Day: October 11, 2011

Nestlé Prepared Foods Company Announces Allergy Alert and Voluntary Recall of Certain LEAN CUISINE® Dinnertime Selects™ Products

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011.  Nestlé Prepared Foods Company, a business unit of Nestlé USA, is initiating the voluntary recall of a limited quantity of LEAN CUISINE® Dinnertime Selects™ Chicken Fettuccini/UPC code 13800-14880. The affected product is marked with a production code of 1253595911G and has a “best before” date[Read More…]

Letter from Democratic Governors to Congressional Leadership on the American Jobs Act

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011.  What follows is  a letter to Congressional Leadership, signed by 16 Democratic governors, on the American Jobs Act. October 11, 2011 The Honorable Harry Reid The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader Minority Leader U.S. Senate U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable John[Read More…]

State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, October 11, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011.   Index for Today’s Briefing UKRAINE Conviction of Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko / Politically Motivated Prosecution / Concerns Made Clear EYGPT Ongoing Unrest / Deeply Concerned about Violence / Investigation / Accountability / Tragic Loss of Life / Emergency Law / Security Breakdown /[Read More…]

Four October2011 Occupation Protesters Arrested at Dirksen Senate Office Building, Oct. 11, 2011

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 11, 2011.  Today at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, members of the October2011 Movement disrupted a Senate Finance Committee Meeting on Senate Bills 1641, 1642, and 1643.  These are bills on so-called free trade agreements with Colombia, Korea, and Panama that will spell further loss of jobs for American workers.  These bills[Read More…]

Tuberculosis on the Decline for First Time Ever – UN Report

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–11 October 2011.  The United Nations health agency reportedtoday that for the first time the number of people falling ill with tuberculosis (TB) each year is declining, but warned that current progress is at risk due to under-funding. New data, published in the World Health Organization (WHO) 2011 Global Tuberculosis[Read More…]

Sierra Club Releases Clean Water Voting Record

U.S. House Anti-Clean Water Vote Expected This Week Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011.  The Sierra Club released a clean water voting record for the U.S. House of Representatives, in time for an expected floor vote this week on a bill that would block the Environmental Protection Agency from protecting communities from[Read More…]

Nidec Motor Corporation Recalls Pool Pump Motors Due to Electrical Shock Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]

NATO Successfully Rescues the Crew of MV Montecristo

BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–11 October 2011.  Earlier this afternoon, NATO successfully conducted a coordinated intervention to rescue the crew of MV Montecristo, some 200 Nautical miles south-east of the Omani coast. The 11 pirates who attacked the merchant vessel surrendered to the NATO boarding team with no resistance. The crew members, who had[Read More…]

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