Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—August 1, 2013. Whole Foods Market announces that it is recalling Trois Comtois Morbier cheese in the Mid Atlantic, Southwest, Northern California, Southern Pacific and Midwest regions. This cheese is being recalled because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Purity First Health Products, Inc. Issues Nationwide Recall of Specific Lots of Healthy Life Chemistry B-50, Multi-Mineral and Vitamin C Products
Products were distributed Nationwide via the internet, retail and through retail stores between July 2012 thru June 2013. East Northport, New York–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Purity First Health Products, Inc. is voluntarily recalling two lots of Healthy Life Chemistry B-50 (100 capsules), one lot of Healthy Life Chemistry Multi-Mineral (200 capsules)[Read More…]
Palermo’s Pizza Agrees to Reinstate Striking Employees and Provide Back-pay
Eight months after Labor Board decision, multi-thousand dollar settlement confirms Palermo broke the law Milwaukee–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. More than a year after firing nearly 100 striking employees, Palermo Villa Inc. has finally agreed to return eight of those former strikers to their jobs, with back-pay. The total amount of back[Read More…]
FTC Advises Consumers on Preventing, Identifying, and Dealing With Hacked Email or Social Networking Accounts
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. The Federal Trade Commission has new tips to help people deal with email and social networking hacks, whether it’s lessening the chances of a hack in the first place, or recovering from a hack once it happens. Hacked Email, new guidance from the FTC, identifies signs[Read More…]
DOT Secretary Foxx Announces Proposal to Save Trucking Industry $1.7 Billion Annually by Eliminating Major Paperwork Burden
Proposed rule would maintain safety inspections while eliminating unneeded paperwork WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a proposal to eliminate a burdensome daily paperwork requirement for professional truck drivers that will reduce costs to the industry by an estimated $1.7 billion annually while still maintaining the[Read More…]
Florida Project Produces Nation’s First Cellulosic Ethanol at Commercial-Scale
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. The Energy Department yesterday recognized the nation’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol production at INEOS Bio’s Indian River BioEnergy Center in Vero Beach, Florida. Developed through a joint venture between INEOS Bio and New Planet Energy, the project uses a unique hybrid of gasification and fermentation technology –[Read More…]
South Sudan: 100,000 Displaced People in Jonglei Need Access to Medical Care
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN/NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–AUGUST 1, 2013 – An estimated 100,000 displaced people who fled violence in South Sudan’s southern Jonglei State are still in dire need of access to emergency medical care, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today. This massive population displacement, which[Read More…]
EPA Strengthens Chemical Assessment Process to Protect Public Health
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced changes to its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program to improve the scientific foundation of assessments, increase transparency in the program and the process and allow the agency to produce more IRIS assessments each year. IRIS is a human[Read More…]
EPA Proposes Rule to Modernize Clean Water Act Reporting
E-reporting initiative will increase efficiency, ease burden for states and improve public access to data WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a rule that would modernize Clean Water Act (CWA) reporting processes for hundreds of thousands of municipalities, industries, and other facilities by converting to[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Hagel and Adm. Winnefeld from the Pentagon, July 31, 2013
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 31, 2013. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: Good afternoon. I want to make some remarks about our Strategic Choices Management Review, which I directed about four months ago, and Sandy Winnefeld, who as you all know is the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, is here and[Read More…]
