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Tyson Foods Recalls Ready-To-Eat Chicken Products Due to Misbranding

- June 14, 2017

Who doesn’t enjoy the convenience of ready-to-eat chicken? Unfortunately, the well-known New Holland, Pa. establishment, Tyson Foods, has decided to recall nearly “2,485,374 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) breaded chicken products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens.” What kind of undeclared allergens did the company forget to include on the labels? Milk. The labels failed to mention that the products “could contain milk, a known allergen” that many people are sensitive to.

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Angry Parents, Human Rights Group Sue Georgia’s Worth County Sheriff’s Office For Groping Hundreds of Teens in Drug Sweep

- June 14, 2017

A human rights organization is filing a lawsuit against Georgia’s Worth County Sheriff’s Office after 900 students were searched by law enforcement officers in an unannounced and unprecedented drug sweep. The incident prompting the suit occurred midway through April. Several dozen police officers converged on the school without advance notice, ordering students into hallways and

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Michigan House of Representatives Passes Laws Promising Harsh Punishment for Female Genital Mutilation

- June 14, 2017

The Michigan House of Representatives passed a bill that includes increased penalties for individuals found guilty of participating in female genital mutilation. The package of bills ups the punishment dictated by federal law. With bipartisan support behind the law, legislators made performing or coordinating female genital mutilation a state felony with a maximum sentence of

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Chef Boyardee and Other Pastas Recalled Due To Mislabeling

- June 14, 2017

Chef Boyardee fans beware, Conagra Brands recently issued a recall of 700,125 pounds of canned spaghetti and meatballs products “over a labeling error with possible allergens.” The company decided to issue the recall after an “ingredient supplier notified Conagra that bread crumbs used in the [recalled] products might contain milk, a known allergen.” The main problem that prompted the recall was that the known allergen, milk, “was not listed on the products’ labels.”

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Creation Gardens, Inc. Recalls Beef Products Amid E. coli Concerns

- June 13, 2017

A new recall has been issued by Creation Gardens, Inc., a Louisville, Ky., establishment that has decided to recall “approximately 22,832 pounds of raw ground beef and beef primal cut products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157: H7.” The recall is a big deal because the company supplies beef to many restaurants throughout Louisville, and more than “1,500 restaurants in Lexington; Evansville, Ind.; Nashville; and Cincinnati.”

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Moore Public Schools Settles with Families Who Lost Children In 2013 Tornado

- June 13, 2017

A settlement has been reached between a suburban Oklahoma City school system, it’s insurer and the families of seven children who died tragically “when their school was destroyed by a tornado” four years ago. The lawsuit itself was filed back in 2014 by the families who endured the devastating loss of their children at Plaza Towers Elementary School on May 20, 2013, and so far no details of the settlement agreement have been released.

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FDA Delays Nutrition Labeling Rule

- June 13, 2017

The Trump administration and FDA have decided to delay yet another Obama-era rule that would require manufacturers to “update nutritional facts labels on processed foods.” Why? Well, it turns out that the “Food and Drug Administration said it has determined that manufacturers need additional time beyond the July 26, 2018 compliance date to complete and print new labels for their products.”

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