guidance documents do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities. Instead, guidance documents describe the FDA’s current thinking on a topic and should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

West Coast Port Woes Divert Shipments To East Coast

Zepol Corporation

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which make up a combined 40 percent of U.S. container imports, declined by 19 and 20 percent so far in 2015, while the port of New York/Newark has increased container imports by 8 percent this year.

Semi trucks hauling a containers leave the Port of Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Nearly all West Coast seaports began the week with dockworkers hustling to load and unload cargo ships that were held up amid a months-long labor-management dispute.

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