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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Admiral Clarifies Coast Guard Policy On Weight Containers: Agricultural Transport Coalition Applauds Him

The Admiral stated that the SOLAS Container Weight Certification Amendment provides flexibility pertaining to various ways carriers can get verified gross mass, and how they do so is a "business practice."

Admiral Paul Thomas of the U.S. Coast Guard stated that U.S. exporters and ocean carriers loading their cargoes at U.S. ports have been compliant with the Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS) convention and will not require domestic shippers to make changes in existing practices.

Farmworkers Call For Wendy’s Boycott Over Tomato Buying

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) are calling for the boycott as part of its long-running campaign to convince Wendy’s to join the Fair Food Program.

The group claims that Wendy’s has decided to stop buying tomatoes from Florida growers after the Fair Food Program was implemented there, and now buys tomatoes from Mexico.

Anheuser-Busch InBev To Sell Chinese Beer Business For $1.6 Billion

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Shares in China Resources Beer soared as much as 30 percent after the Hong Kong-listed brewer announced on March 2 that it was buying the 49 percent of CR Snow it did not already own.

Amazon Strikes Distribution Pact With Morrisons Supermarket In The U.K.

Enabling the online retail giant to compete with Britain's biggest supermarket stores and smallest local shops, the deal marks Amazon's latest assault on a British market already buckling under the weight of fierce competition and rapid online growth.

Enabling the online retail giant to compete with Britain's biggest supermarket stores and smallest local shops, the deal marks Amazon's latest assault on a British market already buckling under the weight of fierce competition and rapid online growth.

United Natural Foods Inc. Acquires Haddon House Food Products Inc.

United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI)

Haddon is a distributor and merchandiser of natural and organic and gourmet ethnic products throughout the Eastern U.S.

United Natural Foods, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding stock of Haddon House Food Products, Inc. and certain affiliated entities as well as certain real estate, in a cash transaction for approximately $217.5 million.

2016 Raises The Bar For Regs, Driver Shortage And More

The ELD mandate weighs heavily while safety regs and a carrier capacity looms

A. Duie Pyle drivers has found PeopleNet electronic logging devices have reduced accidents.

International Coalition Asks European Union To Act Against Slavery In Thai Seafood

The aim is to convince Thailand to build upon positive reforms that have recently been made to its fishing industry, to ensure that the reforms have longevity.

A group of international labor, environmental and human rights organizations, including Human Rights at Sea, has sent a letter to Karmenu Vella, the EU Commissioner for fisheries, maritime affairs and environment (pictured) urging the Commission to maintain pressure on Thailand on human rights abuses in the nation’s fishing industry.

Federal Bill Will Outlaw Mandatory GMO Labeling

Senate Agriculture Committee chairman Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., has introduced the legislation, which amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to add a “National Voluntary Bioengineered Food Labeling Standard.”

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., has introduced the legislation that would prevent states from having their own GMO labeling standard.

Ahold Commits To Cage-Free Eggs By 2022

Ahold USA announced that its companies' private label shell eggs will be 100 percent cage-free by 2022.

Millennials Push Demand For ‘Clean’ Labels On Food

The food movement that gained momentum last year is barreling into 2016, with manufacturers, retailers and restaurants continuing to announce switches to more natural foods with fewer artificial ingredients.

Original label (left) versus the proposed new nutrition facts label (right).

FDA To Test Milk, Eggs, Corn, Soybeans And More For Glyphosate

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The FDA’s move comes amid growing public concern about the safety of the herbicide, and comes after the U.S Government Accountability Office rebuked the agency for failing to do such assessments and for not disclosing that short-coming to the public.

FDA officials dubbed the issue “sensitive” and declined to provide details of the plans, but FDA spokeswoman Lauren Sucher said the agency was moving forward to test for glyphosate for the first time in the agency’s history.

Food Firms Need A Sugar Tax Action Plan For Their Supply Chain, Says Consultant

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