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The list never ends – until nation gets serious about regulating food safety and funding it!

eFoodAlert

Here is today’s list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals, allergy alerts and miscellaneous compliance issues. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert.

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United States

  • Allergy Alert:Tyson Foods, Inc. (Pine Bluff, AR) recalls 67,269 pounds of packages labeled as Honey BBQ Flavored Boneless Chicken Wyngz, due to the presence of undeclared milk, soy and egg. Due to a packaging error, Buffalo style Boness Chicken Wyngz were packaged in bags meant for the Honey BBQ Flavored product. The recalled products were manufactured on Aug 7 and 8, 2012 and distributed to retail stores nationwide.
  • Food Safety Recall:Bliss Unlimited, LLC (Eugene, OR) recalls Luna & Larry’s Coconut Bliss…

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eFoodAlert

Here is today’s list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals, allergy alerts and miscellaneous compliance issues. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert.

If you would like to receive automatic email alerts for all new articles posted on eFoodAlert, please submit your request using the sidebar link.

United States

  • Food Safety Recall:The Kellogg Company recalls Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size Original Cereal (18-oz carton with UPC 3800331829, or 3800073444, 24-oz carton with UPC 3800031834, 30-oz carton with UPC 3800046954; Best before APR 01 2013 KB – SEP 21 2013 KB), Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size Original Cereal (70-0z club store carton; UPC 3800031921; Best before APR 01 2013 KB – JUL 29 2013 KB), Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size Original Cereal (single-serve bowl; UPC 3800004961; Best before 04013 KB – 09213 KB), Kellogg’s…

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CFIA has suspended operations at XL’s Brooks facility. The recalls have been issued. But the damage already has been done. Beef from the plant was distributed all across Canada, and was exported to the USA and to Hong Kong. USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Agency issued a Public Health Alert four days after the first XL-announced recall, and updated that alert a couple of times, but has NOT provided consumers with any information – beyond a list of affected retailers – on the list of products that were distributed in the USA.

On October 5th, FSIS updated its Public Health Alert to indicated that approximately 1.1 million pounds of trim and approximately 1.4 million pounds of primal and sub-primal cuts of beef from XL Foods were received by US firms. Two and a half million pounds – that’s 1,250 tons – of beef that is “floating around” in the US, with no information provided to consumers as to what meat to avoid.

eFoodAlert

Almost daily, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) releases another update to the list of recalled beef products that originated from XL Foods’ Brooks (Alberta) establishment. The agency has posted a complete list of recalled products, sorted by retailer.

Today, the Public Health Agency of Canada reported that the number of confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to consumption of products from XL Foods has increased to ten people in three provinces: Alberta (7 illnesses), Newfoundland and Labrador (1 case) and Quebec (2 cases). In addition, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health is investigating 13 cases of E. coli in that province – all reported in September – to determine whether or not they are linked to the recalled meat. Saskatchewan ordinarily experiences from zero to four cases of E. coli illnesses during the month of September.

CFIA has suspended operations at XL’s Brooks facility. The recalls have…

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The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey advance order – Just World Books Webstore

We hope to start shipping copies of The Gaza Kitchen in mid-November 2012. Order your copyies now!The Gaza Kitchen is a richly illustrated cookbook that explores the distinctive cuisine and food heritage of the area known prior to 1948 as the Gaza District—and that of the many refugees from elsewhere in Palestine who came to Gaza in 1948 and have been forced to stay there ever since. In summer 2010, authors Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt traveled the length and breadth of the Gaza Strip to collect the recipes presented in the book. They were also able to build on the extensive knowledge that Laila, herself a Palestinian from Gaza, had gained from family and friends throughout the years.

via The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey advance order – Just World Books Webstore.

Afghan Womens Writing Project | Little Flowers

Afghan Womens Writing Project | Little Flowers.

We are little flowers,
don’t let us die,
we are fragile.
If you throw stones our
stems will break.
Don’t hit us, we are
precious in your life.

We are little flowers that can make your
garden beautiful.
We need shade,
love, care. Our dreams can make your life
sweet. We are strong, don’t force us to be
weak and die in the wind.

If you don’t make us cry, we will
make you smile.
Our colors and scents will
turn our land beautiful.
We are Afghan women, the
hope of our country!

Don’t sell us.
Don’t kill us.

By Shogofa

Little Afghan Flowers

Keen observations that apply to all such competitions…

A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares

I’m sure we can somehow twist this into a Guinness record. If not, then let’s get triplets next year.

Miss Lebanon (Rina) and the 1st runner up (Romy) are twin sisters. While I haven’t watched the show in its entirety and cannot judge content (i.e. how they answered those nonsense questions), I can judge based on appearances. And let me tell you, that Rina Chibany is more than a good choice as far as looks go.

I had made some assumptions about how the pageant would turn out (click here). I’m not sure how correct they are but according to what I’ve read, the pageant was not drama free.

One of the girls, Marianne Bechara, withdrew halfway through the competition due to rumors that she had bought her way to the title. Apparently her father dragged her out of there.

Observations:

  • Ziad Baroud was a member of the…

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Why The New Coronavirus Unnerves Public Health: Remembering SARS | Wired Science | Wired.com

The concern underlying these developments is that exposure to the new virus seems to have occurred only or primarily in Saudi Arabia, which houses Mecca, the physical heart of Islam — and which, next month, will be the center of the worldwide annual pilgrimage known as the Hajj. The Hajj brings more than 2 million people to the country, in extraordinarily crowded conditions, and when those pilgrims leave, they disperse all over the world.

via Why The New Coronavirus Unnerves Public Health: Remembering SARS | Wired Science | Wired.com.