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Chilled Cargo Facility Coming To Port Of Savannah

Georgia Ports Authority

PortFresh Logistics has announced plans to build a 100,000 square-foot cold treatment facility dedicated to perishable cargoes imported through the Port of Savannah.

PortFresh’s state-of-the-art cold storage facility, on 20 acres of a 182-acre site, is specifically designed to allow multiple climate zones. Engineered to maintain cold chain integrity, the facility will ensure delivery of the freshest and safest produce from the port to the customer.

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Global Food And Beverage Companies Commit To Trans Fat Phase-Out Worldwide

World Health Organization (WHO)

IFBA is a group of 11 global food and non-alcoholic beverage companies: The Coca-Cola Co., Ferrero, General Mills Inc., Grupo Bimbo, Kellogg, Mars Inc., McDonald’s Corp., Mondelēz International, Nestlé Inc., PepsiCo Inc. and Unilever.

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US Foods To Acquire Produce Processor/Distributor Freshway Foods

The transaction is expected to close on June 10, 2016.

Freshway Foods provides value-added fresh-cut produce that includes the cutting, cleaning, chopping and packaging of raw produce resulting in a product that can be customized to meet any customer’s preferences and delivered ready for immediate use.

FDA Modernizes Nutrition Facts Label For Packaged Foods

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The FDA is also making minor changes to the Supplement Facts label found on dietary supplements to make it consistent with the Nutrition Facts label.

Most food manufacturers will be required to use the new label by July 26, 2018. Manufacturers with less than $10 million in annual food sales will have an additional year to comply with the new rules.

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U.S. Labor Department Mandates Higher Overtime Pay, Unsettling Employers

U.S. Department of Labor

Currently, salaried employees who earn more than $23,660 a year and meet other criteria are not entitled by law to overtime pay, which is 1.5 times an equivalent hourly wage after an employee works more than 40 hours a week.

The threshold is scheduled to roughly double, to $47,476, on Dec. 1. That means millions of workers who were salaried will have to have their hours tracked to see if they qualify for overtime pay.

Amazon Brings 1-Hour Delivery To New York City And Dallas Restaurants

Now Manhattan and Dallas customers can view participating restaurants, browse menus, place orders, track the status of their delivery, and watch as their delivery driver travels from the restaurant to the delivery address in real time.

Amazon.com announced that Prime members in New York City and Dallas, Texas, can now enjoy free one-hour delivery from local restaurants.

E-Commerce Growth Drives Up U.S. Warehouse Rental Rates

Rental rates for prime warehouse space in the U.S. jumped 9.9 percent in 2015 over the previous year, real-estate brokerage firm CBRE Inc. said in a new report.

Nature’s Best distributes a range of products to 11 western states.

Pallet Solutions Concerns Expand Beyond Sanitation And Sustainability

Food supply chain requires more customized pallet solutions.

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Amazon To Expand Private Label Food Offerings

The first of the brands could begin appearing on Amazon’s site as soon as the end of the month or early June, said one source.

California Offers Amnesty To Trucking Firms For Misclassifying Drivers

Since 2011, truckers have filed 799 wage claims due to employee misclassification, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office said. More than $35 million has been awarded to drivers in 302 cases.

Labor organizers are pushing for reclassification because employees can unionize while contractors can’t.

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Walmart Tests Two-Day Shipping, Tapping Regional Carriers

As part of the project, Walmart will rely on eight massive e-commerce warehouses around the country, the last of which will be built by year’s end. It will also tap regional carriers to deliver more of its packages, say people familiar with the matter.

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