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New Zealand Mānuka Honey: Science Confirms Genetic Uniqueness And Urges Informed Choices For Consumers

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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This news empowers consumers to make informed choices when seeking genuine mānuka honey with its renowned antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties.

Key Points: 
  • This news empowers consumers to make informed choices when seeking genuine mānuka honey with its renowned antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties.
  • The Unique Mānuka Factor Honey Association (UMFHA), the trusted leader in mānuka honey quality and authentication, applauds the clarity for consumers of these latest findings.
  • The findings confirmed that mānuka trees from New Zealand and Tasmania (Australia) are genetically distinct enough to be considered separate species.
  • "Consumers choosing mānuka honey for its health benefits need accurate information to select the ideal product," says Tony Wright, CEO of the UMFHA.

BeeNZ's Pure Mānuka Honey is Crafted with Care

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Thursday, January 11, 2024
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mānuka honey has a reputation for quality and efficacy. Bees forge the rare natural substance from the flower of the Mānuka plant (a native New Zealand member of the Tea Tree family). Along with being a sweetener, Mānuka honey is known as a health and wellness tool that functions as a natural, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory superfood. It has the potential to help with digestion, oral health, acne, and even wound healing. It can simultaneously sweeten an individual's tea and guard against catching a cold.

Key Points: 
  • Along with being a sweetener, Mānuka honey is known as a health and wellness tool that functions as a natural, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory superfood.
  • While Mānuka may do these things, it's important for consumers to find honey that is pure.
  • These qualifications include:
    UMF certification: Licensed UMF™ ( unique Mānuka Factor ) honey companies meet strict third-party standards that ensure the purity, potency, and quality of their honey.
  • To put it simply, BeeNZ honey is crafted with care at every step.

Giving the Gift of Pure Mānuka Honey This Holiday Season

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Friday, December 8, 2023
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In a season when everyone is looking for the perfect gift, BeeNZ's pure Mānuka stands out. The rare product hails from the Land of the Long White Cloud and doubles as both a delectable sweetener and an antibacterial health and wellness tool. BeeNZ's Mānuka products are of exceptionally high quality, as well, making them the perfect addition to help give a gift a sense of elegance and quality.

Key Points: 
  • BeeNZ's Mānuka Honey Is Forged in the Wild, Is Crafted With Care, and Is the Perfect Addition to Any Holiday Gift
    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In a season when everyone is looking for the perfect gift, BeeNZ's pure Mānuka stands out.
  • BeeNZ's Mānuka products are of exceptionally high quality, as well, making them the perfect addition to help give a gift a sense of elegance and quality.
  • The result is that every jar of BeeNZ Mānuka honey isn't just clean, pure, and authentic but also crafted with care.
  • It is the perfect addition to any holiday gift to show your loved ones that you care about their health and wellbeing."

UMF Corporation Calls for Nominations for 15th Annual National Hygiene Specialist® Excellence Award

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023
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NORTHBROOK, Ill., Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nominations are open for UMF|PerfectCLEAN's 15th annual National Hygiene Specialist® Excellence Award. The award acknowledges exemplary environmental services (EVS) workers who help reduce the spread of preventable healthcare-associated infections (pHAIs) caused by numerous superbugs including C. auris, C. diff, COVID-19, MRSA, and Norovirus. Nominations are open through Dec. 15, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • NORTHBROOK, Ill., Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nominations are open for UMF|PerfectCLEAN's 15th annual National Hygiene Specialist® Excellence Award .
  • We established our National Hygiene Specialist Excellence Award 15 years ago to acknowledge and celebrate the EVS staff who work tirelessly to prevent the spread of pHAIs."
  • The National Hygiene Specialist Excellence Award is a testament to that commitment.
  • The National Hygiene Specialist Excellence Award is an opportunity to recognize their critical contributions.

MISSING THE MĀNUKA MARK

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- New scientific testing of honey brands claiming to be mānuka sold in the USA, has identified that 100 percent of the brands tested that were not from New Zealand are not genuine mānuka and miss key regulatory mānuka honey identification indicators2. That's the verdict of the compelling findings from the  Unique Mānuka Factor Honey Association (UMFHA), the world's only, independent, certified, quality system for mānuka honey. 

Key Points: 
  • That's the verdict of the compelling findings from the Unique Mānuka Factor Honey Association (UMFHA), the world's only, independent, certified, quality system for mānuka honey.
  • It is the only tree that produces nectar of the right composition to convert to mānuka honey with demonstrated health and wellness properties.
  • The results found that every one of these products failed to meet New Zealand regulatory criteria for authentic mānuka honey.
  • 3The UMFHA adds a certified quality standard to the MPI Mānuka Honey definition and requires Mānuka honey to include the following:
    Leptosperin, a critical marker of authenticity in New Zealand mānuka honey, produced only by the mānuka tree, that enters the bloodstream when consumed and is shown to be anti-inflammatory
    DHA (Dihydroxyacetone) - the precursor of MGO, an important indicator of the shelf life of MGO.

Electronic Dance Music Awards (EDMA) Set To Light-Up Miami During Miami Music Week (MMW) 2023 at The Fontainebleau Miami Beach

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Monday, February 27, 2023
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MIAMI, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Coming out strong in time for Miami Music Week 2023, the highly anticipated Electronic Dance Music Awards (EDMA) event returns to Miami at the legendary Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel in Miami, Florida, on Friday, March 24th, 2023, from 12:00pm to 7:00pm EST. Hosted by iHeartRadio's Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton, the "must-attend" event will bring together the biggest names in the EDM world. In addition to the star-studded awards show itself, this year's event features a vastly expanded FM radio presence with the addition of "1 Music Ave & Radio RD," produced by veteran radio promoter, Cary Vance.

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  • It's a Miami Music Week Total Takeover: The Electronic Dance Music Awards (EDMA) Return To The Fontainebleau Miami Beach on Friday, March 24th, 2023, With A Star-Studded Music Industry Event
    MIAMI, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Coming out strong in time for Miami Music Week 2023, the highly anticipated Electronic Dance Music Awards (EDMA) event returns to Miami at the legendary Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel in Miami, Florida, on Friday, March 24th, 2023, from 12:00pm to 7:00pm EST.
  • The EDM Awards is not the typical black-tie event; it is a luxurious, "V.I.P."
  • Said executive producer and EDMA host, Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton, "We are so hyped to return to Miami for the 2023 EDMA's!
  • The EDM Awards promises to be an all-encompassing celebration of the best in electronic dance music with electrifying performances from EDM's biggest names.

UMF|PerfectCLEAN Welcomes Mark Hodgson as Vice President Sales - Healthcare Markets

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare and infection prevention expert Mark Hodgson has joined UMF|PerfectCLEAN as Vice President Sales - Healthcare Markets. Hodgson is a chemist with a strong background in environmental microbiology and the impact of infectious pathogens on patients. Most recently, he was an Area Managing Director at Medentech, a division of Kersia Group, a global leader in infection prevention products and solutions. In his new role, he'll lead UMF's growing healthcare business, which is committed to eliminating environmental surfaces as a source of preventable healthcare associated infections (pHAIs).

Key Points: 
  • NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare and infection prevention expert Mark Hodgson has joined UMF|PerfectCLEAN as Vice President Sales - Healthcare Markets.
  • Hodgson is a chemist with a strong background in environmental microbiology and the impact of infectious pathogens on patients.
  • In his new role, he'll lead UMF's growing healthcare business, which is committed to eliminating environmental surfaces as a source of preventable healthcare associated infections (pHAIs).
  • Hodgson is the author of scores of published research and has presented extensively on the impact of infectious pathogens and how to prevent them.

UMF Corporation Calls for Nominations for 14th Annual National Hygiene Specialist® Excellence Award

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Thursday, November 10, 2022
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NORTHBROOK, Ill., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UMF Corporation is pleased to announce that nominations are open for the 14th annual National Hygiene Specialist® Excellence Award, which acknowledges the environmental services (EVS) workers who play essential roles in reducing preventable healthcare associated infections (pHAIs). pHAIs are among the leading causes of death in the United States. Infecting 1 in 25 hospitalized patients annually, pHAIs put patients at risk, significantly increase the number of hospital days required, and add to healthcare costs. EVS staff are crucial when it comes to controlling pHAIs, which include superbugs such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), and COVID-19. Nominations are open through Dec. 31, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • NORTHBROOK, Ill., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UMF Corporation is pleased to announce that nominationsare open for the 14th annual National Hygiene Specialist Excellence Award , which acknowledges the environmental services (EVS) workers who play essential roles in reducing preventable healthcare associated infections (pHAIs).
  • "In the United States, infections acquired in healthcare facilities kill more than 75,000 people every year," said UMF CEO George Clarke.
  • While we established our National Hygiene Specialist Excellence Award more than a decade ago, it has never been more important to acknowledge and celebrate these workers who serve as a first line of defense in preventing the spread of pHAIs."
  • The National Hygiene Specialist Excellence Award is an opportunity to recognize their critical contributions.

UMF Corporation Calls for Nominations for Fourth Annual National Guest Room Attendant Excellence Award

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022
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NORTHBROOK, Ill., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nominations are open for the fourth annual 2022 Guest Room Attendant (GRA) Excellence Award, sponsored by UMF Corporation. The award recognizes the invaluable contributions of GRAs – hotel housekeepers – who ensure safe guest and employee environments in hotels and lodges across the country. In an industry that is still feeling the pandemic's aftershocks, the GRA Excellence Award acknowledges the housekeeping heroes who have shown up day after day to clean and disinfect guest rooms and common areas. Nominations are open through Dec. 31, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • NORTHBROOK, Ill., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nominations are open for the fourth annual 2022 Guest Room Attendant (GRA) Excellence Award , sponsored by UMF Corporation .
  • The award recognizes the invaluable contributions of GRAs hotel housekeepers who ensure safe guest and employee environments in hotels and lodges across the country.
  • The National GRA Excellence Award acknowledges the hardworking hotel housekeepers who ensure the safety, satisfaction, and loyalty of guests and employees, alike."
  • The 2022 GRA Excellence Award is an ideal way to honor the hotel housekeeper who deserves recognition."

Fellaz Announces Ultra Korea Giveaway & Platform Update

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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As Ultra Korea quickly approaches, the Fellaz team is holding an online-to-offline event to promote their platform to a wider audience and to bring Web3 to music festivals.

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  • As Ultra Korea quickly approaches, the Fellaz team is holding an online-to-offline event to promote their platform to a wider audience and to bring Web3 to music festivals.
  • Apart from Ultra Korea, Fellaz has made several updates to its platform by adding features that will assist users as they make the leap to Web3.
  • Fellaz has also upgraded its platform to accommodate upcoming events like Ultra Korea and other future musical festivals.
  • Held yearly in Seoul, South Korea, Ultra Korea is an event attended by tens of thousands of EDM fans from Korea and Asia.