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Pizza Fusion recently announced
that they have gained independent, third-party organic restaurant
certification for their Pizza Fusion
Fort Lauderdale location, and will
pursue this certification with all their
restaurants. Strict standards set forth by
the USDA’s National Organic Program are
verified via on-site inspections to validate the use of organic ingredients and
menu selections with consistency and
integrity in the certification process. To date, Pizza Fusion Fort
Lauderdale is one of only four restaurants in the United States to
receive Organic Restaurant Certification.
Barbara’s Bakery recently
announced its launch into TV
advertising with a Boston-area
campaign featuring their highly
popular Puffins cereal line. The
debut ad campaign includes four
animated 15-second ads featuring cartoon puffins from Puffins all-natural cereal cartons. The new ads were created by The Hive
Advertising agency in San Francisco, CA. Barbara’s new TV campaign
will be supported by newspaper, samples and coupons, sampling
events at family-centric venues and special displays by Puffins
retailers.
CCOF recently streamlined the certification
process with the introduction of a range of
online services for certified clients and applicants. The new digital documentation includes
online certification applications, renewals and
payment options as well as e-forms covering key
areas of certification such as requests to add
acreage, review input materials and expedite services. Through this
streamlining, CCOF plans to grow revenue by 12 percent annually
and double the number of certified operations to 4000 by 2013.
Diversified Laboratories, Inc. recently announced
that Anthony Vagnino has joined the company as
vice president of sales and marketing. Anthony brings
tremendous knowledge and experience across the
entire spectrum of food safety. Diversified
Vagnino Laboratories is an independent USDA accredited laboratory with a 30-year record of providing advanced analytical
services. The company’s primary area of expertise is the detection
of pesticides and chemical contaminants.
BI Nutraceuticals has hired Raymond Signore as
an East Coast regional sales manager. In this position,
Signore will be responsible for supporting and
expanding BI's strong position with East Coast customers, as well as growing the company's customer
base within the region. Prior to joining BI Signore
Nutraceuticals, Signore held sales manager positions at
Generichem Corp and Stryka Botanics, where he oversaw East
Coast sales of raw materials to the nutritional products industry.
He also worked as vice president of purchasing and vice president
of sales and marketing at Pure World Botanicals.
