Trace Register’s TR5 Passes Latest GDST Capability Test with Backward Compatibility

October 17, 2024 Trace Register

Backward compatibility further enhances the platform’s flexibility, allowing users to upgrade without losing access to existing data or workflows. By maintaining interoperability with previous versions, TR5 enables a smooth transition for companies adopting newer technology while ensuring continued data integrity.

Mary Ann Newcomer Reviews Lucy Bellamy’s Book, A Year in Bloom: Flowering Bulbs for Every Season

October 17, 2024 Slow Flowers Journal

Lucy [Bellamy] is the pied piper and lays out our seasonal path from Late Winter and Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, and Autumn & Early Winter.

FloraLife Flower Food Plastic Packets Offer Improved Sustainable Packaging with PCR and PIR Film in North America

October 17, 2024 Smithers-Oasis/FloraLife

In collaboration with packaging partners in the United States, FloraLife has developed an enhanced film made up of 51.3% recycled materials, combining post-consumer recycled (PCR) and post-industrial recycled (PIR) content. This innovation results in a 12% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions and a 20% reduction in fossil fuel consumption for the film. Furthermore, the performance and quality of the film has not been impacted.

The Inflation Diet is Over: American Shoppers Finally Reopen Their Pocketbooks for Groceries, Especially Meat

October 17, 2024 Attest

In tandem with these findings, the data also highlights that meat, a high-price point food product, is back on the dinner table for many Americans. Attest’s report in 2021 found that 36% of consumers had reduced their consumption of meat during the depths of the onset of inflation. Today, that figure has declined to 20%, suggesting that as inflation has lessened, consumers are willing to splurge on meat once more. 

Reissued Recall Expansion: BrucePac Recalls Ready-To-Eat Meat and Poultry Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination

October 17, 2024 BrucePac

Details of this release were updated to note the addition of 1,779,040 pounds of product subject to recall, increasing the weight from 9,986,245 to 11,765,285 pounds. This recall release has also been updated to reflect that recalled products were also distributed to schools.