Official news pertaining to mail order seed/plants
- Subject: Official news pertaining to mail order seed/plants
- From: c* k*
- Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 10:36:08 -0700
Exerpted from an Nursery Online News source.(cross posting to allow all
to know what the current status is.)
As of Nov. 1, Ball Seed, Ball Superior and ColorLink are shipping seed
orders in N. America by Federal Express. The switch to FedEx was
based on the recent U.S. Postal Service decision to use electron-beam
devices to sanitize letters and packages. The seed will not be exposed
to
any irradiation or sterilization system. Growers will now be able to
track their seed orders online through the FedEx tracking system
(http://www.FedEx.com). Growers can also request that their orders be
shipped by UPS from Ball's West Chicago distribution center. A
spokesperson for USPS said the agency is aware that certain things are
affected by irradiation (including plants) and is working on a process
to
separate mail that would be affected. It will start installing some
irradiation machinery this month. http://www.ballseed.com
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