Re: Consumers Endorse Irradiated Meat in Florida; Food...

[Jim Muckerheide <jmuckerheide@delphi.com>]

The "Battle of the Press Releases!"  

Would you trust "AUBURNDALE, Fla." or "WASHINGTON, D.C." (By Ralph Nader)? :-) 

Regards, Jim
muckerheide@mediaone.net
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Bob Flood wrote:
> 
> >AUBURNDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2000--Several Florida retail
> outlets
> >continue to report stronger than expected sales of irradiated fresh ground
> beef.
> >Store officials at DeLoach's Meat Market in Lakeland and Stuart's Finer
> Foods in Stuart
> >say their only problem is keeping the product in stock.
> 
> >WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two Florida grocers halted sales of irradiated meat due
> >to lack of consumer interest, which resulted in paltry sales. DeLoach's
> Meat
> >Market in Lakeland and Stuart's Fine Foods in Stuart decided to stop
> selling
> >experimental food products to their customers just days after sales began.
> 
> Without fear of contradiction, I can confidently state that BOTH of those
> stories can't be true. Both may be untrue, but both cannot be true. Wonder
> who's lying? And why?
> ============================
> Bob Flood
> Dosimetry Group Leader
> Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
> bflood@slac.stanford.edu
> 
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