What does FTC stand for?

Florida Tomato Committee

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Crop-Specific Challenges The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association is encouraging all of its members to join together and follow the lead of organizations such as the Florida Tomato Committee and others in calling for legislation.

Food Safety's Cost: stiffer regulations loom but you may not pay the ...

But the Florida Tomato Committee took a dimmer view, deeming the UglyRipe so ill-formed that it didn’t meet the shape consistency standards that the gatekeeper agency requires of state growers that ship out of state.

Creating a Better Tomato

Other firms have to meet size and shape standards set by the Florida Tomato Committee to sell the typically hard, round winter tomatoes known as Florida Rounds outside the state from mid-October to mid-June.

UglyRipes prevail in tomato growers spat

The produce gatekeepers on the Florida Tomato Committee, a New Deal relic charged with judging tomato quality (apparently a task too esoteric for consumers to handle on their own), won't allow a tasty but bumpy variety known as the UglyRipe to be shipped from the state's main growing area because they don't like the looks of it.

Rotten tomato rules

In my opinion, they're dumping these tomatoes at less than their own cost of production in the United States, and the reason they're doing that is to gain market share," says Wayne Hawkins, manager, Florida Tomato Committee, Orlando, Fla.

The greenhouse business heats up

The Florida Tomato Committee is launching its Florida Tomato Culinary Art Tour in an effort to restore consumer confidence in tomatoes after the Salmonella scare over the summer where tomatoes were initially suspect, but then FDA lab tests later confirmed other sources.

Florida Tomato Growers Kick off Season with Culinary Art Contest

But the Florida Tomato Committee has no definition or standard for heirloom tomatoes.

Tasty tomato tossed in ugly fight Envy is at root of squashed sales, ...

FREEBIE LEAFLET The Florida Tomato Committee is offering a nifty brochure, ``Fresh Florida Tomatoes,'' that includes info on the health benefits of tomatoes along with recipes for marinating, roasting and stuffing tomatoes with names like Roasted Tomato and Cheese Pizza, Tomatoes With Savory Beef Stuffing and more.

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