Wayne Farms LLC. Recalls Ready-To-Eat Chicken Breast Products That May Be Undercooked
Wayne Farms LLC., an Oakwood, Ga. establishment, is recalling approximately 4,059 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products due to undercooking, resulting in the potential survival of bacterial pathogens in the products.

Morty Pride Meats, Inc. Recalls Pork Barbeque Products Due To Misbranding and Undeclared AllergensMorty Pride Meats, Inc., a Fayetteville, N.C. establishment, is recalling approximately 237,891 pounds of pork barbeque products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens.

Piccadilly Fine Foods Recalls Beef Shepherd’s Pie Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens Piccadilly Fine Foods, a Santa Clara, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 144 pounds of beef products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens

La Quercia Recalls Dried Pork Products Due To Insufficient Dehydration
La Quercia, a Norwalk, Iowa establishment, is recalling approximately 932 pounds of cured, dried pork loin products due to insufficient dehydration.

4C Foods Corp. Voluntarily Recalls 4C Grated Cheese, Homestyle Grated Cheese, and Cento Grated Cheese Brands NET WT. 6 OZ Glass Jars Because of Possible Health Risk 4C Foods Corp. is voluntarily recalling 4C Grated Cheese, Homestyle Grated Cheese, and Cento Grated Cheese Brands due to possible contamination with Salmonella. Other 4C Foods products, including any other cheese products, are not impacted by this recall.

Women should carefully consider the benefits and risks associated with permanent birth control devices, like the FDA-approved Essure device, along with other birth control options.
That’s why FDA recently approved important labeling changes for Essure. Read the Consumer Update to learn more.

Marine Agrifuture, LLC. Recalls “Kahuku Ogo”, “Robusta Ogo” and “Kahuku Sea Asparagus” Because of Possible Health Risk

11/14/2016 08:50 PM EST

Marine Agrifuture, LLC. of Kahuku, HI, is recalling its “Kahuku Ogo”, “Robusta Ogo” and “Kahuku Sea Asparagus” because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.

The Popcorn Shoppe Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk and Soy in Olde Tyme Recipe Popcorn Balls, Edwards Orchard Popcorn Balls and Edwards Orchards West Popcorn Balls

11/16/2016 02:52 PM EST

The Popcorn Shoppe in Tiffin, Ohio is voluntarily recalling its Olde Tyme Recipe Popcorn Balls, Edwards Orchard Popcorn Balls and Edwards Orchard West Popcorn Balls (4 individually wrapped 5oz. popcorn balls in a clear plastic bag) due to an undeclared milk and soy allergen. This recall has been initiated due to the ingredient label not stating the milk and soy allergen. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk and soy run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product.

FDA Facilitates Research on Earlier Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease

It’s National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. To advance urgently needed research in Alzheimer’s disease, FDA is engaging with researchers, drug companies, and the public as they design new clinical studies for promising drugs.

Read this Consumer Update to learn more.

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Go behind the scenes with President Obama in Athens:

11/18/2016 Nativegrl77

THE WHITE HOUSE

This week, President Obama got the chance to visit the Acropolis in Greece.

Watch the President reflect on standing at the birthplace of democracy during the final overseas trip of his presidency.

“One of the great joys of being the president is the ability to travel and see different cultures and meet different people. That’s important for our national security but it’s also important for us to understand ourselves and our place in the world.

“We’ve got the Parthenon behind us, part of the Acropolis. It is here in Athens that so many of our ideas about democracy, our notions of citizenship, our notions of rule of law, began to develop.

“And so when you visit a site like this not only are you getting a better understanding of Greece and Western culture, but you’re also sending a signal of the continuity that exists between what happened here, the speeches of Pericles, and what happened with our Founding Fathers.

“And it’s a very important role for the President of the United States to send a signal to the world that their culture, their traditions, their heritage, their monuments, are something of value, and are precious, and that we have learned from them.

“Because what that does then is send a strong signal around the world that we view ourselves as part of a broader humanity and a community of nations that can work together to solve problems and lift up what’s best in humanity.”

Follow along with President Obama’s trip to Greece, Germany, and Peru.

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President Obama Announces New Efforts to Promote Smart Gun Technology

11/17/2016 Nativegrl77 1 Comment

THE WHITE HOUSE

Friends,

Earlier today, the President highlighted new efforts to promote smart gun technology. For the first time, the Department of Justice is releasing a detailed description of the minimal technical requirements that law enforcement agencies expect from smart gun technology, which will help make sure that any smart gun technology available to law enforcement agencies is safe and reliable. Read President Obama’s Facebook post below, and learn more from a Department of Justice blog post here.

Thank you for your continued efforts in making sure that our children and communities are safe from gun violence.

“This week, as we continue to look for common ground on keeping our children and communities safe from gun violence, I wanted to share a letter from a woman in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Sharron wrote to me in January, after I had announced a series of commonsense steps designed to reduce senseless gun violence in our country. One of those steps was boosting the development of gun safety technology – the kind of innovation that would reduce accidental deaths, the use of stolen guns in criminal activities, and other tragic shootings. It’s the kind of research and development that can lead to advances that can protect our kids consistent with the Second Amendment.

Sharron is a Republican and a gun owner. And like the vast majority of the American people, including the vast majority of gun owners, she recognizes the importance of addressing the epidemic of gun violence in our country — which we can do through advances in technology. In the greatest, most technologically advanced nation on Earth, we should be using all the tools we have to keep people safe. We make sure children can’t open a bottle of aspirin – why wouldn’t we make sure that they can’t pull a trigger on a gun?

That’s why today, I am proud to announce that the Department of Justice is releasing, for the first time, a detailed description of the minimum technical requirements that law enforcement agencies expect from smart gun technology. This will help make sure that any smart gun technology made available to law enforcement agencies is safe and reliable — and it’s a critical step toward jumpstarting the development of smart gun technology. A group of experts led by DOJ’s National Institute of Justice worked closely with law enforcement officers, firearms manufacturers, innovators, and other stakeholders across the country — as well as other experts from the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Defense – to develop these specifications. They’re not mandating that anyone buy or make guns with advanced safety technology – but these specifications chart a path forward for making that an option in the marketplace.

As I’ve said before, we will never be able to stop every act of violence. But if we can take even one action, that saves even one life, we have an obligation to try. If we care about our kids and our country, we can find the courage to come together and take sensible actions to tackle our epidemic of gun violence. If we do, we’ll build a safer and stronger country that’s worthy of the memories of those we’ve lost and the lives we can still save.”

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Bess Evans
Senior Associate Director
The White House | Office of Public Engagement