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Updated information is now available. A list of retail consignees has been posted for recall 024-2015, Ohio Firm Recalls Salami Products Due To Possible Temperature Abuse (Jan 30, 2015).
02/13/2015 05:31 PM EST
Hanbit Enterprises, Inc. dba Jack and the Beanstalk is recalling Soybean Sprouts in 1lb, 1.5lb, 10 lb, and Natto plastic bags distributed up to and including February 12, 2015 with Best if Used by dates up to February 19, 2015, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer long-­‐term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
02/13/2015 05:51 PM EST
Medtronic announced today that a previously communicated global voluntary recall to address an issue with certain lots of its Trellis-6 and Trellis-8 peripheral infusion systems has now been classified as a Class 1 Recall by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Customers were previously notified by Covidien of the recall on December 15, 2014
02/13/2015 11:15 PM EST
ATM International USA, Inc., a Torrance, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,999 pounds of boneless beef products that were not presented at the U.S. point of entry for inspection.
02/12/2015 07:35 PM EST
Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets, Inc., a Lakewood, Colorado-based natural grocery chain, is recalling two lots of Natural Grocers brand Organic Garlic Powder as the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Consumption of products containing Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
02/13/2015 05:51 PM EST
Medtronic announced today that a previously communicated global voluntary recall to address an issue with certain lots of its Trellis-6 and Trellis-8 peripheral infusion systems has now been classified as a Class 1 Recall by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Customers were previously notified by Covidien of the recall on December 15, 2014
Updated information is now available. A list of retail consignees has been posted for recall 009-2015, Iowa Firm Recalls Beef Products Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens (Jan 14, 2015).
Updated information is now available. A list of retail consignees has been posted for recall 005-2015, Pennsylvania Firm Recalls Beef Products Due to Misbranding and an Undeclared Allergen (Jan 8, 2015).
 Updated information is now available. A list of retail consignees has been posted for recall 017-2015, Pennsylvania Firm Recalls Pork Products Imported Without Benefit of Inspection (Jan 21, 2015).
02/13/2015 12:41 PM EST
Moscahlades Bros Inc. of Paterson, NJ is recalling Hellas Golden Double Smoked Herring because it has the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause life­ threatening illness or death. Consumers are warned not to use the product even if it does not look or smell spoiled.
02/11/2015 04:12 PM EST
Sunfood of El Cajon, CA is recalling Organic Sacha Inchi Powder, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Staphylococcus enterotoxin. The presence of Staphylococcus enterotoxins may be injurious to health and may result in staphylococcal food poisoning.
02/11/2015 03:25 PM EST
Pet International of Miami, Florida is recalling 1500 units of 6” Beef Trachea Pet Treat because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella can affect animals (i.e. dogs) eating the products and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the products or any surfaces exposed to these products.
02/11/2015 04:42 PM EST
Tuffy’s Pet Foods, Inc. of Perham, MN is voluntarily recalling specific lots of 4 lb. bags of Nutrisca Chicken and Chick Pea Recipe Dry Dog Food because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Tuffy’s manufactured the product for Nutrisca.
. Updated information is now available. A list of retail consignees has been posted for recall 003-2015, Pennsylvania Firm Recalls Chili Product Due To Misbranding and an Undeclared Allergen (Jan 7, 2015).
  Updated information is now available. A list of retail consignees has been posted for recall 023-2015, California Firm Recalls Chicken Stew Products Produced Without Benefit of Import Inspection (Jan 29, 2015).
Whole Foods Markets, Inc. Recalls Products Due to Misbranding and an Undeclared Allergen
Whole Foods Markets, Inc. is recalling approximately 33,191 pounds of ready to eat products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen.
02/10/2015 07:15 PM EST
Sunrise Poultry Processors, an Alberta, Canada, establishment, is recalling approximately 2,705 pounds of poultry products that were not presented at the U.S. point of entry for inspection.
02/06/2015 09:17 PM EST
Korean Food Co. of Irving Texas is recalling 8 boxes of (20 bag in each box) Go-Hang Soybean sprouts in 1 lb. and 2 lb. bags distributed Jan 30, 2015 – Feb 6, 2015 because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

Korean Food Co. Recalls Soybean Sprout Because of Possible Health Risk

02/06/2015 09:17 PM EST Korean Food Co. of Irving Texas is recalling 8 boxes of (20 bag in each box) Go-Hang Soybean sprouts in 1 lb. and 2 lb. bags distributed Jan 30, 2015 – Feb 6, 2015 because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
02/07/2015 08:20 PM EST See’s Company of San Francisco is recalling all 8 oz Classic Red Hearts with Assorted Chocolates with bar code 737666091201 and stamped date L.A.N. 048/15 because it contains undeclared tree nuts. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to tree nuts (e.g.: almonds, walnuts, pecans, coconut) run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.
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Why would we care about Fashion?


RanThis week, we’ve got a huge opportunity to help end deforestation and human rights abuses for fabric production, and we need your help.

This week is Fashion Week in New York, a time where the biggest luxury designers in the world come together to show off their new collections. It’s a big deal in the fashion world, and that makes it a key moment for our Out of Fashion Campaign. We need to make absolutely sure that part of the discussion and buzz around Fashion Week this year is not just about who’s wearing or showing what, but about how to avoid the devastating impacts that the production of rayon and other fabrics and clothing produced from wood fiber in the form of dissolving pulp is having on forests and communities in places like Indonesia, Canada and Brazil.

The impacts of fabrics made from dissolving pulp, made by companies like Royal Golden Eagle Group’s Sateri Ltd., have gone under the radar for years. It’s time for the world’s most fashionable brands to pay attention and be leaders. Luxury fashion shouldn’t come at the price of land stolen from Indigenous Peoples and the loss of endangered forests. Demand that high fashion not only sets the trends for style, but that it also demonstrates leadership on environmental and social issues in the materials it uses.

Add your voice. Together, we can move the fashion industry forward.

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Why Big Oil, Why Not What We Love?


The US and as part of Global Divestment Day thousands of activists around the world will be calling on governments, universities, places of worship, and in some cases, their own families, to pull their investments from the fossil fuel companies that are threatening the future of life on Earth. “Divestment” is about aligning our investments with our values and challenging the political power of an industry that is threatening indigenous peoples, polluting our politics and driving us toward climate catastrophe.

Global Divestment Day was anchored on Valentine’s Day because each act of divestment is calling on political leaders to protect the places that we love.

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Fight (At All Costs) Club


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Congressional Republicans Continue To Play Politics With National Security

There are 15 days (just 5 legislative days) for Congressional Republicans to agree to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) before the agency shuts down, and things are not looking good. Senate and House Republicans have been refusing to pass legislation that will fund the department unless it also dismantles President Obama’s recent executive actions that focus immigration enforcement on felons, not families.

Like they have done in the past holding the U.S. economy hostage by refusing to raise the debt ceiling, and letting the government shutdown because they wanted to take healthcare away from millions of people, now Republicans are playing politics with our national security. Shutting down DHS would have dire consequences. The agency is home to our national security infrastructure, including the Nuclear Detection Office, the Secret Service, Border Patrol and customs officers, TSA, FEMA, and more. Not only would shutting the agency down put our national security at risk, but it would also leave more than 143,000 workers — many of whom risk their lives daily to protect our nation — without a paycheck.

Meanwhile, the president’s immigration plan that is of such concern to the GOP is in fact a big gain for the country on both the national security and economic security fronts. The order allows low-priority immigrants to come forward, pass background checks and apply for deferred action and a work permit, which means fewer people living in the shadows and beyond the rule of law. And under this plan, immigrants would be better integrated into our economy as well: working legally and paying their fair share of taxes would bring in $22.6 billion in new payroll tax revenue over the next 5 years and increase GDP by $90 to $210 billion in the next 10.

The conflict is being driven by tea party Republicans who refuse to pass a clean funding bill — but GOP leadership and other less extreme Republicans refusing to take responsibility and address this ploy deserve equal blame. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), for example, has been on both sides of the debate in just the last two days. On Tuesday, he threatened to build “coffins outside each Democratic office” if they didn’t acquiesce to the GOP’s demands and there was a successful attack during a DHS shutdown. On Wednesday, just after polling found that voters in his state favor the President’s immigration action by two-to-one, Kirk changed his tune: “As the governing party, we should govern. I would think we should just pass a regular appropriations bill under regular order.” (Sen. Kirk is up for re-election next year. Coincidence?)

Other conservatives in Congress may continue to refuse to acknowledge the benefits of the president’s actions on immigration, but a majority of Americans do, according to a Public Religion Research Institute poll released today. Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of Americans want Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform rather than overturn Obama’s policies, including 62 percent of Republicans. And more than three-quarters (76 percent) support the policies included in the president’s action on immigration, including a majority of GOP voters.

BOTTOM LINE: There is no excuse for playing politics with national security, especially at a time when our commander-in-chief is asking Congress to authorize the use of military force in the face of increased national security threats. Congressional Republicans have shown that they are willing to do just that. Now in control of both chambers of Congress, Congressional Republicans are trying to use the funding of essential government programs as leverage to deport parents and children.

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