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FDA warning letters are on the rise
Food and Drug Administration warning letters to food manufacturers, sellers and importers have been trending upward, and the shift is not incidental. It reflects a maturing regulatory environment shaped by years of…
Publisher’s Platform: What industry doesn’t want you to know about cantaloupe
I’ve been suing people over cantaloupe for years. I’m not happy about it. But here we are — again. Let me walk you through what three decades of depositions, hospital visits, and funerals have taught me about this fruit. The…
State of Freight 5 takeaways: Montgomery talk; short-term strength
Max Fuller is the founder and former CEO of U.S Xpress. Dave Bozeman is the CEO of 3PL giant C.H. Robinson. They didn’t plan it, but on Thursday they both expressed a view of the future of the freight market in public forums…
Cheese maker admits to selling adulterated queso fresco
A New Jersey cheese manufacturer today admitted to introducing adulterated queso fresco into interstate commerce, according to U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer. Abuelito Cheese Inc. a/k/a “El Abuelito Cheese,” a distributor of…
Publisher’s Platform: The Justice Department is still enforcing the FDCA
According to the Department of Justice, Abuelito Cheese Inc. a/k/a “El Abuelito Cheese,” a distributor of food products located in Paterson, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cari Fais in Newark…
More microgreens recalled in Canada because of E. coli
Les Fermes Lufa brand broccoli microgreens are being recalled in Canada because of pathogenic E. Coli. The implicated product was distributed online and in Ontario and Quebec, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.…
Whole Foods soup recalled because of undeclared shrimp
Kettle Cuisine of Lynn, MA, is recalling 24-ounce cups of Whole Foods Market Kitchen Minestrone Soup which may contain undeclared shrimp. People who have allergies to crustacean shellfish, including shrimp, run the risk of…
Pancake mix recalled because of undeclared egg
Hometown Food Company, in cooperation with Element Food Solutions, is recalling recall of a single lot code of its Birch Benders 12-ounce Sweet Potato Pancake Mix because it may contain undeclared egg. People who have an…
Fleetworthy bets on AI, unified data as trucking margins tighten
AUSTIN— Fleetworthy executives say trucking operations are under mounting pressure from shrinking margins, rising compliance costs and increasingly complex operations — and the answer may be connecting safety, tolling, bypass…
The Charcoal on That Truck Costs More to Import, More to Buy, and Is Headed to a Cookout That Runs 13% Higher Than Last Year. Here Is What That Tells You About the Consumer Right Now.
Pull up the import data on U.S. charcoal briquette shipments and you are looking at something that some people in trucking would not think to check heading into a holiday weekend. But that data, read against the consumer…
