by John Chihade | Sep 23, 2026 | Export Logistics, Regulatory & Compliance
“Food-grade” is one of the most used words in warehouse marketing and one of the least defined. There is no federal licence with that name. When a warehouse in Atlanta, or anywhere in Georgia, calls itself food-grade, it is describing a combination of things:...
by John Chihade | Aug 6, 2026 | Export Logistics
Cold chain failures in export almost never look like a freezer breaking down. They look like a pallet held a little too long in ambient while paperwork is sorted, an unplanned wait for inspection, and a reefer plugged in late at a transhipment port. Individually none...
by John Chihade | Aug 6, 2026 | Export Logistics
The hardest arithmetic in food importing is not freight. It is manufacturer minimums. A U.S. producer will happily sell you their sauce — by the truckload. You want eight pallets, plus product from eleven other producers, in one shipment. Those two positions do not...
by John Chihade | Aug 6, 2026 | Export Logistics
A food export warehouse looks, from the outside, like any other warehouse. What separates it from ordinary third-party storage is that almost everything happening inside is preparation for a border crossing — and the border is unforgiving about details that domestic...
