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Report: Industry lacks awareness when it comes to Food Traceability Rule [Supermarket News]

The nonprofit Reagan-Udall Foundation expressed concerns about the standard, slated to take effect in 2026

Opinion: The truth about traceability [Beef Magazine]

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Goodwill launches secondhand textile traceability study [Fashion Dive]

Opinion: Step by step to digital food safety [Food Safety News]

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Produce Traceability: Uncovering the Gaps in Your Program [FoodSafetyTech]

A gap assessment can help determine what requirements existing traceability programs already meet and identify where improvements are needed to comply with the final Food Traceability Rule by the January 2026 deadline

Deadly Counterfeit Air Bags Are Making Their Way Into Vehicles [Wall Street Journal]

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Toyota and Other Japanese Carmakers Say They Mishandled Safety Tests [NY Times]

The Japanese authorities had told the companies to conduct investigations into their compliance with national standards for safety and other issues.

US Senator urges chipmakers to help keep their chips out of Russian weapons [Reuters]

U.S. semiconductor manufacturers should do more to keep their chips from illegally making their way into equipment used by the Russian military, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal said at a hearing on Tuesday.

“The companies ‘have the capacity to trace and track those components well enough to do something more’, Blumenthal, chair of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, said at the hearing looking into how U.S. chipmakers are complying with export restrictions imposed after Russia’s invasion in February 2022.”
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Meat Producer Claims Meat in Storage Suffered from ‘Temperature Abuse,’ Storage Company Could Not Provide Documentation on Temperatures [Industrial Equipment News, FreightWaves]

The company makes a lot of meat, but now it’s sitting on 1.2 million pounds of bad corned beef.

Fraud in a bottle: How Big Pharma takes on criminals who make millions off counterfeit drugs [CNBC]

A CNBC investigation found criminal networks altering pill bottles of lifesaving drugs and then selling them back to pharmacies at large discounts.

Ex-mechanic pleads guilty to fake airbag sales [SecuringIndustry.com]

Mohammed Al-Abadi imported fake components from China and assembled the parts to make counterfeit airbags.

Convicted Felon Arrested in the San Fernando Valley for Selling Counterfeit Rolex Watches and Carrying a Loaded Ghost Handgun [LAPD]

The purchase of counterfeits products may be hazardous to your health. There have been instances where counterfeit watches and jewelry contain elevated levels of lead and other dangerous metals.

[GM Authority] Counterfeit GM Parts Operation In Michigan Busted By Feds

A parts dealer in Warren, Michigan suspected of storing and distributing counterfeit GM parts was investigated by federal authorities.

Developing Story – AOG Technics Found to Have Sold Fake Boeing, Airbus Engine Parts

[Multiple Sources] 96 Boeing and Airbus jets were fitted with unverified engine parts with forged paperwork from AOG Technics

Fake parts: A Pentagon supply chain problem hiding in plain sight

[Defense News] The Defense Department is developing new tests to find counterfeit parts, putting a renewed emphasis on reporting when problematic components are found.

ReCircle earns certification under OBP certification program

[Sustainable Plastics] The resource recovery company has announced that it is now certified under the Ocean Bound Plastic (OBP) Certification Program by Zero Plastic Oceans in collaboration with the European Control Union.

Australian egg industry adopts new traceability tools

[Poultry World] A project has been designed in Australia’s egg industry which provides Australian egg farmers with new tools to trace the path of eggs across their farms.

Why Blockchain Is Proving an Ideal Technology for Food Traceability

[International Banker] Blockchain has supported cryptocurrency’s rise in the financial realm but is also employed in other use cases, such as in the food industry.

Food Traceability Market Share- Focus on more transparency across the food supply chain

[Emergen Research via EIN Presswire] Rising need to track food products in the supply chain and monitor the flow of materials and need to increase quality control are some key factors driving

ICE to Launch Commodity Traceability Service

[MarketsMedia] “Recognizing ICE’s established position in the cocoa and coffee markets, where the benchmark prices for these commodities are formed every day, ICE has been working closely with the industry to design a solution to help customers meet the requirements of the deforestation regulation.”

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