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FMCSA To Require Truckers to Carry Paper Medical Cards Until 2015

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)

The requirement that drivers self-report their operating status and provide their CDL-issuing state with a valid medical examiner’s certificate, however, is still January 30, 2014.

PPS Program Users See a Drop in Truck Accidents

Carriers with between six and 20 drivers saw their crash numbers drop by 20.6 percent, while carriers with between 21 and 100 drivers saw a 21.1 percent decrease.

Food Safety Audit Gives Canadian Meat Industry Low Grades

Canadian Food Inspection Agency received an “adequate” rating, the lowest of three scores that are given to countries deemed eligible to export food to the United States.

Pesticide Contamination in Frozen Foods Shocks Japan

Manufacturer Maruha Nichiro has been under investigation since December, when the pesticide malathion was found in several of their products.

Study Finds Superbugs on Organic and 'No Antibiotic' Chickens Too

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Consumer Reports study finds that organic and "no antibiotics" chickens tend to carry nearly as many resistant strains as conventional.

Risk/Compliance

Latest Food Scandal in China: Pond-Water Injected Meat

Seven people are arrested in southern Guangdong province for injecting dirty pond water into lamb meat to swell its weight and raise its price.

Cold Storage Firm Builds New Warehouse in New Jersey

CORE X Partners (formerly known as RLS Logistics)

RLS Logistics is building a 56-foot-tall, 1.6 million-cubic-foot freezer warehouse at the Millville Airport Commerce Center.

PortMiami's Fumigation Capacity Increases To 6,000 Pallets Per Day

The new fumigation expansion will improve efficiency and delivery time, getting products to market faster and fresher.

Starbucks Sues Over Bad Ham

Customer complaints began in September 2010, saying the ham was discolored, had an unusual taste and appeared spoiled.

A Battle is Brewing Over 'Buy American' Rules in the Tuna Market

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

The USDA's rigid "Buy American" rules on tuna are having a negative impact on companies that compete in the $20 million-a-year U.S. tuna industry.

Kriska Gets Real-Time Cold Chain Security from International Telematics

Cold chain security, both from a temperature abuse and tampering perspective, is of paramount concern.

Emerging Technologies

FloStor Engineering Signs With topVOX to Distribute Their Voice-Activated Technologies

TopVOX Corporation

FloStor will utilize the topVOX technologies in their manufacturing and distributing automated systems.

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