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Fuel, congestion push trans-Pacific ocean rates near $9,500
The Iran war is pushing bunker fuel prices back toward mid-year levels, setting a higher cost floor for container shipping even as trans-Pacific spot rates show early signs of cooling from peak-season highs. Climbing fuel…
E-commerce facilitator ShipStation eyes major global expansion
ShipStation, the largest provider of multi-carrier parcel shipping software for online merchants in North America, is planning to expand its international footprint through acquisitions and other means while also broadening…
This Week, Beef Costs Broke a Streak Procurement Teams Have Been Watching
Boxed beef just posted its second straight weekly decline, as we’ve been tracking in our Input Cost Index. After months of near-record prices, USDA’s Choice cutout eased again this week, this time by $5.90. This suggests…
Canada ramps up trade fight with retaliatory tariffs on U.S.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government increased the import tax on many U.S. steel items to 50% from 25%, and applied tariffs to a range of consumer goods.
Oil prices hit highest level in 6 weeks on war flare-ups
Brent crude added 1.5% to $98.48 a barrel — its highest level in about six weeks — as tensions simmered in the six-month U.S. war with Iran.
EU opens comments on cereulide limit proposals
The European Commission is consulting on plans to introduce cereulide limits for infant formula. Proposals cover dried infant formula, dried dietary foods for special medical purposes intended for infants under 6 months, and…
Pumpkin seeds linked to French Salmonella outbreak
More than 80 people have fallen sick in a Salmonella outbreak in France connected to pumpkin seeds. Santé Publique France and the National Reference Centre for Salmonella at the Institut Pasteur have identified 81 people…
Publisher’s Platform: September Is National Food Safety Education Month – Here are 30 organizations doing the work on the acute side
September is National Food Safety Education Month. Most of what gets said about it concerns thermometers and washing your hands, and that is worth saying. What it leaves out is the year-round work of a few dozen organizations…
‘Utter devastation’ from Amazon cargo jet crash, NTSB chief says
The Amazon freighter aircraft that overshot the runway at Miami International Airport left a path of “utter devastation” as it plowed through vehicles and infrastructure, leaving the airport operating at reduced capacity…
2 Miami runways still closed after deadly Amazon cargo jet accident
Two of Miami’s four runways remain closed Monday morning after an Amazon Air cargo plane operated by North Carolina-based 21 Air overran a runway during landing at Miami International Airport, struck multiple vehicles and…
