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The extension was announced Aug. 6 by the Ministry of Commerce. China is the world’s top buyer of the meat, which means its imports are tracked closely by the global market. 

Performance Food Group has attracted takeover interest from US Foods, a potential deal that would create a food distribution company with combined sales of roughly $100 billion.

Kroger plans to close around 60 U.S. grocery stores over the next 18 months to improve efficiency.

In a June 9 email to customers, a representative said the company is “working toward the goal of returning to full operational capacity by” June 15 or sooner and apologized for any disruption.

Private fleets operating in the food and beverage sector are demonstrating effective use cases for electric-powered trucks, electric transport refrigeration units and alternative fuels.

Discover how fleets in the Food & Beverage industry are leveraging new supply chain technology to minimize costs amidst increasing consumer demands and expectations.

Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s biggest pork producer, is willing to share space in its ultra-low-temperature freezers to store COVID-19 vaccines, the company said Dec. 3 in an emailed statement.

The food retail sector and fleets that support it are headed for a particularly busy holiday season, experts say.

Federal regulators have granted a five-year exemption to the Agricultural & Food Transporters Conference of American Trucking Associations, clearing a variety of alternative methods to secure agricultural commodities grouped into large singular units.

Romaine lettuce is shipping again after a late November outbreak of E. coli, but only after the federal government began a new round of negotiating with producers for changes in tracking.