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Recall Issued For Beef Product Distributed To Restaurants, Retailers In New York
Nearly 100,000 pounds of beef products that were illegally shipped into New York and distributed to New York restaurants and retailers are being recalled due to a lack of inspection, federal officials announced.
GLC Trading Inc., which is based out of Chino, California, is recalling approximately 98,810 pounds of beef tallow products that were imported from the People’s Republic of China, an ineligible country for beef, without an inspection from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
According to FSIS, items recalled include:
17.6-ounce. vacuume…
Covid-19: First Sitting Member Of Congress Dies From Virus
The first sitting member of Congress has died from COVID-19.
Rep. Ron Wright, a Republican representing the sixth district in Texas, had been hospitalized for two weeks before his death on Sunday, Feb. 6. He was 67 years old.
He had been undergoing treatment for lung cancer, which was diagnosed in 2018, the same year he was elected to Congress.
Wright is survived by his wife, Susan, who has also been hospitalized with COVID-19 for the last two weeks.
“As friends, family, and many of his constituents will know, Ron maintained his quick wit and optimism until the very end,” Wright’s of…
$1 Million Powerball Ticket Sold In Hudson Valley
There was no winner in the $640 million Powerball jackpot for the drawing held on Saturday, Jan. 16, but 16 players won at least $1 million by matching all the white numbers, with one of the winning tickets sold in New York, in the Hudson Valley.
It was purchased in Rockland County at Gulf Mart in Pearl River on East Central Avenue, the New York Lottery announced Sunday morning, Jan. 17.
The other winning tickets were sold in Texas (three), California (two), Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
The Powerbal…
