FDA/USDA ~~ August Alerts & Safety


Ton Shen Health/Life Rising Corporation of Chicago, IL, is expanding its recall of “DHZC-2” Tablets to all lots purchased before August 24, 2016 because they have the potential to be contaminated with elevated levels of lead.
Updated information is now available. A list of retail consignees has been posted for recall 070-2016 (Expanded), Al Shabrawy Incorporated Recalls Meat and Poultry Products Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens (Aug 10, 2016).
08/26/2016 01:03 PM EDT

Willis Ocean Inc. of Brooklyn, NY, is recalling 30 cases of Willis Eagle brand MUT GUNG SWEETENED GINGER, because it contains undeclared sulfites. People who have a severe sensitivity to sulfites run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.

Updated information is now available. A list of retail consignees has been posted for recall 070-2016 (Expanded), Al Shabrawy Incorporated Recalls Meat and Poultry Products Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens (Aug 10, 2016).

WFSP Foods, LLC Recalls Pork And Chicken Sausage Products Due To Misbranding And Undeclared Allergens
WFSP Foods LLC, a Decatur, Ala. establishment, is recalling approximately 18,672 pounds of pork and chicken sausage products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens.

Green Bay Dressed Beef Recalls Beef Products Due To Possible Specified Risk Materials Contamination
Green Bay Dressed Beef, LLC, doing business as American Foods Group, LLC, a Green Bay, Wis. establishment, is recalling approximately 7,420 pounds of beef brain products that may be contaminated with specified risk materials (SRM)
08/23/2016 02:40 PM EDT

Baptista’s Bakery, Inc. announced a voluntary recall of a limited number of 7.2 oz. Snack Factory® Original Pretzel Crisps® and 7.2 oz Snack Factory® Sriracha Lime Pretzel Crisps® packages because they may contain undeclared milk ingredients. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of a serious or life threatening allergic reaction if they consume the affected product.

08/17/2016 11:19 AM EDT

Cary, IL, Sage Products announced today it is expanding its voluntary nationwide recall to include an additional lot of Comfort Shield Barrier Cream Cloths at the distributor and healthcare facility/user level. The recall is being initiated due to product contamination with the bacteria, Burkholderia cepacia.

Updated information is now available. A list of retail consignees has been posted for recall 061-2016, Bar-S Foods Company Recalls Chicken and Pork Hot Dog and Corn Dog Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination (Jul 19, 2016).
08/15/2016 03:16 PM EDT

DSM Biomedical B.V., the Netherlands, Cook Medical’s supplier of hydrophilic coating for the Roadrunner® Uniglide® Hydrophilic Wire Guide, recalled certain lots of material due to concerns about a potential contamination by glass particles ranging in size of approximately 4 to 280 µm. Cook received one lot of the affected recalled coating. This prompted Cook Medical to initiate a recall of 8,750 units of the Roadrunner UniGlide Hydrophilic Wire Guides on June 24, 2016.

08/12/2016 05:25 PM EDT

Oriental Packing Co., Inc., Miami, Florida is recalling approximately 377,000 lbs. of the following blended seasoning curry products because it is contaminated with lead. Lead can accumulate in the body over time and can cause serious and sometimes permanent adverse health consequences

08/11/2016 09:38 PM EDT

Rabbit Creek Products of Louisburg, KS is recalling certain flavors of Bread mixes, Muffin mixes and Brownie mixes under the Rabbit Creek Products and other Private label brand names due to the potential presence of Escherichia coli O:121 (E. coli O:121). People usually get sick from E. coli O: 121, also referred to as STEC O:121, 2-8 days (average of 3-4 days) after swallowing the bacteria. Most people develop diarrhea (often bloody) and abdominal cramps.

08/12/2016 11:51 AM EDT

Ton Shen Health of Chicago, IL, is recalling its “DHZC-2” Tablets because they have the potential to be contaminated with elevated levels of lead, a naturally occurring element which can affect multiple body system and particularly harmful to young children. Lead poisoning can happen if a person is exposed to high levels of lead over short period of time.

08/10/2016 12:35 PM EDT

Country Home has initiated a voluntary recall of Gourmet Chocolate Chunk Salted Caramel Cookies sold at ShopRite stores in its Fresh Bake department. These cookies were sold in 12- and 24-count containers and may also be part of the 12- and 24-count variety packages of cookies.

 

Sam Kane Beef Processors, LLC Recalls Ground Beef Products Due To Possible Foreign Material ContaminationSam Kane Beef Processors, LLC, a Corpus Christi, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 60,350 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with foreign materials, specifically metal.

08/08/2016 09:36 PM EDT

PharmaTech, LLC of Davie, FL, is voluntarily recalling all liquid products from October 20, 2015 through July 15, 2016 as a precautionary measure due to a potential risk of product contamination with Burkholderia cepacia.If a product contains B. cepacia, its use could result in infections in patients with compromised immune systems and in patients with chronic lung conditions such as cystic fibrosis. Some of these infections may be serious or even life-threatening in the at risk patient population

Updated information is now available. A list of retail consignees has been posted for recall ConAgra Foods Recalls Frozen Chicken and Beef Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination: 056-2016 (Jul 6, 2016) and 056-2016 EXP (Jul 15, 2016).

08/08/2016 06:52 AM EDT

Gel Spice, Inc. is expanding its recall of ground turmeric powder to include additional brands because of elevated lead levels. Lead can accumulate in the body over time. Too much can cause health problems, including delayed mental and physical development and learning deficiencies. Pregnant women, infants and young children especially should avoid exposure to lead.

08/04/2016 04:44 PM EDT

JM Exotic Foods, Inc. is recalling ground turmeric because samples from our supplier were found to contain elevated levels of lead. This product was solely distributed to a farmer’s market in Doraville, GA from May until August 2016.

08/05/2016 11:37 AM EDT

Lake Forest, IL – Hospira, Inc., a Pfizer company, is voluntarily recalling one lot of 0.25% Bupivacaine Hydrochloride Injection, USP (NDC: 0409-1159-02, Lot 59-064- DK, Expiry 1NOV2017) at the hospital/retail level due to the presence of particulate matter within a single vial. The issue was identified through a confirmed complaint

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On this day …


USflag1894 – The Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. The provision within for a graduated income tax was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
1939 – Nazi Germany demanded the Polish corridor and Danzig.

1962 – Mariner 2 was launched by the United States. In December of the same year the spacecraft flew past Venus. It was the first space probe to reach the vicinity of another planet.
1984 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the first citizen to go into space would be a teacher. The teacher that was eventually chosen was Christa McAuliffe. She died in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.

1985 – The Space Shuttle Discovery left for a seven-day mission in which three satellites were launched and another was repaired and redeployed.

1990 – The U.S. State Department ordered the expulsion of 36 Iraqi diplomats.

1991 – The Soviet republic of Moldavia declared its independence.
1996 – California Governor Pete Wilson signed an order that would halt state benefits to illegal immigrants.

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Under Police Surveillance … demand that it stop


Because I am standing up for Black lives, I am now under police surveillance.

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Demand the FCC take up Color Of Change’s complaint and stop police use of Stingrays.

TAKE ACTION

My name is April, and I am a Core Organizer with Black Lives Matter DC. And because I am standing up for Black lives, I am now under police surveillance.

Stand with me and demand the FCC stop police use of Stingray surveillance!

A few hours after sending emails about being under police surveillance, I was targeted by an officer at the 7-11 near my house. I made sure to avoid him while in the store but when I left he was waiting for me, standing right outside the door. As I turned to walk to my car he yelled sarcastically, “Have a good evening Ms. Goggans” and then began to hostilely bully, threaten and harass me.

Knowing law enforcement is watching you is not thrilling or full of action like many well-known movies. It is omnipresent. It dictates how you move in the world, it makes you second-guess your associates, friends, co-workers and people you walk by on the street. Nothing is the same after you are sure “they” are watching you. There have been times I haven’t answered the door, my phone or gone to certain events because of the emotional labor and mental alertness it would take to be out in the world, even if only briefly.

This is the power of the military-grade surveillance tool that police across the country are using and have used against me – the Stingray. These devices can monitor everything you do on your phone or be used to block your cell service. These Stingrays are being deployed daily by police to vacuum up the personal data of entire neighborhoods.

Stand with me and demand the FCC stop police use of Stingray surveillance!

The first time I saw “the truck” was in early spring. I was representing BLM while participating in an action with a local organization a few blocks from my home. A group of wealthy developers had purchased tickets for the “gentrification bus” to ride through predominantly Black, working class neighborhoods to scope out property to buy and develop there. We blocked the bus until it had to literally back out of our neighborhood. It was an exhilarating win until it disappeared down the street.Before we could react, a dozen police units rushed into the area, jumped out of their cars and started escalating, threatening, and antagonizing us. Then we saw “the truck.” We didn’t know what it was but knew we hadn’t seen it at any protest before.

We had been livestreaming the entire event on Facebook, documenting the police as they started pushing people, even throwing a mother and son on top of cars. But as soon as “the truck” showed up my phone kept losing the cell signal and our livestream cut out. I felt the hair on my arms stand up, I knew that “the truck” had something to do with it – it was carrying a Stingray. I immediately thought about all of the personal information they could access from my phone. And not just mine – but my daughters, my parents, and friends that I love dearly. I was sick with worry. Would they use that information to hurt them? I had no answer and no way to find out. I felt violated, unprotected, alone, like the perfect target.

This was the first time we caught police using Stingrays to intimidate us, to shut down our ability to share what was happening with the world, and it wasn’t the last.

In late July, BLM DC joined other groups to occupy the Legislative Office of the National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) in DC. After about an hour of the occupation, “the truck” pulled up. It was parked there for the rest of the day. Before it showed up, I had been able to easily text, tweet and livestream the event. But once “the truck” parked, it was next to impossible for me to use my phone to send anything all day.

Now, every time I see “the truck” pull up to our events I have the same visceral reaction. It’s like opening a wound. Just like the first time, I felt violated, unprotected, alone. I had to remind my comrades to watch out for me as I moved throughout the day and I tried not to go anywhere alone.After the action with the gentrification bus, everyone now recognizes “the truck,” and each time, for a moment, you can see them trying to process the same fears I do.

Stingray devices and police surveillance are tools of fear, tools of intimidation. Just because we are standing up for Black lives does not give the police right to warrantlessly shut down or monitor or cell phone communications. Last week, Color Of Change filed a complaint with the FCC on police use of Stingrays, and if the FCC follows through it could end Stingray use across the country. But the FCC will only take up the complaint and take strong action against Stingrays if they hear from all of us. Don’t let police continue to spy on us and cut off our communications, demand the FCC act!

Stand with me and demand the FCC stop police use of Stingray surveillance!

Until Justice is Real,

–April – Black Lives Matter DC

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