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Cold Chain
Red Meat Sector Welcomes TPP Agreement Signing
Ground beef is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which is assisting the state’s Department of Health and Human Services and Division of Public Health Services.
Warehousing
Hostess Turnaround Story: How Logistics Made A Difference
The resurrection of Hostess Brands Inc., producer of one of America’s favorite snacks, represents the logistics promise to today’s food industry.
In the Hostess story, all supply chain players – the manufacturer, its suppliers, its retailer customers and its logistics provider – worked together to rescue a cherished snack brand.
Cold Chain
BRF In $50 Million Takeover Of Universal Meats
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Sustainability
China Seeks To Strengthen Its Food Security With $43 Billion  Syngenta Takeover Bid
The largest ever foreign purchase by a Chinese firm, announced by both companies, will accelerate a shake-up in global agrochemicals and marks a setback for U.S. firm Monsanto, which failed to buy Syngenta last year.
China, the world's largest agricultural market, is looking for ways to secure food supply for its population. Syngenta's portfolio of top-tier chemicals, fertilizers and patent-protected seed varieties will represent a major upgrade of its potential output.
Transportation
PortMiami Prepares for Daily Shipping to Cuba
Interest in Cuba-bound ferries has been high enough that officials are looking for ways to create temporary terminals
Planning for a new passenger-and-cargo route to Cuba is detailed in hundreds of emails and internal documents obtained by The Miami Herald through Florida’s open-records laws.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Oakland Port Terminal Files For Bankruptcy
In a Chapter 11 petition filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, Outer Harbor Terminal, which operates part of the Oakland port, listed both assets and liabilities of between $100 million and $500 million.
Outer Harbor Terminal LLC, which operates part of the Oakland, Calif. port, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, two weeks after terminating its lease held in a joint venture with Ports America.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Traffic Delays Clog New York And New Jersey Port After Strike
International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)
About 200 trucks were waiting in half-mile lines outside the gates of the Port Newark Container Terminal and Maher terminals on Monday.
With about 60,000 containers passing through the port’s terminals each week, even small delays can cost retailers, manufacturers and other importers thousands of dollars.
Grocery Retail
Tesco Probe Raises Concerns That Retailers Dominate Food Supply Chain
Tesco
Tesco says it has mended its ways and Tacon acknowledges “improvements to its handling of payment disputes,” but the investigation has reignited concerns about the gulf that exists between retailers and their suppliers.
Christine Tacon, UK Groceries Code Adjudicator
Transportation
Truck Drivers Sue Flowers Foods Inc. Over Independent Contractor Status
Several trucking companies operating at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach—including, most recently, three subsidiaries of XPO Logistics Inc. —are engaged in similar litigation with independent-operator drivers.
The lawsuits come as independent drivers in various sectors have successfully challenged their status in courts around the country.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Striking Workers At Ports In New York And New Jersey To Return To Work
International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Friday night that operations would resume and the International Longshoremen's Association told its members to return to work as it continues working on their concerns.
During the year, the port handled 6,371,720 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) (or 3,664,013 cargo containers), an increase of 10.4 percent over 2014 when the previous annual record was established.
Foodservice
DHL and Compass Group U.K. & Ireland Partner On Providing Catering Services
DHL
DHL will deliver end-to-end supply chain solutions, overseeing the flow of product and management of waste.
DHL and Compass Group U.K. & Ireland will partner on providing catering services to customers in the public sector, airline, rail and facilities management industries.
Cold Chain
Maersk Line Launches Weekly Shipping Service Between Columbia And Northern Europe
A.P. Moller- Maersk
Using StarCare technology refrigerated containers, which are designed especially to carry bananas over longer distances (up to 45 days); Maersk Line is setting new standards within the containerized controlled atmosphere business.
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