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FSA’s meat inspection charges found to be ‘unlawful’
A judge has ruled that how the Food Standards Agency (FSA) charges the meat industry for controls is unlawful. According to the High Court judgement, at least some costs were unlawfully included in the assessment of both…
Publisher’s Platform: Redactions and the move towards radical transparency
For over thirty years, I have been beating the same drum, and the last few days were no exception (some argue a bit too loudly and self-serving). I have been posting about public health officials — and the FDA — sending out…
Publisher’s Platform: World Food Safety Day 2026: From Burden to Solutions — If We Don’t Look Away
Today is World Food Safety Day, and this year the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization have given us a theme that sounds almost like it was written for the work I have spent the last three…
Borderlands Mexico: Uber Freight sees earlier peak season, strong Mexico demand
Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week in Borderlands Mexico: Uber Freight sees earlier peak season, stronger Mexico demand;…
Sunday Edition: MCOOL
The World Health Organization (WHO) is marking World Food Safety Day on June 7 with the release of new global estimates of the impact of foodborne illness. Unsafe food is responsible for about 866 million illnesses and 1.5…
Truckload’s shrinking miles
Chart of the Week: Outbound Average Length of Haul – USA SONAR: OALOHA.USA Despite the ongoing tightening of the domestic truckload market, the trend of shrinking load lengths that began in 2024 shows little sign of…
Herring recalled because of risk of botulism poisoning
Prime Food Processing LLC is recalling 69 cases of “Dried Herring Fish” because the product was not adequately eviscerated. The sale of uneviscerated fish is prohibited under New York State Agriculture and Markets…
Tenet Transportation Tech, Crown Data Systems Merge
Tenet Transportation Tech merged with Crown Data Systems, combining Tenet’s carrier operations software with Crown’s airfreight trucking software business.
Oil Rig Count Posts 6 Straight Gains, Longest Run Since 2022
U.S. oil drilling has expanded for six straight weeks, the longest uptrend in almost four years, after the Iran war pushed crude prices higher.
The Number the Dealer Shows You Is Not What the Truck Costs: How to Calculate the Real Price of Financing
Why the Monthly Payment Is the Wrong Number to Focus On The monthly payment is a cash flow number. It tells you whether you can keep the lights on week to week. It tells you almost nothing about what the truck actually costs.…
