Sentences with phrase «food shipments»

In the mid-2000s, as the Bush administration openly pursued efforts to subvert the Castro regime, Cuban harassment of the 51 American diplomats then stationed on the island ranged from delays in the release of food shipments to «the poisoning of family pets,» the State Department's inspector general wrote in a 2007 report.

That's good news for importers and exporters that in the past have seen food shipments spoil on the docks, or their just - in - time supply chains break down due to a disruption at Port Metro Vancouver.

The demand woes are essentially tied to three main factors: Across the industry, retailers still had to unload food shipments from the fourth quarter, resulting in some delayed ordering at the start of 2017; executives also blamed a delay in tax refunds for hurting consumer demand during the quarter; and then there was a shift in the timing for Easter — the holiday landed in March for 2016 but April this year.

Ocean freight handles the lion's share of intercontinental food shipments.

For example, if an organic food shipment showed any evidence of pests or disease the shipment's owner was treating the so - called «organic» food the same way they would treat conventional food — fumigating it with pesticides that are prohibited under USDA organic rules.

Meanwhile nearly 20,000 people in Yarmouk in southern Damascus are starving after the government blocked food shipments to a Palestinian refugee camp.

Global food shipments rely on 14 key «chokepoints» that are susceptible to disruption, with disastrous effects.

Also a concern are supplies of bamboo, panda's favorite food: because the earthquake made roads between the Wolong base and nearby bamboo supplies impassable, the government had to arrange an emergency food shipment of about 5 tons of bamboo for the 47 pandas still at the reserve.

Walmart now uses blockchain technology to track food shipments and bolster safety precautions.

A fake charity which requested donations for Venezuelans during hardship has been busted using a fake image as proof that children had supposedly received food shipments exchanged for BTC.

You can get started with the «Zone Fast» diet and get a whole week's worth of food shipment.

IBM has created a food safety blockchain that a bunch of food companies are a part of, including Walmart, where they track all the data, and make it accessible to members of the blockchain on food shipment.

Inspectors visited seven US ports as part of an agency audit and found questionable handling of so - called «organic» food shipments.

On infrequent occasions, the embassy would allow us to order some modest amount with their food shipments.

At the end of each month, we ship the toys to RescueBank's distribution center, and the toys are scheduled for delivery along with the food shipments.