Bean sprouts recalled after salmonella outbreak
Snip: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ordered a province-wide recall of all mung bean sprout products distributed by a Toronto-based manufacturer after a salmonella outbreak affecting hundreds was linked to the popular vegetable.
The recall order on mung bean sprouts distributed by Toronto Sun Wah Trading, Inc. (also known as Hollend Enterprises, Inc.) was issued late last night after 15 Kingston residents developed salmonella poisoning after eating mung bean sprouts - a vegetable found in everything from Chinese food to deli sandwiches.
Feds arrest Islamic religious leader
Snip: Damra is being held in Detroit by federal authorities. A bond hearing is expected to take place next week before an immigration judge in Detroit. The immigration office will request that Damra be detained, Moskowitz said.
The Palestinian-born Damra, who is the imam, or spiritual leader, at the Islamic Center of Cleveland, immigrated to the United States in the mid-1980s.
Snippets: Increased outsourcing. Nine of the nation's largest airlines, many of which handled the bulk of their maintenance work in-house for years, farmed out an average 54% to outsiders last year. About 4,500 of these third-party repair stations are located in the USA; 676 are overseas, in places as far-flung as El Salvador and China.
In a 2003 study, Mead's office found the FAA had not shifted its focus "to where the maintenance was actually performed" - at outside repair shops. For example, inspectors for a carrier that outsourced nearly half its maintenance did 400 inspections in-house, but only seven at the outside repair stations.
Border Patrol tightens Catch & Release Program
Snip: Under the new rules, Border Patrol agents near the frontier with Mexico will detain illegal entrants from countries other than Mexico, so-called OTMs, and hold them until their court hearing. Mexicans are routinely sent right back across the border.
In recent months Border Patrol agents have seen a dramatic increase in OTM crossings, especially along the border here in Texas. Most of the OTM illegal immigrants would simply sit down and await processing by the Border Patrol after crossing over the Rio Grande river, which forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico. They would then be issued a notice to appear in court, but most moved on to take jobs in cities far from the border and never showed up for their court hearing.
Under the new rules, these illegal aliens will be detained until they can be processed, unless they make it 100 miles, 160 kilometers, north of the border. In that case, they will be released with the notice to appear in court.
Snip: During an interview at the Pahrump Valley Times, Gibbons - a Republican - said the most important issue at this time for Nevada and the United States is national security. "The security of our nation is directly tied in with the immigration issue," she said. "Illegal immigration is rampant and dangerous. Undocumented aliens in our hospitals and schools drain our social services. Millions of dollars are spent each year in Nevada serving undocumented aliens."
However, the candidate said the cost isn't her biggest concern. "The government has failed to do their job to protect us," she said. "It is estimated that this year alone, 4,000 undocumented aliens from countries of interest, like Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, will enter the U.S.," Gibbons said.
"It is incumbent upon every one of us, as American citizens, to stay on watch because those terrorists are in our midst. Don't forget that most of the terrorists were in Las Vegas just days before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks."
Country's interior wages fight against illegal aliens
Snip: In southwest Ohio's Butler County, some leaders want state legislation that would make it a state crime of trespass to be here illegally and would allow local authorities to boot illegal aliens out of the state. The sheriff has challenged federal authorities by sending them a bill for undocumented immigrant inmates and erected large yellow signs outside the jail announcing: "Illegal Aliens Here."
In Arkansas, the Legislature wants police to get training in immigration enforcement. One county in Idaho has filed a federal racketeering suit against four companies accused of employing illegal immigrants. Lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing to make it tougher for illegal aliens to get driver's licenses, and in Virginia, some politicians want to cut off all benefits for illegals.
I do not see how sprouts can be contaminated naturally, planned contamination yes.
I make bean sprouts and wash them many times, or they smell like spoiled beans always smell.
This border thing, is going to be important. That Gov. from Texas that has made the news and released the info on a wanted terrorist, being arrested at the border, was replayed on the Mike Reagan show today at: reagan.com
He was on the second half of the first hour, and even better the second time around....lost his name while I was asleep.
The one active Pilot that I know, promised that no one touches his plane, if he is not there and that it is kept under his lock and key, as he also knows how many planes go down........