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Vita Food Products, Inc. Announces Death of Director Michael Horn CHICAGO, July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Michael Horn, 68, a member of the Board of Directors of Vita Food Products, Inc. (AMEX:VSF), passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2005. Mr. Horn served as a director of the Company since April 1983. He was chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating/Governance Committee of the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Horn was the largest shareholder of Save More Foods Supermarkets and a significant shareholder of Performance Foods of Wisconsin, Inc., and acted in a management advisory role to both companies for the past eight years. Prior to that Mr. Horn was president of the Green Bay Division of Super Value Stores, Inc., a national grocery food wholesaler. In addition, Mr. Horn was a managing partner with HMH Development of Green Bay, Wisconsin and was also a Vice President and a director on the Executive Committee of the Green Bay Packer Hall of Fame. "Mr. Horn was a member of the board of directors for over 20 years and during those years he gave well respected counsel," said Stephen Rubin, President of the Company. "He will be missed by all those who had a relationship with him, within and beyond the Company." Vita seafood is a U.S. leader in the herring and retail packaged salmon markets, and is engaged in several other food segments, including cream cheese, cocktail sauce, tartar sauce and horseradish. The Company markets and sells these items under the Vita(R), Elf(R) and Grand Isle(R) brands. More than 95% of Vita's sales are in kosher foods. Vita's common stock is currently traded on the American Stock Exchange and Chicago Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol VSF. Vita Specialty Foods, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, combines the products of former entities The Virginia Honey Company and The Halifax Group, Inc. Virginia Honey was a marketer, manufacturer and distributor of honey, salad dressings, including its' award-winning Virginia Brand Vidalia(R) Onion Vinegarette salad dressing, cooking sauces, jams & jellies, and gift baskets. Halifax was a manufacturer and distributor of licensed brand-named products including the world-renowned Jim Beam(R) brand of steak sauce, barbeque sauce, marinades, salsas and The Drambuie(R), Kahlua(R) and Courvoisier(R) Gourmet Collections. Halifax also marketed, manufactured and distributed the Artie Bucco(TM) line of products based on the popular HBO(R) series The Sopranos(R), the award-winning Scorned Woman(R) gourmet food line, the Oak Hill Farms(R) line of salad dressings and various gourmet products and branded gift items. DATASOURCE: Vita Food Products, Inc. CONTACT: Clifford Bolen, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer of Vita Food Products, Inc., +1-312-738-4500,

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