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NTSB Calls Out FMCSA, Asks For an Audit

NTSB's findings from multiple investigations raise serious questions about the FMCSA's role in oversight of motor carrier operations

Anterra Capital Announces First Investment in It'sFresh!

New venture capital investment firm to invest in food, agriculture companies with focus on improving supply chain

USDA Awards $10 Million For Bio-Energy Research

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

A consortium of academic, industry and government organizations will partner together on research using insect-killed trees in the Rockie Mountains as a sustainable feedstock for bioenergy

GNB Offers New High-Powered Cold Storage Battery

GNB Industrial Power – Americas, a division of Stryten Manufacturing

GNB Industrial Power has developed a new battery to meet the demands placed on vehicles working within cold storage environments

XL Group Offers Enhanced Equipment Breakdown Insurance

Up+Running coverage upgrade is designed specifically for cold storage facilities, meat, dairy, fruit and vegetable processors

Risk/Compliance

India's Food Safety Authority Blocking Some Packaged Food Imports

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India starts enforcing stricter labeling requirments to the dismay of importers

Trans-Pacific Freight Prices to Spike

Shippers and freight forwarders will see double-digit price increases as lift is reduced ahead of holidays

Amazon To Offer Online Groceries In Canada

Online retailer to offer non-perishable grocery items in Canadian market

Ocean Ports & Carriers

First Floating LNG Facility Reaches a Milestone

The world's first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility has three LNG storage tanks installed into the hull of the first non-propelled barge

First American Carriers Picked by House of Raeford Farms

FAC selected to provide strategic freight management services for the large chicken processor

Bill To Recognize Hair-Sample Drug Tests for Truckers Introduced

Current federal regulations only require a urinalysis for mandatory pre-employment drug and alcohol exams of truck driver applicants

Dow Offers New Ozone-based Food Safety Solution

Advanced Oxidation System converts ambient air into ozone and combines it with a non-condensing humid atmosphere to create a vapor that completely fills the room

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