Washington correspondent for the Associated Press, Mary Clare Jalonick, reports a few hours ago that:
Food safety legislation stalled by a constitutional snag could be revived as part of a giant year-end budget bill. The bill to increase the Food and Drug Administration’s powers to keep food safe stalled after overwhelmingly passing the Senate last
Since it seems that the House and Senate still cannot seem to get a Food Safety Bill across the finish line, we thought we would keep encouraging companies not to poison their customers in a slightly more direct way.
On or about October 14, 2010, 14-year-old MK and her mother Lois Kirby shopped at the
At a Glance: Atlas Walnut Co of California is voluntarily recalling walnut halves and pieces because a shipment sent to another manufacturer has tested positive for the presence of Salmonella. Azar Nut Co, which receives product from Atlas, has asked U.S. Foodservice to recall the products.
The Issue: No illness has been reported. Azar reports
Note – If for a moment anyone things that I m becoming a Republican don’t – Democrats may not have any brains but Republicans have no souls.
Granted, there are a lot of things going on in the country that demand the attention of our leaders (like tax cuts for Millionairs and Billionairs and see list below), but for gawd’s sake Food Safety should be at least on the short list as more than a “possibility.”
You get on these email’s from politicians when you donate money – a lot of money. Here is one I just got from Senator Reid:Continue Reading I have not yet been deleted from the Democratic email lists – yet.
ScienceDaily reports in “Killing Salmonella and E. Coli on Fresh Produce With Half the Normal Food-Irradiation Levels” that a team of Texas A&M researchers has developed a way to cut by as much as half the amount of irradiation needed to kill 99.999 percent of salmonella, E. coli and other pathogens on fresh produce.
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They are also aged for over a year. I’ll put these two cans up to any raw cheeses any day – for taste and safety reasons. You can order online and taste for yourself.
Rushing Waters Fisheries, Palmyra, is recalling about 225 pounds of smoked trout and smoked salmon spreads, because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
No illnesses have been reported from eating this product. The contamination was discovered through routine testing conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
The recalled products
In 1996 when I was the emcee of the State Democratic Convention, or when I was urged to run against Rick White for the House in 1998, or when I was urged to run against Slade Gorton for the Senate in 1999, or when over the last decade I have hosted more fund-raisers than I
I cannot make the screening of “The Raw Truth,” a documentary about all types of raw food, done by a number of great kid’s from USC’s award-winning film school (I am assuming my part did not get left on the cutting room floor). Here are the details:
Dear Friends and Family,
You are invited to
I have been working the phones and emails since the Senate passed S. 510 last week with over-whelming bi-partisan support (or what accounts for that in this political environment) to try and figure out how the Senate could have included a potential revenue provision in Section 107 in S. 510 that is arguably a bit
