Schneiders Partners With DreamWorks Animation To Create The Fiercest Lunch Kits Yet

May 26, 2016 Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

For a limited time, Schneiders is launching special edition Schneiders® Lunchmate® lunch kits featuring eight different characters from the DreamWorks animation film Kung Fu Panda 3.

FDA Revises Nutrition Facts Panel And Serving Sizes; May Set Precedent For FSIS

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced two final rules: Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels and Serving Sizes of Foods that can Reasonably be Consumed at one Eating Occasion; Dual-Column Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and Establishing Certain Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed; Serving Size for Breath Mints; and Technical Amendments.

New Research: Americans Prefer Their Hot Dogs On The Grill

There are many ways to cook a hot dog, but new research commissioned by the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC) suggests that Americans prefer their dogs straight off the grill. Of the 90 percent of Americans who say they prepare hot dogs, 63 percent say grilling is their favorite way to cook a hot dog, far outpacing other cooking methods such as steaming (12 percent), microwaving (9 percent) or frying in a pan (8 percent).

Eye On DVFlora: Farmers Challenges

Most flower farmers have learned ways to be more adaptive to the drought. Through water saving measures such as the use of drip irrigation and recycling water growers have been able to reduce their use by upwards of 20% over the past few years. This has not been enough to offset the water restrictions that are currently in place but it has helped them to keep pace.

Florida Supreme Court Says Web-Based Florist Must Pay Taxes

May 26, 2016 Associated Press

The Florida Supreme Court ruled that the state can impose a sales tax on a web-based florist for flowers sold to out-of-state customers and delivered outside of Florida.