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State of Logistics 2016: Pursue mutual benefit Food Safety Modernization Act calls for changes in operations for food shippers and carriers Pack Expo East: Pharmaceutical growth continues to set technology pace Chamber emphasizes growth agenda, “modest increase” in fuel tax to spur infrastructure spending Port of Oakland set all-time record for loaded containers in 2016 More News In what can be viewed as a long time coming in some respects, freight transportation and logistics stakeholders involved in the transportation of food products will be working off of a new playbook in June. The coming changes stem from the United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) food safety rule, entitled the “Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food” which was published in April 2016 and is part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which was signed into law in January 2011. The main objective of the food safety rule, according to the FDA is to “protect foods from farm to table by keeping them safe from contamination during transportation” and also “prevent practices during transportation that create food safety risks, such failure to properly refrigerate food, inadequate cleaning of vehicles between loads and failure to properly protect food. And it applies to shippers, receivers, loaders, and carriers transporting food in the United States by motor vehicle or rail. The “Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food” rule takes effect for large businesses on June, 1, 2017, one year after the date of the final rule being published, and June 1, 2018 for small businesses, which the FDA defines as businesses other than motor carriers who are also not shippers and/or receivers with less than 500 people or motor carriers with less than $27.5 million in annual revenue. The rule incudes many requirements for these parties, especially shippers and carriers […]