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Eillien’s Candies Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Various Sizes and Brands of Snack Products Containing Roasted-Salted Sunflower Kernels and Roasted-Unsalted Sunflower Kernels

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016.  Eillien’s Candies Inc. , GREEN BAY, WI, is voluntarily recalling various snack products containing Roasted-Salted Sunflower Kernels and Roasted-Unsalted Sunflower Kernels because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children,[Read More…]

Let’s Do Lunch, Inc., dba Integrated Food Service, Voluntarily Recalls Certain Ready-To-Eat Sandwiches Because Of Possible Health Risk

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016.  Let’s Do Lunch, Inc., dba Integrated Food Service (IFS), is voluntarily recalling certain ready-to-eat sandwiches because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. No illnesses have been reported to date. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal[Read More…]

Just in Time for Summer, mRelief Launches Summer Meal Sites via SMS

Backed by the release of summer meal site data by the USDA and Twilio, mRelief’s web and text messaging application now tells families ineligible for SNAP where to get a summer meal. Chicago, IL —(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016.  Today, mRelief, the Chicago-based technology nonprofit, launches a feature that empowers families with[Read More…]

Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Pacific Bluefin Tuna

Overfishing Continues As Population Reaches Near Historic Low Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons/aes256. SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016.   Pacific bluefin tuna have reached dangerously low population levels, so a coalition of individuals and groups today petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect the species under the Endangered Species Act. The[Read More…]

Endangered Sonoma County Tiger Salamander Gets Recovery Plan

Photo courtesy USFWS. SANTA ROSA, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016.   In accordance with a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released a final recovery plan for the endangered Sonoma County population of the California tiger salamander. The plan calls for purchase and permanent[Read More…]

Attorney General Madigan: Illinois Consumers to Receive Additional $19 Million from E-book Price-fixing Settlements

Apple and Book Publishers Conspired to Overcharge Consumers for e-Books Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016.   Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that Illinois consumers will begin receiving their portions of a $19 million payment by Apple Inc. for an alleged e books price-fixing conspiracy. This is the second payment Illinois[Read More…]

Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims Against 121 Residency Programs and American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016.  The Justice Department announced today that it has reached agreements with 121 podiatry residency programs and the American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM) to resolve claims that they discriminated against work-authorized non-U.S. citizens in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The department’s[Read More…]

Justice Department Finds that Nevada Discriminates Against Inmates with HIV and Inmates with Other Disabilities

NEVADA–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016.  The Justice Department issued a letter of findings today concluding that the Nevada Department of Corrections’ (NDOC) policies and practices for housing and employing inmates with disabilities violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  Following a comprehensive ADA compliance review, the department found that NDOC’s discriminatory practices[Read More…]

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