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Diamond Foods Expands Partnership With Transplace

Diamond Foods will expand its use of Transplace’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) transportation management system (TMS) and engineering capabilities to achieve greater supply chain visibility.

FSIS Has Misinterpreted NIOSH Line-Speed Study

Statements made by FSIS on their blog that said NIOSH “made several recommendations to improve worker safety at this facility, but slowing the evisceration line speed was not among them,” is misleading.

Ongoing Hepatitis A Outbreak Is Spreading Past Italy

More than 1,300 hepatitis A cases have been reported in eleven Member States since January 2013, with 240 confirmed cases of infections in people who had not travelled to Italy.

Risk/Compliance

South Africa Gets New Center Of Excellence In Food Security

Center is launched by the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation on the campus of the University of the Western Cape and houses 20 organizations and 120 researchers.

Both Sides In Hawaii GMO Battle Dig In

Monsanto launched a public relations campaign in January to improve its image in Hawaii, while The Center for Food Safety opened its first office in Hawaii on Monday for what executive director Andrew Kimbrell predicted would be a "long fight ... this is ground zero."

Software & Technology

The Week Ahead in 60 Seconds: 'Russia Bans GMO Food Imports'

Over the weekend, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Russia will not import GMO food products and that the nation has enough land and resources to produce organic food.

Lara L. Sowinski

Frozen Food Industry Plans A Huge PR Push To Stop Slipping Sales

American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI)

The American Frozen Food Institute-backed push includes the first national TV ads on behalf of the industry as a whole, as well as social media and in-store promotions.

Solar Panels Expected To Fuel New Dutch Cold Storage Facilities

A total of 1,800 panels, with an expected annual yield of 430,000 kWh, have been installed on the rooftop of the Kloosterboer Delta Terminal by cold storage firm Kloosterboer.

FDA Gives Approval For The Irradiation Of Shellfish

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The FDA is amending the current food additive regulations to allow the safe use of ionizing radiation on crustaceans (e.g., crab, shrimp, lobster, crayfish, and prawns) to control foodborne pathogens and extend the shelf life.

US Postal Service To Deliver Groceries By 2020?

U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

Same-day grocery delivery is one of many initiatives that the USPS is working on to improve and expand its services through the use of technology according to chief marketing and sales office Nagisa Manabe.

Giant Food Stores, Peapod Expand Order Online, Pick Up Service

Giant Pick Up service allows customers to place an order for groceries online, pay for the order and then select a convenient time to pick-up their groceriesis available at a total of 12 Giant stores now.

Software Solutions

New App Helps You Count Calories With Photo

The new app will send images of food to the cloud where they will be analyzed for an approximate calorie count.

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