The UK Food Standards Agency(FSA)is advising people that eating lead-shot game on a frequent basis can expose them to potentially harmful levels of lead.The FSA has advised frequent consumers of lead-shot game to eat less of this type of ...
Ariosa Diagnostics has announced the availability of Harmony prenatal test in the US and Canada through Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) and Integrated Genetics. The non-invasive test uses a directed approach to ...
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Pickled cabbage contaminated with E.coli has led to a massive food poisoning outbreak in Japan,resulting in seven deaths and 100 cases of illness in the country. The pickled cabbage was produced by Iwai Shokuhin-a company based in ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to eat cantaloupes from Burch Equipment, a firm based in North Carolina, as they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono). This warning comes after Burch ...
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Women everywhere are discovering a miraculous secret weapon that supports them in all the right places. Hold Your Haunches is an innovative line of pants for women that compress, tighten and create the appearance of being up to 10 pounds ...
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Reichel Foods, an establishment based in Rochester, Minnesota, is recalling 15,880 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products as they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to US Department of Agriculture's Food ...
Don't 1: At the proposal meeting, the groom's family will present the bride with an alive goose. The bride's family should not kill the goose and eat it because the goose represents the groom. If the goose is quiet when it is turned over ...
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Four Seasons Diary,a US-based food manufacturer,has announced the recall of its herring product over Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The company issued a voluntary recall of its Fillet Atlantic Recipe in Oil after Listeria was ...
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Isabella Oliver Ltd, home to the UK's largest and leading premium maternity brand, Isabella Oliver, and the newly rebranded Baukjen womenswear collection, reported their September sales were up 75% year-on-year with sales of £1.5 ...
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There's been a lot of buzz lately about the safety of energy drinks and shots. Following reports of harmful reactions and even deaths possibly associated with the products, two U.S. senators recently released a letter from the FDA stating ...
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In Achang villages, after dusk, young men and women meet to sing. This is the time to get to know possible partners and perhaps to fall in love. These song gatherings sometimes last until dawn. Once a courtship is formalized, it is normal ...
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The FDA has approved Stiefel's new drug application (NDA) for Fabior (tazarotene) foam, 0.1%, to treat acne vulgaris in patients 12 years of age and older. North America Dermatology vice president Jean-Christophe May said, "Stiefel is ...
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Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is rising sharply and a new study suggests that a contributing cause may be that the vaccine now used loses effectiveness over time. Which means it may be time for you to get a booster. The old ...
Ariosa Diagnostics will present its non-invasive prenatal test's clinical data at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting being held in San Francisco, California, US, from 6 - 11 November 2012. The non-invasive test, ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted to review Ferring Pharmaceuticals' new drug application (NDA) of controlled release misoprostol vaginal insert (MVI) for decreasing time to vaginal delivery in women with an unfavorable ...