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Blockchain: Preventing E. Coli Through Enhanced Traceability

Kinaxis

Health officials narrowed the source down to romaine lettuce, but identifying which romaine lettuce from where is still a problem. Then, after an outbreak at an Alaska prison pointed to whole romaine lettuce heads, the CDC targeted all romaine grown in Yuma, Arizona. Food and Drug Administration. Despite laws, such as the U.S.

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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Consumers, activists, and investors increasingly want to know the products they buy are sourced sustainably and ethically. The article cites Dr. Darren Prokop, of the University of Anchorage Alaska, who explains supply chain visibility involves seeing “a particular activity with access to information at selected nodes.”

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Why McDonald's Is Switching to Fresh Beef

Supply Chain Brain

Sorry about your luck, Hawaii and Alaska. It’s the latest in a series of moves by the chain (which have included dollar menus and removing antibiotics from its chicken) to woo customers as competition increases in the food industry. The collective belief among restaurant-goers is that foods, once frozen, don’t taste quite as good.

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Matrix Commerce is Coming Will You Be Ready?

Supply Chain Network

Matrix Commerce describes the complex construct integrating marketing, sales, sourcing, pricing, profitability, service levels, delivery and consumer perceptions. Well the simplest part of this is the carbon footprint generated from production which is a factor of the energy source of the plant for the most part.

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What is excise duty? A guide for alcohol producers

Unleashed

The taxes are drawn from several sources including excise duty. In the United States , for example, the Food and Drug Administration put out guidance making clear tax-free ethanol was allowable for use in hand sanitiser, provided it was denatured. Alcohol excise duty in Australia.

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How To Find CBD Payment Processing Services [+ CBD Credit Card Processors for Ecommerce Shops]

ShipBob

This cannabinoid is a highly sought after derivative of the cannabis plant and its abbreviated version — CBD — is short for ‘cannabidiol’ Source: Statista. CBD products are being tightly regulated by the Food and Drug Association (FDA). By 2022, Statista predicts that the U.S. CBD market is on-track to earn $1.8

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