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Vegetables, Bagged Salads Sold In 18 States, Including CT, Recalled Due To Listeria Concerns Vegetables, Bagged Salads Sold In 18 States, Including CT, Recalled Due To Listeria Concerns
Vegetables, Bagged Salads Sold In 18 States, Including CT, Recalled Due To Listeria Concerns A recall for a brand of vegetables and bagged salads has been expanded to 18 states due to possible Listeria contamination. Ohio-based Wiers Farm began its investigation in response to the Michigan Department of Agriculture's original findings, which led to the expansion.  Products in the expanded recall were packed between Friday, July through Friday, July 12. Vegetables that are part of the recall include cucumbers, green bell and jalapeno peppers, green beans, and cilantro. They were sold in a variety of different stores, including Walmart. For a full list of products, click…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
Here's How Many Minutes Of Your Life Eating A Single Hot Dog Can Cost You, New Study Says Here's How Many Minutes Of Your Life Eating A Single Hot Dog Can Cost You, New Study Says
Here's How Many Minutes Of Your Life Eating A Single Hot Dog Can Cost You, New Study Says There's some news that may be disappointing to many lovers of one of America's favorite dishes. And frankly speaking -- make that frank-ly speaking -- it's not good. Eating a hot dog could cost a person 36 minutes of healthy life, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan. Researchers looked at more than 5,800 foods and ranked them "by their nutritional disease burden to humans and their impact on the environment," News Medical reported. The ranking was based on the Health Nutritional Index, which calculates the net beneficial or detrimental health burden …

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Trailers Full Of 4,000 Pounds Of Bleach, Vegetables Catch Fire In CT Trailers Full Of 4,000 Pounds Of Bleach, Vegetables Catch Fire In CT
Trailers Full Of 4,000 Pounds Of Bleach, Vegetables Catch Fire In CT Four tractor-trailers packed full of bleach and vegetables were damaged by fire and one firefighter was taken to the hospital at an area truck stop. The fire began around 1:55 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 17, at the Pilot Travel Center on Old Gate Lane in Milford, said the Milford Fire Department. Responding firefighters found two tractor-trailers on fire and two other trailers nearby.  The diesel fuel in the trucks was also involved in the fire. One of the trailers on fire.Milford Fire Department/Facebook Crews pulled numerous fire hoses and used foam to stop the fire from spreading and to e…

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by Kathy Reakes