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Unpacking Food Delivery: Can Refrigeration Advances Improve Consumer Confidence in the Last Mile?

New innovations in refrigeration technology are creating a promising opportunity for retailers and meal kit delivery services to do away with traditional packaging in favor of a more sustainable and streamlined alternative.

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Heat Waves Impact Crops Infestations

A warmer planet is causing insects to eat their way through wheat, rice and maize crops.

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StePac and Tadbik Collaborate for Innovative Packaging

FreshLid, a laminated film structure that is sealed to trays, enables users to repeatedly peel back for reuse while maintaining product freshness.

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Continuous Gains in Efficiency Ensure Diesel Power is a Technology of Choice for Tomorrow’s Commercial Trucks

Diesel Technology Forum

Diesel technology is projected to retain a dominant role in the future, even as potential grows for new alternative fuels and powertrain options for commercial trucks.

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Fresh Express Announces Blue-Ribbon Panel to Help Understand Parasite Outbreaks

Chiquita Brands International | Fresh Express

After the cyclospora parasite was found in their salads, Fresh Express is forming a Blue-Ribbon Panel to help understand how outbreaks happen.

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Penske Joins Charging Interface Initiative

Penske Truck Leasing

Penske will shift its attention on promoting charging standards for commercial vehicles by participating in the High Power Charging for Commercial Vehicles Task Force.

New Zealand Avocado Thefts Increase amid Shortage

Demand for avocados in New Zealand has caused prices to skyrocket, attracting the attention of organized crime rings.

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Environmental Research Group Finds Controversial Herbicide in Oat-based Breakfast Foods

In a new report, an environmental research and advocacy group says it has found traces of a glyphosate in Cheerios, Quaker Oats and other breakfast foods that it says could increase cancer risk for children.

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U.S. Farm Exports Hit Lowest Point Since 2011

U.S. Department of Labor

Figures from the Labor Department show prices for U.S. agriculture exports fell in July by the most in more than six years.

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Emerging Technologies

IoT Has Potential to End World Hunger

While trying to solve world hunger has become a norm in our society, very little has actually been accomplished.

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Fuel Efficiency

Golden State Foods, Duke Energy Partner to Save Fuel and Lower Emissions

Golden State Foods

The foodservice distributors new Garner, North Carolina distribution center will host a truck electrification facility that is projected to save roughly 80,000 gallons of fuel a year.

Instead of idling engines, cargo trucks at Golden State Foods in Garner, N.C., now use electricity to keep food cold and lower emissions to the environment. The effort will save the company 80,000 gallons of fuel a year. Duke Energy has been involved with three such projects in North Carolina over the past two years.

Risk/Compliance

USDA Survey Reveals Varying Food Safety Practices Among Produce Growers

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Based on the survey data, the USDA provides the first update of national food safety practices since 1999.

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