NGA Applauds Hours of Service Waiver Extension for Grocery Truckers

The National Grocers Association (NGA) applauded the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) extension of their Hours of Service emergency declaration, which was set to expire today, but is now extended through November 30.

FreshDirect to Deliver Exceptional Value to Customers with New Savings on a Wide Selection of Center of Store Products to Expand One-Stop Shopping Customer Experience

August 31, 2021 FreshDirect

 In an effort to provide greater value and enhance the one-stop shopping experience for customers,  FreshDirect, the Northeast’s leading pure play online fresh food grocer, today announced that it will be will be implementing broad customer savings on a wide selection of products across a variety of categories. The reduced prices are set to take effect for all customers on September 1, 2021.

New Era of Smarter Food Safety

August 31, 2021 FDA

Registration is open for the 2021 FDA Retail Food Protection Seminar, which will be held September 13-16, 2021. Registration for the virtual event is free and open to all interested in retail food safety, including state, local, territorial, and tribal regulators, industry, and academia.

IPNLF Release Their Position Statement on Catch Allocation For Bigeye Tuna

IPNLF urges ICCAT to recognise the disproportionate burden faced by small-scale, low-impact fisheries when considering potential catch limits in upcoming discussions about the allocation of bigeye tuna fishing opportunities. ICCAT is convening 1-3 September 2021 for their second intersessional meeting to further the management of overfished bigeye tuna and a key focus of this meeting will be on the allocation approach to support improved compliance with the total allowable catch (TAC).

Arbitrator Upholds Firing of Lobster 207 co-op CEO, Clearing Way for Racketeering Lawsuit

August 31, 2021 Mainebiz

The former CEO of Lobster 207, a fishing cooperative owned by the Maine Lobstering Union, on Monday lost in an arbitration proceeding over his firing in 2020.