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Feb 10th - STRAWBERRIES ALERT

Dear Customer:
Date: February 10, 2009

With the current rain pattern that California is experiencing, Strawberry production is low and slow. California is expecting off and on rain through Friday of this week. Florida has not rebounded from the recent cold snap that they have experienced so production is very low there as well. In order to keep up with demand for Valentines Day we will be using both pint berries and clamshell depending on quality and availability. We are very sorry for any inconvenices. Mother Nature just pulled another fast one on us!

Thank you,
If you have any questions please give us a call.
Premier Produce

Strawberries are very tight. Please contact your sales Rep these are a pre-order item
Thanks

October 9th

Display Gourds – Peck Basket
Mini Pumpkins – ½ Bushel
Pie Pumpkins
Med/Lg Pumpkins
Large Indian Corn – Packed 12/3
Mini Indian Corn – Packed 16/3
Mini Strawberry Corn – Packed 16/3
Corn Stalks - Per Bunch / PRE ORDER – 3 DAYS
Hay Bales – PRE ORDER – 3 DAYS
Vexar Mini Pumpkin & Vexar Mini Pumpkin
  -- Shellacked, 10+ per bag / 7 bags per case
Squash: Butternut, Acorn, Spaghetti, Delicata

If you would like to pre-order the above products, contact your Sales Rep.

September 22nd

To all Premier Produce Customers,

If you have not heard, on August 1, 2008, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued an interim final rule for mandatory country of origin labeling. The implementation date is September 30, 2008.

We have updated our software to accommodate this new mandatory USDA rule. Over the next week we will be implementing this policy. We will have it accurate and fully updated by 09/30/08. Until that date the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) may not be accurate.

We thank you for your continued support and patience, and look forward to it in the future.

-- Tony Anselmo and Anthony Rossi

To our valued Customers:

Here at Premier Produce we want to make sure that you are informed about the tomatoes we are using. All of our Round and Roma tomatoes are Hot House grown. Hot House tomatoes are not effected by the salmonella outbreak. The highlights of the FDA’s most recent notice are as follows.

• FDA’s notice was advice to consumers recommending they not eat raw roma, raw red round tomatoes, or products that contain these types of raw red tomatoes, unless the tomatoes are from the following sources: AR, CA, GA, HI, NC, SC, TN, TX, Belgium, Canada, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Isreal, Netherlands, and Puerto Rico.
   
• FDA’s recommendation does not apply to grape, cherry, or tomatoes with the vines still attached (e.g., TOV’s, hot house tomatoes).
   
• More information can be found on the FDA’s website:  www.fda.gov

Please note that no grower has recalled any tomatoes. Again, at this point, FDA has only issued advice to consumers. Also, since salmonella has a 2-week incubation period, and the last reported illness was May 27th, if no other cases are reported by June 10th hopefully this issue will begin to abate.

We want to make sure that you are aware of this information. Please, do not hesitate to call us with any further questions or concerns. We will, as always, continue to do our best to meet your needs for quality assured, food safe tomatoes.

Thank you,
Premier Produce