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Food Industry Unites To Fix Transportation Challenge In Dakotas And Minnesota

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., served as the moderator for a panel that featured Edward Avalos, under-secretary for marketing and regulatory, U.S. Department of Agriculture; and Daniel Elliott, of the Surface Transportation Board at the U.S. DOT.

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True Source Honey Issues Alert on Honey Shipped From Turkey

True Source is flagging Turkey due to increasing amounts of honey being shipped from that country at well below market prices.

Amazon To Use Bikes For 1-Hour Delivery in Manhattan

Amazon has been holding time trials with messengers from at least three courier services to pick the speediest and most careful for its delivery fleet.

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Organic Farming Boom Challenges USDA Certification System

There are 81 accredited “certifying agents,” or groups that stamp food as organic in the U.S., but of the 37 that had a complete review this year, 23 were cited for failing to correctly enforce certification requirements on farms in audits.

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Congress Considers Suspending Truckers Hours Of Service Rule

The DOT-funding bill bouncing around Congress earlier this year included an amendment to suspend the restart provisions in the 2013 hours of service rule, pending more study on the rule and its impact on safety and efficiency.

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Maersk Line Announces January Rate Increase And Surcharge

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Both the general rate increase and the peak season surcharge will take effect GRI Jan. 15, 2015.

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Food/Bev Cannot Ignore E-Commerce Challenges

A report in today’s Business Insider notes that groceries are the biggest untapped opportunity for e-commerce, and claims the online grocery market will witness a 21 percent compound annual growth rate from 2013 through 2018.

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Amazon Enters Restaurant Takeout Delivery Service

The service only appears to be live in Amazon's hometown of Seattle for now, but you can be certain that the company has much larger ambitions than food delivery in a city with 650,000 residents.

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Del Monte Recalls Fresh Cut Fruit Over Listeria

Fresh Del Monte Produce

The recalled products include apple slices, apple slices with dip, apples with cheese, snack packs, pineapple medley, apples with grapes and cheese, apples with yogurt, gourmet fruit bowl, apples/carrots/cheese with dip and harvest blend.

Maersk Line To Close Pacific Shipping Service

In a notice advising customers of the decision, Maersk Line said the overall trans-Pacific trade and its TP5 service between North China, South Korea and Japan to the West Coast had provided unprofitable results for nine out of the last 10 years.

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FDA Sets Compliance Date For Food Labeling Regs Issued In 2015 And 2016

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

January 1, 2018, will be the uniform compliance date for food labeling regulations that are issued by the FDA in calendar years 2015 and 2016.

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U.S. Appeals WTO Ruling On Meat Country Of Origin Rules

World Trade Organization (WTO)

Appeals are heard by three members of a permanent seven-member appellate body unaffiliated with any government, and the appellate body generally has three months to conclude its report.

The North American spat pitting Canada and Mexico against the U.S. over meat labels has sown confusion among producers and shippers in all three countries, with a trade war potentially just weeks away, according to Reuters.

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