<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.</strong> – United Fresh has announced its 2012 New Product Award Finalists. More than twenty-five innovations have made the cut for this stage of the process with hopes of receiving a United Fresh Produce Association’s 2012 New Product Award. At the May 1-3 show in Dallas, Texas, finalists are competing in five categories for the title of Best New Products at United Fresh 2012.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The new product innovations will be on display in the Dallas Convention, where they will be judged by all attendees from United, FMI and AMI throughout the show, according to a press release. Winners will be announced at the opening of the United show floor on Thursday, May 3, promptly at 10:00 am. United Fresh President and CEO Tom Stenzel, states, “The development and display of the latest in innovation from our industry is a vital part of the mission of every United trade show." He continues, “Our industry’s success is built upon the foresight and creativity of its member companies in bringing new products to market. This serves to boost value to the consumer and profitability to the industry.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The following are the 2012 New Product Award finalists, as listed in the press release: </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Best New Packaging:</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Fruit Pop Pouches, Maxwell Chase Technologies, LLC; Garden Highway Salad Essentials Salad Toppers, Renaissance Food Group; Live Gourmet Squircle Clamshell and Harness Style Shipping Carton, Hollandia Produce LLC/Live Gourmet; Naturipe EarthCycle Packaging for Organic Berries, Naturipe Farms, LLC; Rock Garden Breathable Herb Bag, Rock Garden; Safe-T-Fresh® Grab and Go Cups, Inline Plastics Corp; SUNSET® Fresh Tomato Soup Kit, Mastronardi Produce.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Best New Food Safety Solution:</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>FlashCheck® Real-time Bacterial Enzyme Detection Kit, DeltaTRAK®, Inc.; Freshness Management™ with the Intelleflex CMR-6100 Cellular Reader and Intelleflex ZEST™ Data Services, Intelleflex®; PTI Lite™, RedLine Solutions, Inc.; The HydroDose-High Dilution Dosing System, BioSafe Systems.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Best New Packing/Processing Equipment:</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Bosch Pack 301 IN Inverted Horizontal Flow Wrapper, Bosch Packaging Technology, Inc; ECM-200 Slicer with Exit Conveyor, Nichimo; High speed counting and packing device, Abracad Technoworks BV; MCT 25 OS "Onion Slicer", Maxwell Chase Technologies, LLC; NicePack, BrimaPack</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Best New Fruit Product:</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Crunch Pak Dipperz®, Crunch Pak®; Fresh Fruit Parfaits, Ready Pac Foods; Naturipe Cold Processed Dried Blueberries, Strawberries and Cherries, Naturipe Farms, LLC; Welch's New Grape Bag - Picnic Pack, C.H. Robinson; Yonanas®, Dole Food Co.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Best New Vegetable Product:</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Aurora Bites mini peppers, Pure Hot House Foods, Inc.; Delano™, Mastronardi Produce; Farmhouse Heritage Beefsteak Tomato, JemD Farms; Fresh Express Organic Baby Sweet Lettuce and Organic 50/50 Mix, Chiquita; Gourmet In-Store Salad Kits, Tiffany Gate Fine Foods; The Culinary Garden Unique Salads & Coleslaws, Freshway Foods.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>www.unitedfresh2012.org</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
