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Wonton Foods Sprouts Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 111

Officials interviewed 73 ill persons, and found that 48, or 66 percent of them ate bean sprouts or menu items containing bean sprouts the week before they got sick at restaurants that were supplied with bean sprouts by Wonton Foods.

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USDA Proposes Standards To Reduce Salmonella And Campylobacter In Poultry Products

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Development of these new standards is a major step in FSIS' Salmonella action plan, launched in December 2013 to reduce Salmonella illnesses from meat and poultry products.

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Will Kroger Enter Florida?

Kroger Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, is reportedly eyeballing Florida, and possibly the company Bi-Lo/Winn-Dixie as an acquisition to help push the nation's second-largest supermarket company into the Sunshine State.

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Listeria Prompts Nationwide Recall Of Granny Smith And Gala Apples

The presence of Listeria monocytogenes was confirmed at an apple processing facility in Shafter, Calif., according to the Monterey County, Calif. health department.

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Radiant Logistics Inc. To Acquire Canada-Based Wheels Group Inc.

Wheels, founded in 1988, provides intermodal and truck brokerage services throughout the U.S. and Canada along with third party logistics solutions and value added warehouse and distribution service offerings in support of U.S. shippers looking to access

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AdvancePierre Foods To Acquire Landshire Inc.’s Wholesale And Manufacturing

AdvancePierre will assume ownership of Landshire's sandwich manufacturing operations, which produce more than 80 frozen, fully-cooked products and feature a variety of sandwiches including patties, subs, wedges, breakfast offerings and specialty items.

Mondelez International Builds $90 M Biscuit Plant In Bahrain

The government of Bahrain has reclaimed the necessary land for construction of the new plant, which will have a total capacity of nearly 90,000 tons per year with a plot size of more than 250,000 square meters (2.7 million square feet).

Bahrain's Minister of Industry & Commerce, Dr. Hassan Fakhro and Vishal Tikku, Mondelez International's Area Vice President for the Middle East.

China Opens More Cities To International Business

China has been delivering on promises to open more cities to international trade, allowing meat importers to cut freight costs and get meat to hugely populous central regions of the country, according to globalmeatnews.com.

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Malaysian Supermarket/Hypermarket Giant GCH Retail Continues To Expand

Its G-Express, a convenience store subsidiary, is also embarking on an expansion plan and targets to open 500 nationwide within the next five years.

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Swiss WorldCargo Partnership To Enhance Temperature-Controlled Air Freight

SATS Food Solutions

Swiss WorldCargo, the airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines Ltd., and its partner ground handling companies Cargologic AG and SATS have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at further enhancing their cargo handling.

Marco Gredig of Cargologic, Oliver Evans of Swiss WorldCargo, and Alex Hungate of SATS sign the MoU.

Milk Prices Set For Big Drop As Demand Falls

China’s stockpiling of milk powder after milk safety scandals in 2013 and Russia’s trade sanctions against the U. S. in retaliation for Western sanctions have caused demand for U.S.-produced milk to dry up.

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Inventure Foods Recalls Smoothies Over Possible Contamination

Fresh Start Smoothie Blend is distributed at Costco in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan of Canada.

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