Re: Official news pertaining to mail order seed/plants
- Subject: Re: Official news pertaining to mail order seed/plants
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- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 18:53:22 -0800
Thanks Connie. Gee. I wonder if this means that the terrrorists will be
sending anthrax by UPS?
( Juuuuust kidding..... )
diana
----- Original Message -----
From: "connie k.hoy" <coneh@qwest.net>
To: <diana@olympus.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 9:36 AM
Subject: Official news pertaining to mail order seed/plants
> 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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