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2010-03-16 Ontario listeria deaths unrelated to Siena recall - The Globe and Mail

Ontario listeria deaths unrelated to Siena recall

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has taken steps to address all 57 of the recommendations in Ms. Weatherill and rsquo;s report. But the agency is still the hiring and training stages of adding 70 new inspectors to its roster in response to Ms. Weatherill and rsquo;s report; a detailed audit of food inspectors has yet to get under way. The head of the union to which the agency and rsquo;s food inspectors belong says little has changed to make a repeat of the previous listeriosis crisis any less likely.

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Lab tests reveal five recent Ontario deaths were caused by different strain of bacteria - Siena foods standards agency cfia health officials products

2010-03-14 West Seattle Blog and raquo; Final day for White Center Food Bank pet-food drive

Pet-food drive that wraps up today. Foods been collected at Hotwire and two Burien locations for the past few weeks and today you can drop off donations at WCFB (which serves part of West Seattle too) until 4 pm, 10829 8th SW (

WSB sponsor) in The Junction, we got that photo of some of the pet food dropped off there for the

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2010-03-13 Justice Department and USDA hold first meeting about competition in food sector Daily Dish Los Angeles Times

Let the food fight begin: More than 700 farmers, agribusiness executives and government officials gathered at the Des Moines Area Community College on Friday morning to discuss the issues that have emerged in the food sector because of consolidation of the industry.

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Let the food fight begin: More than 700 farmers, agribusiness executives and government officials gathered at the Des Moines Area Community College on Friday morning to discuss the issues that have emerged in the food sector because of consolidation of.

2010-03-09 Shaws supermarket workers go on strike - Daily Business Update - The Boston Globe

A spokesman for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 791 says Shaws offer included increases in health care contributions and "substandard" wage increases that would result in a net loss of money for members over the term of the contract.

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2010-03-08 PHOTO: The chicken that crossed the road. road, chicken, photo - News - Jacksonville Illinois News and Information Jacksonville Journal Courier

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2010-03-07 Foods Recalled For Salmonella Contamination

The best way to avoid Salmonella is to thoroughly cook your foods before eating and wash your hands after handling food items such as raw eggs and raw meats including poultry.

A large number of processed foods made with a basic food flavoring additive has been recalled due to contamination with Salmonella.

The basic food flavoring is a hydrolyzed vegetable protein, and it and rsquo;s commonly added to many foods such as chip dip, soup mixes, pre-packed meal products and more.

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A large number of processed foods made with a basic food flavoring additive has been recalled due to contamination with Salmonella. The basic food flavoring is a hydrolyzed vegetable protein, and it and rsquo;s commonly added to many foods such as - Breaking news top news current news headline news top news stories todays news todays news news online

2010-03-04 Study: Food-borne illnesses cost Florida usd. 10 billion annually

The takeaway message from the report is that this estimate demonstrates that food-borne illness is a serious burden to our society," said Sandra Eskin, director of Pews food safety campaign. The group is a member of the Make Our Food Safe coalition, which includes other public health and consumer

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. , called the costs "shockingly high" and said the United States needs to reduce the risk of these preventable illnesses. She suggested that the federal government reduce the number of agencies overseeing food safety from 15 to one. In particular, she said there needs to be a separation between food safety and oversight of drugs.

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In the United States, food-borne illnesses such as e-coli and salmonella cost usd. 152 billion a year much higher than the usd. 35 billion reported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1997, according.

2010-03-03 The Hindu : Health / Fitness : Salt reduction in processed foods could save lives

Nutritional food packets in ready-to-eat form were among the various exhibits displayed at an processed food exhibition. File Photo: M. A. Sriram

According to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, the U. S. food service industry should make a voluntary effort to reduce salt.

A new study has found that reducing salt in processed foods could prevent strokes and heart attacks and also save billions of dollars in medical costs.

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2010-03-02 Rebels Ban WFP Aid to Its Territory in Somalia East Africa English

In an interview Monday with VOA, U. S. Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger, who also acts as the top regional U. S. official on Somalia, accused al-Shabab of being the one playing politics with the peoples humanitarian needs, pointing in part to the groups earlier banning of U. S. -marked food aid in its territory.

The al-Shabab Somali rebels have announced a ban on World Food Program operations, which were already suspended in rebel-controlled territory earlier this year due to "unacceptable" demands from the Islamist militants. A senior U. S. official says that al-Shabab, not the U. S. , is the one "politicizing" aid to the country.

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The rebel group says WFP assistance meals destroy livelihood of local farmers and accuses the aid organization of covert political motives - Somalia Ranneberger al-Shabab WFP politicizing rebels humanitarian coordinator aid agencies Islamists food deliveries

2010-02-28 Some scientists defend tsunami warnings - NewsTimes

Workers try to retrieve plastic containers at a fish market flooded with seawater in Kesennuma, northern Japan on . Japan, fearing the tsunami could gain force as it moved closer, put all of its eastern coastline on tsunami alert Sunday and ordered hundreds of thousands of residents in low-lying areas to seek higher ground as waves generated by the Chilean earthquake raced across the Pacific at hundreds of miles (kilometers) per hour. Photo: Anonymous / AP2010

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Oceanographers issued a bulletin telling Hawaii and other Pacific islands that a killer wave was heading their way with terrifying force and that "urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property. " Scientists acknowledged they overstated the threat but many defended their actions, saying they took the proper steps and learned the lessons of the 2004 Indonesian tsunami that