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Risk/Compliance

Bird Flu Confirmed In Arkansas As Mexico Expands Poultry Ban

The H5N2 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in Boone County, Ark., a unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement Wednesday.

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McDonald’s, Tyson Foods, Walmart Advance Beef Supply Chain Sustainability

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The USRSB, a group of U.S. beef value chain participants including producers, processors, retailers, foodservice operators, packers and more hopes to identify sustainability indicators, establish verification methodologies and generate field project data.

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National Fishers Institute Slams Greenpeace's Canned Tuna Rankings As 'Rank-n-Spank'

NFI notes Greenpeace is a “multinational behemoth” with a $300-million a year operating budget that has spent a grand total of zero dollars on tuna science, yet continues to use tuna as a poster child for its fund raising efforts.

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Ural Chamber Seeks To Improve Infrastructure As Local Food Trade Booms

Ural representatives at the meeting said the food industry and processing facilities in the Middle Urals face strategic dilemmas, including outdated technology, materials, infrastructure, refrigeration, transportation and other related issues.

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Walmart Unveils Sustainability Leaders Shop

The launch of the Sustainability Leaders shop builds on the company’s ambition to provide customers more information about the products they purchase at Walmart.

Farmers Turn To Robots As New Farm Hands

Harvest Automation created robots that help automate and mechanize labor in nurseries and greenhouses, navigate autonomously, and help farmers move goods and gather information within existing and some unstructured environments.

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Attorneys Question Recent GMO Labeling Law Effort

Last week, Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore) announced the reintroduction of a federal bill that would mandate the labeling of foods or beverages containing GMOs.

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EPA Fines Four Northwest Companies Over Chemical Emergency Planning And Release Reporting

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Two of the firms violated the hazardous chemical release reporting requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), while the other two violated the hazardous chemical inventory reporting requirements.

Farmer Sues Perdue for Violation of FSMA Whistleblower Protection Law

This is the first case and filing of its kind in the U.S., where a contract farmer and whistleblower files a lawsuit of this nature against a large poultry producer.

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Food Companies Embrace ‘Bioillumination’ Technology To Simplify Food Safety

Sample6's advanced “bioillumination” technology and analytics platform reduces pathogen detection testing time to a single shift and simplifies the analysis process, catching potential product issues before they leave the plant and enter the food chain.

Nation Of Jordan Embraces Solar For Food Logistics

Already the leader in the Arab world for utility-scale solar PV installations, Jordan also anticipates an additional 200 MW going online in 2015 as many medium- and large-scale solar farms are currently being installed.

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Obama Calls For Single Food Safety Agency In 2016 Budget

Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA)

Proponents of a single agency cite the inefficiencies and confusion caused by having the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) both having jurisdiction of enforcing food safety.

The measure closing the loophole from the Tariff Act of 1930 was included in a wider trade enforcement bill, which Obama signed into law at the White House in Washington.

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