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FDA/USDA ~~ Alerts & Safety March 2015


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03/18/2015 04:28 PM EDT
Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets, Inc., a Lakewood, Colorado based natural grocery chain, is expanding their recall of Natural Grocers brand Organic Garlic Powder to all lots 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.
03/18/2015 05:20 PM EDT
First Source, LLC of Buffalo, New York is voluntarily recalling 3,276 plastic tubs (6 oz.) of Wegmans Organic Walnut Halves & Pieces because the product may 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.
03/18/2015 10:43 AM EDT
Kraft Foods Group is voluntarily recalling approximately 242,000 cases of select code dates and manufacturing codes of the Original flavor of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner – due to the possibility that some boxes may contain small pieces of metal. The recalled product is limited to the 7.25-oz. size of the Original flavor of boxed dinner with the “Best When Used By” dates of September 18, 2015 through October 11, 2015, with the code “C2” directly below the date on each individual box
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03/17/2015 07:16 PM EDT
According to the CDC and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, five patients who were treated in a single hospital in Kansas were infected with one of four rare strains of Listeria monocytogenes. Three of these strains, which are highly similar, have also been found in products manufactured at the Blue Bell Creameries production facility in Brenham, Texas.
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Recall Notification Report 047-2015 (Buffalo Jerky)  Alewel’s Country Meats, a Warrensburg, Mo. establishment, is recalling approximately 134 pounds of beef products due to misbranding

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03/17/2015 01:06 PM EDT
Trader Joe’s Company is recalling Raw Walnuts because these products 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.
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03/16/2015 08:50 PM EDT
Frontier Co-op is voluntarily recalling several of its products manufactured with organic garlic powder that were sold under its Frontier and Simply Organic brands, and one product sold under the Whole Foods Market brand due to potential Salmonella contamination. To date, no illnesses have been associated with these products.
Grand Papa’s Inc. Recalls Fried Pork Skin Products Produced Without Benefit of Inspection
Grand Papa’s Inc., a Detroit, Mich. establishment, is recalling approximately 644 pounds of fried pork skin products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection.
03/14/2015 06:15 PM EDT
Bear Creek Smokehouse, a Marshall, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 3,700 pounds of beef products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen.
03/14/2015 05:15 PM EDT
Gourmet Kitchen, Inc., a Neptune, N.J. establishment, is recalling approximately 16,722 pounds of various beef and chicken products due to adulteration, misbranding and an undeclared allergen.
03/13/2015 10:45 PM EDT
Grand Papa’s Inc., a Detroit, Mich. establishment, is recalling approximately 644 pounds of fried pork skin products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection.
03/11/2015 04:37 PM EDT
Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), announced today it is initiating a voluntary recall of one lot of Lactated Ringer’s Irrigation, 3000mL (NDC 0409-7828-08, Lot 40-008-JT; Expiry 1APR2016) to the user level (both human and veterinary) due to a confirmed customer report of several dark, fibrous particulates floating within the solution of the primary container. The particulate was confirmed as a common non-toxic, non-invasive mold, Aspergillus kanagawaensis.
 L & L Foods Recalls Bacon Bits Due To Misbranding And An Undeclared Allergen
L & L Foods, a Wilmington, Ohio, establishment is recalling approximately 30,665 pounds of bacon bits due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen.
03/07/2015 12:15 AM EST
Rio Tex Wholesale Meats, a Mercedes, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 58,180 pounds of ready-to-eat beef products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
03/06/2015 09:45 AM EST
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is approving the first biosimilar, opening the way for more treatment options in the future.
 What are biosimilars? How will they affect your health?
03/05/2015 09:15 PM EST
Premier Distribution Center, Inc. a Nogales, Ariz. establishment, is recalling approximately 50,953 pounds of pork and beef products due to misbranding.

Oscar’s Hickory House Recalls Beef Jerky Product Due To Processing Deviation

03/01/2015 11:15 AM EST Oscar’s Hickory House Inc., a Warrensburg, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 32 pounds of beef jerky product due to a processing deviation.
 Updated information is now available. A list of retail consignees has been posted for recall 031-2015, California Firm Recalls Beef Products Produced Without Benefit of Import Inspection (February 13, 2015).

Bavarian Meats Recalls Brand Loaf Products Due to Misbranding and an Undeclared Allergen Bavarian Meats, a Seattle, Wash. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,400 pounds of Bavarian Brand Loaf products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen (soy).

#DearMe: Give advice to your younger self on YouTube


In honor of International Women’s Day, YouTube’s inviting you (and everyone you know) to share your fears, inspirations and hard-won wisdom in a video letter to your younger self. It all starts with two words:  #DearMe.

Jessica Radloff: “Diana Ross Sings “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”


Life-Saving Advice The NRA Doesn’t Want Parents To Know


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There is a public health crisis in America that doctors are not talking about. And not for lack of words. They are being gagged to say nothing. There is legislation in Florida and several other states that actually bans pediatricians from talking about basic gun safety with parents!

1.7 Million children in America live with an unlocked and loaded gun in their home. Every year, 140 children die because of accidental shootings.

Enough is enough.

The National Rifle Association and the gun companies will stop at nothing to make a profit off of the lives of our loved ones.

Help us expose the real NRA and the gun companies who finance them.

Share this video with the parent of a child you love. Help us work toward a world where gun safety is celebrated, not silenced in the name of profit. 

Thanks for all you do,

Robert Greenwald, President
Brave New Films

Zach Silk, Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility ~ Thank Lt. Gov. Brad Owen


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Lt. Governor Brad Owen announced that visitors will no longer be able to openly carry firearms in the gallery of the state Senate.

This action was taken after demonstrators brandished firearms in the House gallery on Thursday. While backpacks and umbrellas have been banned from the galleries for years, the open carry of firearms has been allowed- intimidating members and staff as they work on the floor below.

Now, Lt Governor Brad Owen has called for that threatening behavior to stop.

Click here to send a message to Lt. Governor Owen thanking him for his courageous action to prohibit using firearms to intimidate in the Washington State Senate gallery.

Washington State is one of only three states in the country that allows guns within the capitol building. Preventing people from using firearms to intimidate will create a safer working environment for legislators and citizens in Olympia.

Tell Lt. Governor Owen you are thankful for his action by sending him a thank you note here.

Thank you for your ongoing support of this movement.   With your help we will continue to fight for a safer Washington.

Zach Silk
Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility

 

 

SAY THANK YOU TO LT. GOV. OWEN