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05/02/2013 02:09 PM EDT
May 1, 2013 – American Lifestyle is announcing that it is conducting a voluntary recall of all lots of Vicerex UPC 893490820087 and Black Ant UPC 4026666142546. Laboratory analysis conducted by the FDA has determined the Vicerex product contains undeclared tadalafil and the Black Ant product contains undeclared sildenafil.
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04/30/2013 08:18 PM EDT
CARSON’S DELI & BAKERY of Lockport, NY is recalling 200 packages of ASSORTED COOKIE PACK, UPC 7 53182 15240 0, and FUDGE BROWNIE COOKIES, UPC 7 53182 15240 0 because they contain undeclared allergens. Carson’s Assorted Cookie Pack contains undeclared walnuts, wheat flour, milk and peanut butter.
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04/30/2013 08:16 PM EDT
Prime Food USA, 50st & 1st Ave Building # 57, Brooklyn NY 11232, is recalling Latis Brand Herring Fillet “Antalja” in Oil and Latis Brand Herring Fillet in Oil with Spices due to contamination with listeria monocytogenes. Listeria can cause serious complications for pregnant women, such as stillbirth.
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04/30/2013 12:27 PM EDT
Krinos Foods, LLC. of Long Island City, New York is voluntarily recalling its TAHINI sesame paste, 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. 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.
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Help us air our new TV ad in Montana!


 

Thanks for taking action.

 

Sen. Max Baucus is home in Montana this week.

 

Let’s make sure he sees this ad featuring Claire — a grandmother, hunter, and gun owner — who wants Baucus to stand with the 79% of Montanans who support background checks.

 

Can you donate $3 (or more) to air this ad across Montana?

 

Donate below or by mail.

 

You can also donate to the PCCC Strategic Fund to support our big-picture campaign finance reform work — to reduce the influence of gun manufacturers and other corporations

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Pres. Obama Nominates Transportation Secretary


Pres. Obama Nominates Transportation Secretary

President Obama makes a personnel announcement from the White House to present his nominee to replace Ray LaHood as Transportation Secretary.

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Not funny

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

 
23 of the nation’s leading cartoonists have something to say about gun violence — and it isn’t funny.
Watch this amazing short film and share it with your friends and family.

 

Watch and share a message from 20 cartoonists on gun violence.

In the wake of the tragic mass shooting in Newtown, these artists came together and created some beautiful images to express their outrage and heartbreak at the senseless loss of innocent lives.
And after the shameful vote in the U.S. Senate, their message is more timely than ever.
Watch this powerful video and share it with your friends and family today:
http://www.demandaction.org/cartoonists/
Thank you for making your voice heard and supporting the gun violence prevention movement.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
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BREAKING NEWS: Bugs in your food


Policy and Action from Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports finds superbugs in turkeyOur new study found more evidence that raising food animals on antibiotics can impact the effectiveness of our life-saving drugs. If you want antibiotics to work when you need them, tell Congress to stop the mass feeding of drugs to animals.

Take action

Consumer Reports’ latest investigation confirms that all those antibiotics being fed to our food animals do matter.

Released today, our study found meat from conventionally raised turkeys – which can be routinely fed antibiotics –had bacteria resistant to more drugs than birds raised without antibiotics. Since one way superbugs can spread to people is through raw meat, it’s crucial you know these findings.

It’s important to cook turkey thoroughly, and we have tips to help you avoid antibiotic-raised meat. But just avoiding the problem isn’t the solution. Industrial food producers must stop playing this dangerous game with our life-saving drugs – and a bill has been introduced to do just that!

Email Congress to stop mass feeding of antibiotics to food animals, and check out our new investigation and tips.

Eighty percent of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used by beef, pork and poultry producers so healthy animals can plump up faster and tolerate crowded, unsanitary conditions. This daily use of antibiotics kills off those bacteria vulnerable to drugs, leaving immune ‘superbugs’ to flourish and spread to animals, the environment, and eventually, us.

We’re tackling this problem from every angle. Consumer Reports is testing food for these bacteria, and making sure labels mean what they say so you can shop smart. We’re backing a bill in Congress to end the routine use of antibiotics on food animals. It would preserve our antibiotics by phasing out mass-feeding of drugs to food animals, restricting their use to sick animals.

And we’re on the ground asking Trader Joe’s – one of the nation’s most progressive grocers that has already demonstrated care for customers’ health on other issues – to lead the way and stop selling meat raised on drugs.

Tell Congress to save our antibiotics for when we need them. Get this bill moving.

Ask your friends and family to join you in taking action – this is a problem we can fix if we all demand action.

Sincerely, Jean Halloran, Consumers Union Policy and Action from Consumer Reports