Spanaway based Kkot Saem Sprouts has recalled Soybean Sprouts and Mungbean Sprouts due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. The recalled products were distributed under brand names ...
Tags: soybean sprouts, Winter Blossom, Agriculture
New EU food labelling laws have been introduced in the UK, requiring restaurants and takeaway outlets to tell customers if any of the main 14 food allergen ingredients are in the food served by the food outlet. The EU Food Information for ...
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Northern Ireland is planning to introduce Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol, in order to reduce the harmful effects caused by alcohol consumption. The move is based on a research conducted by the University of Sheffield, and ...
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Auto supplier Takata has told US lawmakers that it is yet to identify the cause behind the explosion of its air bags, but refused to extend the recalls to all the 50 states of the US. The Japanese company suspects high humidity to be the ...
Recently, Mr. Zhongyu Shi was driving a brand new Volvo Trucks FM460, one of the vehicles in the Anhui Liu An Logistics fleet, down the Outer Ring of Qipu Road in Shanghai at nearly 100 km/hour, with a total weight of 55 tons of the truck ...
Tags: Safe Transportation, Trucks Dynamic Steering System, Transportation
Need a recipe for the perfect Thanksgiving meal? Start your holiday meal off right with an ounce of fire prevention and add a pound of food safety. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded funding to eight organizations throughout the United States to protect public health by reducing exposure to indoor pollutants, such as radon, and environmental asthma triggers ...
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Vape A Vet is a project that has been receiving quite a lot of support from various organizations in the electronic cigarette community such as the American Vaping Association. The project aims to help the veterans as well as their families ...
I am writing to you on behalf of the European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare), an alliance of 57 public health organisations from 25 European countries working on the prevention and reduction of alcohol related harm. Improving road ...
Tags: road safety, alcohol sponsorship of Formula One, Agriculture
Recent disappointing results for ventricular assist device companies are raising questions over adoption of the technology—which is meant to assist patients’ weakened hearts with pumping blood. HeartMate II, as shown on ...
German hygiene laws are tough. That keeps manufacturers of hospital equipment vigilant about reducing the possibility of contamination for their products. While the German government assumes around 400,000 to 600,000 illnesses and ...
Fall is a good time of year to think about fire and carbon monoxide safety in your home. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urges consumers to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms this weekend. ...
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Today, the law firm of Baron and Budd, together with co-counsel Labaton Sucharow LLP and Podhurst Orseck P.A., filed the nation’s first lawsuit regarding the recent recall of Takata-brand air bags that were placed in nearly eight ...
Tags: Air Bag, Auto Parts
Electronic cigarettes are devices worth trying in the fight against tobacco smoking. Smoking tobacco cigarette is the foremost preventable cause of death in the US and is accountable for about 500,000 deaths every year. Habit Hard To Give ...
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