Officials in Mexico are monitoring the U.S. investigation into a Salmonella outbreak associated with onions from the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak stretches across 37 states and has sickened 808 people, as of an Oct. 29 update from the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention. Several recalls of onions from Mexico have…
The European Commission has released a number of reports which mention food safety in countries wanting to become members of the European Union. The documents cover many areas and look at progress in the past year made by the Western Balkans and Turkey. There were pesticide residue problems in Turkey, continued high aflatoxin in milk…
Adopting a child, for many, is the final piece of the puzzle, completing your family unit. Becoming an adoptive parent comes with the same highs and lows of biological parenting – sleepless nights, unconditional love, stress, lifelong memories. But adoptive parents do need to cover a bit more paperwork – understanding their rights, working out…
Frantically googling “shredded chicken recipes”? Either you’ve got some leftover rotisserie in the fridge that needs using up, or you’ve just got a craving for poultry with a very specific texture. Either way, you’ve come to the right place.Shredded chicken is really like the tofu of the…chicken world. Sounds ridiculous, but you kind of get…
Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods is voluntarily recalling certain salad products over pieces of plastic found in products during production. Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods production team, while preparing these items for their retailers, found pieces of brown hard plastic, which could be a choking hazard, in a supplier ingredient. Recalled products: UPC Item Recalled Net Weight Package Sell-By…
The Food and Drug Administration is currently investigating four foodborne illness outbreaks. Traceback work is underway in three of the outbreaks. On-site inspections and sample testing has been initiated in all four outbreaks according to information reported Wednesday by the FDA. The table below shows ongoing outbreak investigations being managed by FDA’s CORE Response Teams. The…
The Food and Drug Administration has released a partial list of retail establishments that may have sold onions from Mexico that have been implicated in an ongoing outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg. However, the list may not be accurate, according to the agency. “This list represents the best information currently available to the FDA; however, it…
A sure-fire way to create a kerfuffle in the courtroom is to fire or change out attorneys. Amos Miller knows this because he did it previously when USDA took him to federal court to get food safety regulations enforced. Joseph A. Macaluso of Morristown, PA, and Jeremy W. Mckey of Dallas, were Miller’s attorneys during…
Planks also help you build endurance, since you try to hold the move for a certain amount of time. It’s important to note, however, that holding a plank for longer is not necessarily “better.” If you’re doing a plank correctly, even a relatively short amount of time—say, 20 seconds—is going to feel challenging. It’s best…
After your initial evaluation, you can choose one of Tonal’s specific strength training programs, which typically last for four weeks and range from three to six workouts per week. For instance, I used the Stronger Every Day program with Coach Natalie, which is designed to help you increase your strength by about 1% with each…