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Our monthly Recall Roundups have grown so expansive that we’ve had to separate them into two separate posts: one for consumer goods, and one for consumables.
If you have any of these listed items in your pantry, first check the varieties and flavors against the ones listed on the recall site or press release, then check expiration date or lot numbers.
When there’s a match, don’t panic! If an item is listed as having undeclared walnuts and you’re not allergic to walnuts, for example, you don’t have to do anything at all. You can keep the item, eat it, not eat it, or return it to the store or the manufacturer for your own peace of mind.
Items that may be contaminated with pathogens or foreign objects are worrisome for everyone, and you should return them to the retail store where you bought them, or contact the company for a refund and further instructions.
DESSERTS AND SNACKS
Tryst Gourmet and Target, Trader Joe’s, and Giant Eagle hummus and bean dips – possible Listeria contamination
Strong & Kind Bars, Kind Healthy Grains Maple Pumpkin Seeds Bars – may contain peanuts
Haque Brand Golden Raisins – undeclared sulfites
DAIRY
Silk Light Original Soymilk – may contain undeclared almondmilk
Stonyfield YoBaby Peach/Pear Yogurt – possible Klebsiella pneumoniae contamination
Raclette du Haut Livradois, Montboissie du Haut Livradois cheeses – possible Salmonella contamination
Blue Bunny Premium Bordeaux Cherry Chocolate Ice Cream – may contain undeclared egg
Private Selection Chocolate Hazelnut Mascarpone and Caramel Hazelnut Fudge Truffle Ice Cream (Kroger family stores) – may contain undeclared egg
PACKAGED FOODS
Market Basket Dairy-free, Gluten-free Pancakes – may contain undeclared milk. No gluten, though.
LiveGfree Gluten Free Blueberry Pancakes (ALDI) – may contain undeclared milk
Cinnamon Crunch Granola – may contain vanilla almond granola
CONDIMENTS AND SPICES
US Trading Company Crushed Chili Powder – possible Salmonella contamination
Caravelle Chili Powder – possible Salmonella contamination
MEAT
Oscar Mayer “Classic” hot dogs – may contain cheese
SUPPLEMENTS
LiteFit USA – contains sibutramine, a drug taken off the market in 2010
SEAFOOD
Ocean’s Catch Crab Meat – possible Listeria contamination
PET FOOD
Bravo Pet Food – possible Listeria contamination
A quick recap for those coming late to this topic. In the stone age of the Internet, the FCC stupidly categorized broadband as a loosely regulated Title I “information service,” rather than labeling it a Title II “telecommunication service,” which gives the commission more regulatory authority. In 2010, the FCC established the Open Internet Rule (aka net neutrality), which stated that ISPs couldn’t slow down, block, or prioritize any data based on its source, content, or destination.
This also meant that Verizon, et al, could not make money by squeezing deep-pocketed content providers for better access. The ISPs don’t like not being able to nickel/dime at every opportunity, so they sued, successfully arguing to a federal appeals court that the current “information service” classification of broadband means the FCC can’t enact such tough regulations.
Recently installed FCC Chair Tom Wheeler (a former frontman for both the cable and wireless industries) recently introduced his new, controversial attempt at reinstating net neutrality. It would allow ISPs to charge content providers for improved access, but it also leaves open the door to the idea of reclassifying broadband as a telecommunications service.
This hasn’t gone over well with Verizon and its cronies, who are have lobbyist spreading industry-approved cow dung all over D.C., arguing that reclassifying broadband would put poor little ISPs like Verizon in a position where they couldn’t do all that innovating (that they don’t actually do).
But while Verizon is trying to convince people how important it is that broadband remain only mildly regulated, a new report [PDF] highlights some of the ways in which Verizon FiOS has benefited from perks afforded only to public utilities like landline service.
See, while Verizon FiOS, as an ISP, is considered a Title I service, Verizon’s franchise deals with municipalities around the country explicitly call out Verizon’s fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network that carries FiOS as a Title II service; the same as landline telephone service.
“Verizon’s New York City’s current cable franchise, as well as the franchises for other Verizon franchises in other states, from DC to New Jersey — all detail that at the core of Verizon’s cable, Internet, and broadband networks is a ‘Title II’, common carriage, telecommunications service,” reads the report. “And it appears this was done for two reasons — it gets all of the powers of the utility, including the rights-of-way that are part of the telecommunications utility service, but it also may charge the copper-based POTS [plain old telephone service] utility customers for the development and deployment of FiOS.”
So Verizon has been able to pay for the rollout (however slow and stalled it may be) of FiOS with the help of its landline customers, and it’s claimed its authority for connecting that FiOS network to consumers’ homes, under Title II. But it doesn’t want the FCC treating the service that it delivers through that network to be treated that way.
None of this is illegal, and sadly it’s standard practice in the cable, telecom, and wireless industries. For example, on a smartphone, the voice and texting services are Title II while your data is Title I. The cable connection coming to your house brings data (Title I) and pay-TV (Title VI) and maybe VoIP phone service, which is currently unclassified.
What it does show is the hypocrisy of these industries, as they use whichever classification provides them the most benefit, regardless of whether or not that label holds true.
“The wireless carriers are all big on using this Title II stuff when it comes to things like getting the FCC to preempt states on tower siting and… the use of phone numbers and mandatory interconnections with landline [networks] and all that good stuff,” Harold Feld of Public Knowledge explains to Ars Technica.
It’s been 12 years since the FCC — under the leadership of Michael “Son of Colin” Powell, who now heads the National Cable & Telecommunications Association — knuckled under to pressure from ISPs and classified broadband as Title I. Back then, one could make the argument that Internet access was not an essential utility, as in-home Internet was just beginning to take off with the growth of DSL and cable Internet.
But with the development and rapid adoption of WiFi, connected devices, tablets and smartphones, the Internet has quickly become an irreplaceable leg on which modern culture and industry stand. Just watch what happens when ISP service goes down in an office for even a short time; it’s no longer, “Oh crap, I can’t IM my friends Sally and Mike,” but “Holy sh&$#, I can’t do a single thing until access is restored because every document and application I need is accessed remotely.”
Today’s businesses are now just as reliant on Internet access as they are on electricity and phone service. It’s time for the FCC to recognize this fact and reclassify broadband accordingly.
Click here for more information on how to let the FCC know how you feel about net neutrality.
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Los secretos de los grandes del Comercio Electrónico
The good news is, PEDv, as it’s called, can’t hurt humans who ingest an infected pig, and isn’t a food safety issue. So there’s that.
But in order to have that pork chop or ham sandwich in the first place, a healthy pig population is necessary on hog farms. And that might be a bit harder if the virus can spread through previously infected farms, as one Indiana farm confirmed, reports Reuters.
Since PEDv first showed up a year ago, it’s wiped out around 10% of the hog population — about 7 million pigs — and pushed up pork prices. And while many farms reported initial outbreaks, none had publicly acknowledged a second, until now. The Indiana farm confirmed the news through its veterinarian this week.
The assumption held by officials was that pigs could develop immunity to PEDv after getting it once, sort of like the chicken pox, or at least not get it again for several years. It’s almost always fatal to baby pigs, prompting researchers to try to extend immunity to piglets through female hogs.
“It happens and it could happen again,” Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford of the U.S. Department of Agriculture told Reuters of secondary outbreaks. “We need to practice good bio-security, cleaning and disinfection, all-in all-out, in order to break the cycle and prevent its re-emergence.”
Retail pork prices have set record highs since the outbreak, records which could likely be broken themselves if there’s a second wave of outbreaks, killing even more hogs.
“If you have that disease, it causes a huge death loss, and then you get it again,” said Josh Trenary, executive director of Indiana Pork. “It’s pretty clear why it would be concerning.”
Exclusive: Deadly pig virus re-infects U.S. farm, fuels supply fears [Reuters]
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La elección de la Comisión Europea
