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Emerging Technologies

Report Examines How Drones Will Become A Part Of Daily Commerce

The report also examines what components industries, like GPS and sensors manufacturers, will be working on to become drone-ready, and assesses how drone development will proceed in light of stiff safety and privacy concerns and regulatory hurdles.

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Walmart Commits To More Sustainable Food System

The company will reach this goal through four key pillars: improving the affordability of food for both customers and the environment, increasing access to food, making healthier eating easier, and improving the safety and transparency of the food chain.

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Northeast Foods To Have CNG Station In Baltimore, Md.

The station will service Northeast Foods and H&S Bakery’s regional distribution routes for their fresh bakery products.

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Carbon Footprint

Nestlé Opens Water-Efficient Cero Agua Dairy Factory In Mexico

The water resource savings are equivalent to the volume needed per day to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool, or enough water to meet the average daily consumption of 6,400 people in Mexico.

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Fuel Efficiency

Alpha Baking Co. Grabs Propane Autogas Award

Propane Education & Research Council (PERC)

The award celebrates one public or private fleet every year for leadership in sustainability by switching to clean, American-made propane auto gas.

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Food Shopping Update: Discounters Merge With Convenience Stores

The development of hybrid formats to bridge the divide between discount and convenience is a global phenomenon in grocery retailing that some have dubbed “discountvenience.”

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Goya Foods Opens New Facility In Southern California

The new facility will act as Goya's West Coast hub and service the surrounding states including Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Utah.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Tampa Bay To Purchase High-Profile Container Crane

ZPMC will fabricate and deliver both 65-ton gantry cranes, with a 174-foot out-reach, that will service up to 19 rows of containers — longer reach than the current gantries that are 40-plus years old.

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Golden State Foods Opens 158,000-Square-Foot Chicago Distribution Center

Golden State Foods

The new building now serves more than 460 McDonald's customers in the Chicago and Northwest Indiana market and will be the first center within GSF and the McDonald's distribution community to be LEED Gold Certified.

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Food Marketing Institute: Ebola Is Not A Foodborne Illness

FMI - The Food Industry Association

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has provided an Ebola virus information page that emphasizes the fact that Ebola is not a foodborne illness.

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Food Facilities Must Re-Register With FDA By Dec. 31

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Under the Food Safety Modernization Act, all domestic and foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack or store food, food ingredients, pet foods or dietary supplements are required to renew their registration with the FDA every other year.

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U.S. Loses WTO Battle Over Country-Of-Origin Labeling For Meat

World Trade Organization (WTO)

The WTO ruled that the U.S.’ amended country-of-origin labeling (COOL) requirements for beef and pork products not only fell short of bringing it into compliance with prior rulings but, in fact, worsened the U.S. treaty violations.

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