FDA guidance explains enforcement discretion related to FSMA provisions
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it intends to exercise enforcement discretion for certain provisions in four of the rules that implement the Food Safety Modernization Act...
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Americold launches initial public offering
Americold Realty Trust has announced the launch of its initial public offering of 24,000,000 common shares. The initial public offering price is expected to be between $14 and $16 per share.The company...
View ArticleBacharach will exhibit at 2018 AHR Expo
Bacharach, a provider of gas and refrigerant leak detection, combustion and emissions analysis instrumentation, energy management, and data analytics, is exhibiting in Booth 4623 at the AHR Expo, set...
View ArticleSysco Corp to acquire Kent Frozen Foods
Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kent Frozen Foods, a successful United Kingdom-based foodservice distributor with revenue of £47 million in the year ended...
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Index Fresh expands market presence, opens new avocado distribution facility
Index Fresh, based in Riverside CA, along with Tippmann Innovation of Fort Wayne IN, held a ribbon-cutting for the new Index Fresh avocado distribution facility in Pharr TX recently. The ceremony...
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Port of Savannah adds Chilean blueberries to its cargo portfolio
The US Department of Agriculture has cleared the Port of Savannah GA to serve as a new entry port for Chilean blueberries.Previously, the imported berries could only enter the United States through one...
View ArticleFederal agency issues FSMA guidance documents
The US Food and Drug Administration issued five guidance documents to help importers and food producers meet key food safety provisions mandated by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).These...
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Total Produce plans to acquire 45% share of competitor Dole
Total Produce has agreed to purchase a 45% share of its competitor, fresh produce company Dole, for $300 million.According to Total Produce, the motive for this transaction was an expectation that...
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Carl Buddig and Company expands in Illinois
Carl Buddig and Company has acquired an additional manufacturing facility in Montgomery IL. The location is the company’s fourth manufacturing site in the state. Production at the 280,000-square-foot...
View ArticleFirst accreditation body recognized under FSMA program
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has recognized the first accreditation body under the voluntary Accredited Third-Party Certification Program created by the FDA Food Safety...
View ArticleMcLane Co extends service agreement with QuickChek Corp
Grocery and foodservice supplier McLane Company Inc has renewed its service agreement with Whitehouse Station NJ-based QuickChek Corporation.The extended agreement, which continues a 28-year...
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Morgan Corporation enhances its truck bodies to support final-mile deliveries
Morgan Corporation has introduced its store-to-door home grocery delivery truck body, as well as improvements to its refrigerated and moving/furniture truck body product lines.In addition to its...
View ArticleSysco Corp acquires Doerle Food Services
Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY) has acquired Doerle Food Services, a leading Louisiana broadline distributor with approximately $250 million in annual foodservice distribution sales.With its headquarters...
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Port Tampa Bay cold storage facility receives first shipment of perishables
Florida’s Port Tampa Bay has a new 135,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse cold storage facility. Port Logistics Refrigerated Services, which operates this state-of-the-art cold storage facility,...
View ArticleFSMA full compliance date draws nearer
The US FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Sanitary Transportation in Human and Animal Foods full compliance date for all impacted shippers, carriers and receivers of human and animal foods is...
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Food-X platform helps Walmart fulfill last-mile home grocery delivery
Walmart Canada and Sustainable Produce Urban Delivery (SPUD) announced an agreement to offer SPUD’s food delivery platform, Food-X Urban Delivery Inc, to online customers in metro Vancouver. Food-X...
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Pure Flavor’s partnership with IFCO ensures year-round fresh produce delivery
Pure Flavor’s use of IFCO reusable plastic containers (RPCs) has had a positive impact for the Leamington, Ontario-based, vertically integrated provider of a variety of fresh produce products...
View ArticleReposiTrak, Recall InfoLink form partnership
Park City Group’s ReposiTrak Inc, the world’s only sourcing, compliance management and advanced commerce platform for retailing; and Recall InfoLink, a product safety technology solutions provider,...
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Dot Transportation provides its drivers higher wages
Dot Transportation (DTI), a wholly owned subsidiary of redistributor Dot Foods Inc, has announced higher wages for its drivers fleetwide as part of the largest pay increase in DTI’s history.DTI employs...
View ArticleFonds Eco IGA unveils home delivery van
Fonds Éco IGA has chosen to launch celebrations for its 10th anniversary in Quebec City, at Ste-Foy’s IGA QB Coop—and not in an ordinary way. The company is using the occasion to unveil the first...
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