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FDA Survey: Cantaloupe Safety Is Improving

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

By and large, the samples of melons tested during last summer's survey came back free of salmonella, E. coli and listeria.

USDA Is Sued Over Its Approval Of GM Alfalfa

The Center for Food Safety hopes to obtain documents from the USDA that could shed light on how it made its decision, since the group has tried unsuccessfully to gain their release through the Freedom of Information Act.

Supply Chain Visibility

New Food Supply Visibility Solution from Trace One

T Transparency provides real-time visibility of all food suppliers, locations and certifications

Baker Cold Storage, Lineage Logistics To Build Huge Facility

The $75 million, 250,000-square-foot facility breaks ground on 12.6 acres at the Port of Long Beach in a ceremony yesterday.

Rise In Produce Prices Not Due To Drought ... Yet

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Retail fruit prices edged higher in February, but a research economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture says it is too soon to assign blame for fresh produce inflation on the California drought.

FDA Still Deciding Its Opinion On GM Fish

FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said it was examining as many as 35,000 comments about the application on the GM salmon by Boston-based AquaBounty Technologies Inc.

Material Handling Equipment

Intralox Omni-Directional Sorter Wins Best New Innovation Award

This patented technology is capable of both receiving products from any direction and then sorting them in any direction at high rates within a compact footprint.

Software & Technology

TellSpec Partners With Texas Instraments On Consumer Food Scanner

The TellSpec scanner will identify calories, macronutrients, ingredients, allergens and chemicals in food and beverages.

Starbucks Plans To Offer More Food, More Tech In 2014

Starbucks calls itself the largest mobile payments retailer in the U.S. and plans to allow customers to order in advance before even entering its stores.

Carbon Footprint

MillerCoors Makes Water Conservation Its Top Sustainability Goal

MillerCoors is taking a "no water, no beer," approach towards stressed U.S. water supplies and is focusing on sustainability.

Fuel Efficiency

UPS To Buy 1,000 More Propane-Powered Trucks

United Parcel Service (UPS)

The trucks can travel up to 200 miles on a tank of propane, and will replace gasoline- and diesel-powered trucks used primarily in rural areas in Louisiana and Oklahoma.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Proposal To End Port Of Vancouver Trucker Strike Is Floated

The Canadian government, B.C., aand Port Metro Vancouver announce a plan to try and end the week-long trucker strike.

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