Month: August 2015

Consumer Reports Ground Beef Study Confirms Strong Safety Of Ground Beef

August 25, 2015 The North American Meat Institute

A review of Consumer Reports’ new study on the safety of ground beef in the U.S. confirms that pathogenic bacteria is rarely found in meat, the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) said today. The bacteria identified in the Consumer Reports testing are types that rarely cause foodborne illness. Bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus, and generic E. coli are commonly found in the environment and are not considered pathogenic bacteria. …

US Turkey Stocks Rise Unexpectedly; Pork, Ham Again At Record Highs

August 25, 2015 Theopolis Waters, Reuters

The amount of turkey in U.S. freezers grew more than anticipated last month despite an outbreak of bird flu that killed more than nine million turkeys, experts said following Friday's government monthly cold storage report. …

BloomNation Is Going Up Against Big Carnation

August 25, 2015 Jennifer Chaussee, Bloomberg

Florist Ray Le Du credits an uptick in orders to BloomNation, an online marketplace where customers can order arrangements from a network of independent florists. Shops such as Blue Water pay BloomNation a 10 percent fee for every sale. In exchange, BloomNation builds a store within its own website for each florist, dispatching a photographer to take pictures of sample arrangements. It also gives businesses tools to collect and analyze their sales data, including contact and order information for past customers. …

Preparations For World's Biggest Floriculture Event IFTF Vijfhuizen Well On Schedule

August 25, 2015 HPP Exhibitions

Preparations for the upcoming 6th edition of IFTF are going according to plan and having a full floorplan already since June, it reconfirms that the expo has settled itself on a steady place in the agenda of many Floriculture companies. Around 250 Dutch and international flower growers, and related floriculture suppliers will exhibit this year at IFTF. Together with FloraHolland Trade Fair and many open houses of especially flower breeders, it forms without any discussion world’s biggest floricultural trade event. …

Deliflor Chrysanten Introduces 'Elstar'

August 25, 2015 Deliflor Chrysanten B.V.

"Red and yellow eye-catcher" is the right description for the new spray chrysanthemum Elstar. From Wednesday 25th of August this single flowered spray chrysanthemum is supplied by Denim Fleur at the Naaldwijk auction. …