http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/awrey03_09.html
Awrey Bakeries Recalls Select Cakes Because of Possible Health Risk
Contact:
Mark Foukes
1-866-743-7543.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — March 27, 2009 Awrey Bakeries, LLC is voluntarily recalling the lots identified below of the following products:
Product Code #7250
Marquise Chocolate Peanut Fantasy Cake
9 Round
Product Code # 7290
Marquise Cake Variety Assortment
#1 9 Round
Product Code #374520
Banana Split Ripple Cake
8 x 8
Product Code #374521
Banana Split Ripple Cake
8 x 8
On March 26, 2009 Awrey was notified by one of its suppliers that peanut pieces provided to Awrey ‘s during the period of January to May 2008 had been sourced from the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) Plainview, Texas facility. Although Awrey has no evidence that there is a safety issue with these products, it is taking this action out of an abundance of caution because the PCA facility is the subject of an investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning a recent salmonella outbreak.
These products were distributed nationwide to foodservice distributors and supermarkets and sold to consumers through Awrey Outlet Store.
Awrey Bakeries, LLC requests that customers check the lot numbers of any of the above-listed products they have purchased. The lot number can be found on the side of the case. If customers find that they have these products in their possession marked with any of the lot numbers listed below, they are asked not to consume the products. Customers seeking a replacement or refund for recalled products should return affected product to the distributor or store where it was purchased for a full refund.
Other varieties and lot numbers of Awrey Bakeries ‘ products are not affected by this recall.
If you have any questions, please contact Mark Foukes, Director of Quality Assurance and Sanitation at 1-866-743-7543.
The affected lot numbers are:
022008
060308
020608
031808
061008
031108
032808
072408
050708
072808
042308
121208
040408
080108
020309
041008
091708
042508
041908
101708
112008
120308
050108
Disturbing National Animal Identification talk now spreading to vegetables in your garden Posted: 23 Mar 2009 01:07 PM PDT Because of lots of public outcry, the NAIS, a government wonderchild, sponsored largely by large agribusiness type animal/poultry growers, apparently shriveled and came to a standstill last year. The NAIS is basically an animal/poultry identification system, wherein each and every homestead and individual that houses even one or two animals or chickens, will be required to register and identify each and every animal on their place. It gets even worse. What if you sell, show or give an animal away? You have to document each movement (at your expense, of course). And what if the animal dies (they do, you know!). Its looking like they are wanting an autopsy at your expense to prove what the animal died from. This Franken-bill is, in my opinion, only the start. The government has learned not to cause public outcry by taking giant steps. So it nibbles away at our freedoms in tiny bits that are for our safety and own good. They say things like mad cow, bird flu and people agree to anything. Now theyre talking about tracking the vegetables farmers grow and sell (or give away) because of bacterial contamination, etc. For crying out loud! For more information on this, check out: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-875 and on the NAIS: Most of you readers know me pretty well and know Im not highly political or radical. This stuff scares the crap out of me. First its your animals and vegetables and pretty soon itll be your children. We need to keep informed and active on this one or well lose yet another freedom that will about kill self-reliant living! Gee
could that be what this is really all about? Oh, by the way, we have our radiator fixed and a new, used fan on the way. Wow, it was hard to find parts! Readers Questions: New book I was wondering when you are going to publish your own cookbook? I know one person asked and you said sometime next year, just wondering when next year was. I cant wait to get one of them! Teresa Ro I have just finished the new book and were working to put in photos, etc., along with all the finishing editing, etc. But its a book on growing and canning your own food, not a cookbook (although it does have a lot of recipes on how to use your home canned foods). It wont be too long before it is available. Jackie Buying wheat from the feed store Can a person buy their wheat that they are going to bake with and eat from the local feed store? Bonnie Plasse In a survival situation, that wheat would sure be okay. But it isnt cleaned like wheat is that is destined for your table. It has more dust, small bits of chaff, bug parts, etc. If you want cleaner wheat, buy it from a bulk foods store or bread wheat outlet. Jackie Autobiography After reading Jackies Childhood in the March/April 2009 Ask Jackie column, my mom and I wish you would write your autobiography pre-Starting Over. You are an interesting person and we enjoy your writing. Pam Ayala Me interesting? You should just ask my kids. They agree Im pretty boring. I will mention this to Dave and see what he thinks. Jackie Canning pasta, shredded zucchini, and pickled squirrel I recently received a free issue of BHM and was so impressed I ordered a 4 year subscription and all available back issues. I love the straight forwardness and the canning issues, I am learning a lot. Now my questions are: May a person can spaghetti, made with burger, noodles, and ingredients? And how would you can fresh shredded zucchini? And have you ever heard of a recipe for pickled squirrel? Myself and my wife love to can and when I come up with something useful I will send it in. Conel Rogers While you can home can pasta and rice recipes, such as chicken rice or chicken noodle soup, spaghetti, when canned, is a quite dense product, as you have much more pasta in it. So I wouldnt recommend canning it. Can your seasoned sauce, complete with favorites, such as mushrooms, meat balls, sweet red peppers, or roasted tomatoes. Then just boil up your spaghetti pasta and youre in business. Shredded zucchini doesnt can up very well; it gets mushy. Its better frozen or dehydrated. Or best used fresh from the garden, of course. Ive never heard of pickled squirrel, but Im sure someone, somewhere has done it. Any recipes out there? Jackie Growing grass for chickens We would like to know what type of grasses chickens prefer to eat. We know chickens will eat anything, but we wanted to know if there was a type of grass or ground cover that chickens like better. We were thinking of clover, maybe vetch, or alfalfa. Also which would be the most nutritious? Robert & Gloria Leustek Youre right, thinking that legumes like clover, vetch, or alfalfa are both highly nutritious and loved by chickens. We are planning on turning our chickens out into our new orchard where it was planted in clover, along with the wheat and oats we harvested last fall. They will be free ranging, and also fenced in at the same time, being able to scratch, eat clover, bugs, and weeds at will. And theyll stay out of my other gardens! Jackie Canning meatloaf I found where you told how to can meatloaf in Aug 14, 07 blog. Can it be roasted or baked in a wide mouth glass jar or does it have to be cut up and put in a glass jar after it is baked? Nancy Foster I used to just pack the meatloaf mixture into wide mouth quart jars, raw and process it that way. But now canning experts dont recommend raw packing a dense product like meatloaf. So, instead, I make mini-loaves, just a little larger than my jars to allow for shrinkage during baking, then put them in a roasting pan, side by side and bake them just long enough to thoroughly heat them inside and shrink them down. I pack them hot, into hot jars and make a broth from the pan drippings and tomato sauce and pour over the meatloaf, leaving 1? of headspace. These are processed (qts) at 10 pounds pressure for 90 minutes. If you live at an altitude over 1,000 feet, consult a canning book for directions on increasing your pressure to suit your altitude, if necessary. Jackie Canning cream soups I was wondering if you could tell me the recipe AND how to pressure can cream of chicken (or mushroom, or whatever) soup? Im convinced that what I can make at home will be much healthier than what I buy in the store. And I use it a lot as a base for recipes. Sarah Axsom Unfortunately, this doesnt work at home. If you make a condensed version like store bought soup, its too dense to home can (the center of the jar doesnt always heat enough to kill bad bacteria), and if you use a homemade cream of whatever soup, with milk, it tends to curdle and look yucky. What I do is to can up small jars of chicken bits in broth or diced mushrooms in water, then when I want cream of
soup, I make a simple white sauce (2 Tbsp margarine, 2 Tbsp flour heated together, milk added to make a thicker soup and add the chicken or mushrooms.) It takes only a couple minutes and is much better, and more healthy than store soup. Jackie Growing enough to can My question is concerning how to figure out how much of each vegetable to can and to eat fresh. Our garden was too small last year to do what I wanted. I know you wrote about this but cant remember where to find it. I have your first CD and have been subscribing for 2 or 3 years. Also, I feel like such a dork! I made a comment to you on line that you should write a book on dairy goats. Id ordered the little book Starting With Dairy Goats and WOW you wrote it. I feel fairly confident with our upcoming kidding the first week of April. Now if I can just get the girls comfortable on the milk stand all is well. Good luck with that radiator problem. My husband has a portable mill. When big equipment goes down it can be an economical killer to get it up and running smooth again. Dinah Jo Brosius What we do is to eat all we want fresh and can the extra. Very soon you discover what you really need to grow more of in your garden so you have enough to do both. I used to alternate some foods so I had more room. Herbs, especially, I grew on alternate years, saving the room for more carrots or beans that we ALWAYS ran out of by the next summer. Of course, I expanded the garden every year until I had enough room for everything I needed and even a little room to try exotics we werent used to having in the garden. We finally found a local radiator guy to fix the radiator; we couldnt find a used or even after market NEW one anywhere in the country; I spent 3 days on the internet and phone. And just yesterday, we found a fan for it. (When the fan bites a chunk out of the bottom tank of the radiator, it really, really damages it!) So in a few days, Will should have the dozer back working again. Thank GOD! Jackie Turning jars upside down after processing Are you suppose to turn processed jars upside down for 15 minutes or so after removing from the canner to insure them sealing? Ive been canning for years and have never heard much less done this. Ive not had a problem with jars not sealing either. My friend tells me that it must be done that way. Nancy Hanson No, dont turn your jars upside down to seal them. In fact, this can cause jars NOT to seal. Check all your canning books and manuals. None say to turn them upside down. Old recipes for jams, jellies and preserves that werent water bath processed used to say that and I suppose it did help them seal because the whole contents of the jar remained hot that way. But its much better to be sure your jars seal by water bathing them instead of inverting them. Jackie Canning butter I tried canning butter for the first time. I noticed on the bottom of the jars the butter is liquid, the body of the jar is solid looking and the lid is sealed tight. Is it normal for the butter to be liquid on the bottom and the rest solid? Is it safe? Colleen Lebo Yes, that is normal. Mine has it in the pantry, right now. To prevent this, you can heat your butter while melting it, stirring as you do, to drive off the excess moisture in the butter. Some folks shake it as it cools to mix in the liquid so it doesnt settle. I dont. As canning butter is experimental, I cant tell you that it is safe. I can tell you that Ive used it for years with no problems, as have many, many other people. Jackie
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WND HOMELAND INSECURITY
State drops warnings over ‘militia’ members
‘Had that report been reviewed by my office it would never have been released’
Posted: March 27, 2009
9:17 am Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2009 WorldNetDaily
The chief of the Missouri highway patrol is blasting a report issued by the Missouri Information Analysis Center that linked conservative groups to domestic terrorism, assuring that such reports no longer will be issued.
The report warned law enforcement agencies to watch for suspicious individuals who may have bumper stickers for third-party political candidates such as Ron Paul, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin.
It further warned law enforcement to watch out for individuals with “radical” ideologies based on Christian views, such as opposing illegal immigration, abortion and federal taxes.
Chief James Keathley of the Missouri State Patrol issued a statement that the release of the report, which outraged conservatives nationwide, prompted him to “take a hard look” at the procedures through which the report was released by the MIAC.
“My review of the procedures used by the MIAC in the three years since its inception indicates that the mechanism in place for oversight of reports needs improvement,” he wrote. “Until two weeks ago, the process for release of reports from the MIAC to law enforcement officers around the state required no review by leaders of the Missouri State Highway Patrol or the Department of Public Safety.”
He said the militia report was “created by a MIAC employee, reviewed by the MIAC director, and sent immediately to law enforcement agencies across Missouri. The militia report was never reviewed by me or by the Director of Public Safety, John Britt, at any point prior to its issuance. Had that report been reviewed by either my office or by leaders of the Department of Public Safety, it would never have been released to law enforcement agencies,” wrote Keathley
The report simply “does not meet” the needed standard for “intelligence,” he said.
“For that reason, I have ordered the MIAC to permanently cease distribution of the militia report. Further, I am creating a new process for oversight of reports drafted by the MIAC that will require leaders of the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Department of Public Safety to review the content of these reports before they are shared with law enforcement. My office will also undertake a review of the origin of the report by MIAC,” he ordered.
The warning earlier prompted Americans for Legal Immigration to issue a “national advisory” against relying on any such reports.
The Missouri document, it said, “attempted to politicize police and cast suspicion on millions of Americans. The ‘Missouri Documents,’ as they came to be called, listed over 32 characteristics police should watch for as signs or links to domestic terrorists, which could threaten police officers, court officials, and infrastructure targets.
“Police were instructed to look for Americans who were concerned about unemployment, taxes, illegal immigration, gangs, border security, abortion, high costs of living, gun restrictions, FEMA, the IRS, The Federal Reserve, and the North American Union/SPP/North American Community. The ‘Missouri Documents’ also said potential domestic terrorists might like gun shows, short wave radios, combat movies, movies with white male heroes, Tom Clancey Novels, and Presidential Candidates Ron Paul, Bob Barr, and Chuck Baldwin!” ALIPAC wrote.
It said the report cited the Southern Poverty Law Center as a resource.
“When many of us read these Missouri Documents we felt that the false connections, pseudo research, and political attacks found in these documents could have been penned by the SPLC and ADL,” said William Gheen of ALIPAC. “We were shocked to see credible law enforcement agencies disseminating the same kind of over the top political propaganda distributed by these groups.”