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~ FDA/USDA ~~ Alerts & Safety June 2015 pg.2


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06/29/2015 03:12 PM EDT
Rocky Mountain Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Island Fruit and Nut Trail Mix packaged under the Free Range Snack Co. Brand and certain lots of bulk Macadamia Nuts due to possible Salmonella contamination. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems
06/25/2015 02:30 PM EDT
FDA is warning consumers about problems with mammograms at Coastal Diagnostic Center, Calif., and illegal Ebola Virus Test Kits.
06/23/2015 05:51 PM EDT
La Mexicana Food Products of Vernon, CA is recalling Spinach Dip because product labels failed to declare the food allergen, Milk, as a sub-ingredient of the listed ingredient, Sour Cream. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to Milk run the risk of a life threatening allergic reaction, anaphylaxis, that requires immediate medical attention should they consume products containing allergens.
06/23/2015 05:32 PM EDT
Good Seed Inc. of Springfield, VA is voluntarily recalling all packages of soybean sprouts and mung bean sprouts because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections to individuals 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.
06/26/2015 09:34 AM EDT

Whole Foods Market is voluntarily recalling packaged raw macadamia nuts due to possible Salmonella contamination. Salmonella is 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.

06/27/2015 03:29 PM EDT   GRAND BK CORP. of MASPETH, NEW YORK is recalling 450 CASES OF GOODIES CASHEW RAW 9OZ, because it has 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.
06/26/2015 11:15 PM EDT   OFT, Inc, a Henderson, Nev., establishment, operating asWhakyung Foods, Inc., is recallingapproximately 67,232 pounds of commercial-use beef leg bone extract and beef concentrate products produced in Australia and New Zealand that were not presented at the U.S. point of entry for inspection.
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06/26/2015 07:05 PM EDT

H-E-B, committed to the quality of its products, is issuing a voluntary recall for H-E-B brand hamburger and hotdog buns and Hill Country Fare hotdog buns due to the possible presence of foreign material that might impact the quality of the product. A terry cloth glove used for handling hot pans could have broken up in the dough, resulting in a potential choking hazard.

06/20/2015 04:15 PM EDT
Shirk’s Meat, a Dundee, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 2,478 pounds of pork and beef products that may be contaminated with Listenia monocytogenes.
06/19/2015 05:36 PM EDT
United Salad Co., the distributor of Portland, Oregon, is initiating a voluntary recall of Champ’s Sliced Crimini Mushrooms, product of Canada, because it has 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.
06/19/2015 04:33 PM EDT
Boulder Dog Food Company, L.L.C. is voluntarily recalling the Chicken Sprinkles (3 oz.) with a “Best By” date of “05/04/16”, a Lot Number of “998”, and a UPC Code of 899883001231 (the “Product”), because the Product has the potential of being contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella can affect animals eating the Product, and there is risk to humans who handle the Product, especially if the handler does not thoroughly wash his or her hands after having contact with the Product or any surfaces exposed to the Product.
 
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Parental Leave – Read. Think. Act.


Bernie Sanders supports 12 weeks of paid family leave. Add your name if you agree. The United States is the only developed nation to not offer paid parental leave.Paid parental leave has long-term health and economic benefits. Add your name to support 12 weeks of paid parental leave.

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Upcoming NMAAHC Film Screening! 6/25


NMAAHC -- National Museum of African American History and Culture

NMAAHC Public Programs

 Paris is Burning

Thursday, June 25, 2015, 7:30-9:30 PM
Doors open at 7 p.m.
Natural History Museum Baird Auditorium
10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW Washington, DC 20560
Please enter through the Constitution Avenue entrance.Free admission, but on a first come, first seated basis!

The nearest Metro station is Federal Triangle (Blue, Orange, and Silver lines). 
Paris is Burning

This iconic documentary tells the story of gay and transgender African Americans and Latinos in New York City in the mid-to-late 1980s who respond to challenges with courage and creativity. Told with community voices, this award-winning film by Jennie Livingston about drag culture and voguing tells a deeply human story about families, survival, and dignity. This year is the 25th anniversary of the film’s release in 1990.

Following this screening, there will be an onstage conversation with Smithsonian curator Katherine Ott, LGBT activist and emcee Rayceen Pendarvis, original cast member Dr. Sol Williams Pendavis, Casa Ruby founder Ruby Corado, and the audience. Volunteer support is provided by SI GLOBE, the Smithsonian’s LGBT employees group. Participate on social media with the hashtags #ParisIsBurning and #SmithsonianPride.

For questions about this event, please email NMAAHCpubpgms@si.edu

Paris is Burning is rated R; this screening will feature subtitles for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH). ASL interpretation will be provided. To request additional access services, please call (202) 633-0925 or email woodamanr@si.edu.
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The President Joins a Conversation on Poverty


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President Barack Obama participates in a discussion about poverty during the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty, at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2015. From left, moderator E. J. Dionne, Jr., Washington Post columnist and professor in Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy, Robert Putnam, professor of public policy at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government and Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Yesterday, President Obama traveled to Georgetown University to sit down with Harvard professor Robert Putnam and American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks to share his views on poverty in America. The President also outlined what we can do to ensure every American — no matter who they are, where they come from, or where they live — has access to the opportunities they deserve.

If you missed the discussion, here’s three important things that the President said.

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The GOP’s King V Burwell “Fix”


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Sen. Ron Johnson’s Bill Includes The Same Failed Conservative Proposals to Repeal The ACA

Before the end of the month, the Supreme Court will rule on King v. Burwell, a case you may have heard us talk about before. In the weeks leading up to the decision there have been many news stories about Republicans in Congress trying to come up with a way to escape political backlash if the court strips tax credits away from 6.4 million Americans. In light of their predicament, Senate Republicans have touted Sen. Ron Johnson’s health care bill as a compromise. While Johnson’s bill would extend tax credits for current enrollees through 2017, it includes many of the same tired proposals aimed at dismantling the Affordable Care Act that House Republicans have been voting on (unsuccessfully) for the last 5 years. For a detailed description of Johnson’s bill, check out CAP Action’s fact sheet. Here are the basics:

What the bill would do: Extend tax credits for existing enrollees through 2017.
Number of times the GOP has tried this: 0
This is the piece of the bill that has allowed for the whole thing to be marketed as a compromise. But the tax credit extension is limited to current enrollees—even in the state-based marketplaces that would otherwise be unaffected by the case. Preventing future enrollees from receiving premium tax credits would significantly curtail future enrollment in every state and reduce current enrollment over time, partially undoing the drop in uninsured that was made possible by the premium tax credits.

What the bill would do: Repeal the federal essential health benefits plans are required to cover.
Number of times the GOP has tried this: 1
This would increase the number of people who are underinsured, worsening access to services like maternity care that were often excluded from insurance plans before the ACA.

What the bill would do: Undermine the ACA’s consumer protections.
Number of times the GOP has tried this: 2
Some pre-existing plans that don’t meet the ACA’s standards were grandfathered in to minimize disruption for enrollees. The Johnson bill would expand this provision, creating a huge loophole for many of the law’s consumer protections, including discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions.

What the bill would do: Repeal the employer mandate.
Number of times the GOP has tried this: 3
The mandate that requires employers of 50 or more workers to provide insurance to their employees has not even gone into full effect, but that hasn’t stopped conservatives in Congress from attacking it.

What the bill would do: Repeal the Individual mandate.
Number of times the GOP has tried this: 6
Repealing the individual mandate would cause a large drop in the number of young and healthy people who enroll or stay enrolled in the future, driving up premium costs and creating a death spiral in the individual market.

While Johnson’s bill doesn’t explicitly call for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, repealing these essential pillars of the law would render it ineffective. And for the record, when you combine these votes with the 13 times House Republicans have voted to repeal or defund the entire Affordable Care Act, including these provisions, that makes 25 times that House Republicans have already voted on the Johnson bill’s failed repeal proposals. Overall, they have tried to undermine the law more than 50 times. The result of Johnson’s bill would be an increase in the uninsured rate, higher costs in the individual market, and weakened consumer protections.

BOTTOM LINE: Instead of coming up with a serious proposal to fix the chaos that could come out of a ruling against the ACA, congressional Republicans are attempting to use the chaos for their own political gain by repackaging their old, damaging proposals under the guise of compromise.