Jet Precooler Provides Affordable Forced-Air Cooling To Preserve Freshness
If you have a farm or packhouse looking to rapidly cool your fresh fruit, vegetables, or floral, the Jet Precooler might be exactly what you are looking for. …
Month: October 2011
Coastline Launches Leaf-ez Lil Gem Hearts
Coastline a grower shipper of fresh vegetables in Salinas, CA launched Leaf•ez® Lil Gem Hearts, a petite blend of romaine and butter lettuce with a sweet, crunchy delicious flavor. Leaf•ez® is now available in a 6×3 retail bag, 8×2 retail bag and 24 count liner. …
Commercial Fishermen Seek To Include Hundreds In Antitrust Case Against Pacific Seafood
A Consumer Reports investigation reveals that more than one-fifth of 190 pieces of seafood bought at retail stores and restaurants in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut were not what they claimed to be – either mislabeled as different species of fish, incompletely labeled, or misidentified by employees. The report can be found in the December 2011 issue of the magazine and online at www.ConsumerReports.org. …
Kroger Concludes National Seafood Month With Sustainability Progress Update
The Kroger Co. concluded its celebration of National Seafood Month with an update on the company's work to source sustainable seafood. "Today's seafood supplies are not unlimited, so Kroger is taking steps to require our suppliers to follow sustainable practices," said Mark Van Buskirk, Kroger's vice president for meat and seafood. …
All Mississippi Oyster Areas & Reefs Will Close October 29
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) has announced all areas and reefs of the State of Mississippi that are currently opened to oyster harvest will close to at 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, and will remain closed until further notice in order to conserve the resource. …