Vita Food Products Recalls 4 Oz. Vita Classic Premium Sliced Nova Salmon

August 30, 2011 FDA

Vita Food Products, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois is notifying the public that 8,088 individual retail packages of 4 oz. Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Nova Salmon are being voluntarily recalled due to the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

Cargill Assembles Panel To Review Ground Turkey Food Safety Enhancements

August 30, 2011 Cargill

Cargill has asked a panel of experts in food safety, microbiology and epidemiology to review its enhanced ground turkey food safety program in the wake of the company’s Aug. 3, 2011, voluntary recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey. Cargill initiated the recall after learning that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control had detected an outbreak of Salmonella-related illnesses.

North Texas Specialty Meat Retailer Now Carrying Chisholm Trail Longhorn Beef

North Texans can now add another location to their list of places to buy their favorite, nutritious Chisholm Trail Longhorn Beef products. Family-owned Hirsch's Specialty Meats & Sausage now provides lean, grass-fed Chisholm Trail beef as a healthy red-meat alternative in its current line of products for health-conscious home cooks to use when preparing recipes for the family.

Beef Price Will Sizzle In 2012

August 30, 2011 Marshall Eckblad, Barron's

The U.S. beef industry is currently dealing with the effects of a severe drought concentrated in the southern U.S. Plains. Ranchers across states such as Texas and Oklahoma are liquidating their herds at historically high rates, as grazing lands and water supplies dry up. That's expected to swell beef supplies in the near term, and keep a lid on live-cattle futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange—for now.

Consumer Floral Revenues Up For 1-800-FLOWERS.COM

August 30, 2011 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. the world's leading florist and gift shop, reported results for its fiscal 2011 fourth quarter and full year*. Total revenue from continuing operations increased 13.1 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter to $187.1 million compared with $165.4 million in the prior year period. Consumer Floral revenues increased 5.5 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter to $123.7 million and approximately 1 percent for the full year to $369.2 million, compared with $117.3 million and $366.5 million in the respective prior year periods.