Recipe for disaster

For nearly two years now, I have covered the food safety beat here at Land Line, beginning when E. coli was found in bagged spinach, and some of our members were stuck with potentially affected product on their trailers and nowhere to go with it.Since that outbreak, I have been on a quest to find out what recall procedures the FDA and the USDA have in place to protect truckers who may be in

Open for business

An estimated 40 percent of American imports come through the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, and it’s apparent that about 40 percent of truck news is coming from those ports as well.Just the other day in Land Line’s newsroom, we spent 10 minutes going through the requirements truckers will have to meet to comply with the California Air Resources Board’s rules on drayage trucks, the ports

Trucking documentary to premiere Friday

“Drive and Deliver” is creating some pre-GATS buzz in the trucking industry. That’s the title of a new documentary-style film detailing the life of long-haul truckers.I haven’t seen it yet, but I did see a trailer and some promotional outtakes. Truthfully, it looks like it beats the heck out of some overrated studio films from the local Blockbuster that have wasted a number of my evenings this