Virtually all European and US companies that purchase seafood from Thailand are at risk of having these abuses in their supply chains as well.

On Wednesday, Chipotle Mexican Grill reopened all 43 restaurants in the Seattle, WA and Portland, OR markets.

Other trends include rising freight costs, declining service levels and growing inventories.

More than 500 delegates from across southern Africa and the global fresh produce supply chain gathered in Cape Town, South Africa this month for the Produce Marketing Association’s fifth Fresh Connections Southern Africa Conference and Expo.

The Meat Industry Suppliers Alliance Foundation (MISA) awarded seven $10,000 scholarships to be used towards completing the winners’ respective degrees within the meat sciences discipline.

Garden Grove, CA-based LQNN, Inc. has issued a recall for about 213,192 pounds of chicken, beef and pork products that were produced without the benefit of inspection and misbranded because of the unauthorized use of a USDA mark of inspection, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Wednesday.

 At ProMat, more than 800 exhibitors from industry, commerce and government will display their supply chain solutions and innovations. 

A new GS1 US Advisory Services program will provide GS1 US members with customized technical and business expertise to address their unique GS1 Standards implementation challenges, according to the organization.