On August 8, Nebraska Beef issued a USDA Class 1 recall of 1.2 million pounds of beef because of possible E. coli 0157:H7 contamination, of which about 4 percent was destined for select Whole Foods Market stores in 23 states and D.C.

As a precautionary measure, Whole Foods had already voluntarily recalled fresh ground beef in select stores that use Coleman Natural as a supplier after learning that two state health departments linked illnesses to nine Whole Foods Market shoppers.

This Whole Foods Market voluntary recall was never nationwide, and any meat now sold at Whole Foods is not associated with this recall.

States in the voluntary Company recall include: Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington D. C. and Wisconsin.

States that are not part of the recall are: Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Kansas, Indiana, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska and Canada. Whole Foods Markets stores in these states did not receive any shipments of the meat that are being targeted for recall.

The recalls come as a result of investigations into confirmed cases of E. coli 0157:H7 contamination in Virginia, Ohio, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.

Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market is the world’s leading natural and organic foods supermarket and America’s first national certified organic grocer.

• Seaside Heights Businesses Disagree With Governor's 'Jersey Shore' Dis 'For Seaside Heights, the exposure has been good for us,' exec says.By Eric Ditzian The cast of "The Jersey Shore" Photo: MTV Over the weekend, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie appeared on ABC's "This Week" and took a shot at MTV's hit reality show, "Jersey Shore." "Negative for New Jersey,"......
• USDA blames Canadian firm for E. coli outbreak An expanded recall on September 29 of 21.7 million tons of beef resulted in the bankruptcy a week later of 67-year-old Topps Meat, the largest U.S. maker of frozen beef patties. Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the contagion was likely caused by beef from Ranchers Beef Ltd of......
• Actual Letter from a MonaVie Distributor A reader sent me a mail saying: My wife got duped by one of these salesmen, they encouraged her to buy without my knowledge and consent a very large amount of this product and also to help sell it. The following is the email that a MonaVie distributor sent his......
• Greening Your Consumption Habits: A Simple Guide photo by Elsie esq. We are all going to continue to buy stuff. I am not one of those environmentalists that think everyone should sit at home and just read a used book and watch the paint slowly yellow; it's just not in my nature to be like that. Regardless......
• Whole Foods To End The Use Of Plastic Bags. And it's about time! I always wondered why they still allowed them, never mind allowing customers to ask for "paper and plastic, please", which I have seen several times in there. We bring our own bags, but I am glad to see Whole Foods doing the right thing here and......

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Barbecuing corn takes patience and practice, but the end result, sweet, fresh, perfectly-done corn on the cob, is so worth the wait.

My husband has become a corn cooking master, and his secret is all in the ear rotation.

But I’ll get to that.

First, choose your ears by pulling back on each husk a bit, just enough to be able to see a few rows of kernels. I look for straight kernel lines, little to no missing kernels, and, obviously, no worms.

Once you get your selected ears home, remove the silk from each ear by carefully peeling back the husk flaps but leaving them attached to the ears. Then peel back as much of the silk as possible and remove it (I cut it away). Once the ear is free of silk, clean it gently with cold water and re-wrap it in the husk flaps.

As we use a gas grill, that’s the only barbecued corn experience I have, so here’s where the patience and practice comes in to play.

We’ve found that rotating eight minutes per side, turning each ear a total of four times, yields the perfect barbecued corn.

Let the ears cool a bit, remove the husks, and enjoy!

• Pool Maintenance in the Winter Owning a swimming pool can be rewarding and provide hours of needed relaxation and recreation. But we have to ensure that the pool is clean enough to bathe in. Pool maintenance ensures a healthy swimming pool with the right chemical balance so that it is safe and prolongs the......
• Repairing a Leaky Toilet A very common issue tends to uncover itself when you stand up and it turns out that your feet and / or clothes are wet. Water that is seeping out from under the toilet is an indicator of a few different issues. It is possible that the porcelain of the......
• Romance By Ralph Lauren For Women. Eau De Parfum Spray 3.4 Oz. User Reviews Send this to a friend Romance By Ralph Lauren For Women. Eau De Parfum Spray 3.4 Oz. Manufacturer: Ralph Lauren Customer Rating: List Price: $68.00 Sale Price: $44.99 Availibility: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Now Product Description Introduced in 1998. Fragrance notes: fresh rose, ginger,......
• White Egret Candles, Herbal Beeswax, 12 candles User Reviews Send this to a friend White Egret Candles, Herbal Beeswax, 12 candles Manufacturer: White Egret Earomatherapy Customer Rating: List Price: $27.12 Sale Price: $18.99 Availibility: Usually ships in 2 to 3 weeks Free Shipping Available Buy Now Product Description White Egret Candles, Herbal Beeswax, 12 candles Product......

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Now that we’re in the thick of barbecue season, it’s about time someone came out with a terrific product to help busy BBQ chefs.

Grate Chef Grill Wipes are disposable, vegetable oil-soaked towelettes that not only oil your grates pre cooking, but also clean them. Because the towelettes are flammable, it’s best to wrap one over the bristles of your grill brush, them wipe on the hot grill for maximum efficiency.

The wipes are available at several retailers, such as Safeway, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, Lowe’s and more. For more information, click here.

• Hohner Hot Metal Harmonica, Key of C User Reviews Send this to a friend Manufacturer: HOHNER Customer Rating: List Price: $11.00 Sale Price: $6.67 Availibility: Usually ships in 24 hours Free Shipping Available Buy Now Product Description Hot Metal (#572) – Play all the hot rockin’ harmonica licks to get the crowd pumped. Keep your cool......
• Review of CLR Outdoor Furniture Cleaner CLR Outdoor Furniture Cleaner claims to be fast and easy. Supposedly you only need to wipe and rinse, as seen on TV. What it is: CLR is an instant cleaner for plastic or resin, rattan, wicker, wood, wrought iron, vinyl, PVC, and canvas furniture. On top of that it is......
• How to Negotiate When Shopping For Furniture in 2009 and Beyond Most of us know that the prices we see furniture listed at in retail show rooms is substantially higher than what the retailer paid for it. We use negotiation and haggling techniques to try to get a better deal, but the techniques that worked fifteen years ago aren't the same......
• Moon Spotlight Yosemite and Mammoth Lakes Camping and Hiking User Reviews Send this to a friend Moon Spotlight Yosemite and Mammoth Lakes Camping and Hiking Manufacturer: Avalon Travel Publishing Customer Rating: List Price: $8.95 Sale Price: $1.13 Availibility: Usually ships in 24 hours Free Shipping Available Buy Now Product Description Moon Spotlight Yosemite and Mammoth Lakes Camping and......
• Easy safe data wipe and format using darik boot and nuke Using Darik Boot and Nuke you can easily and securely wipe your hard drive. Just don't simply use quick format....

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

You can tell it’s summer because of all the fruit in store(s). Of all the fruits available, I have to say that berries are my favorite. I’ve been known to enjoy strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and even raspberries at every meal.

From delicious fruit smoothies, to fruit salads and snacks, to berries cut up on salads and fish, there are plenty of ways to enjoy the fruits of summer for months to come. Be sure to check out when it’s best to buy organic, too.

Here are just a few recipes to get you started:

Blackberry Barbecued Ribs
Chilled Strawberry Mint Soup
Spinach Salad with Strawberries
Zabaglione with Fresh Berries
Raspberry Chipotle Sauce

Enjoy!

• Shirley J Recipe: Strawberry Shortcake Yummy and easy strawberry shortcake recipe. This recipe uses Shirley J products that are just add water....
• Even More Tips for Getting More Fruits and Vegetables Most people are not getting enough fruits and vegetables, despite the fact that there is such a large variety to choose from. Here are some great tips for how you can get pack more healthy fruits and vegetables into your life for a number of added health benefits that will......
• Fast & Frugal Recipe: Super Easy Taco Salad This is one of my favorite and easiest recipes for taco salad. It may not exactly be authentic Mexican cuisine, but it is fast at less than 3 minutes to prepare, inexpensive at $1.00 - $1.25 per serving, and in my opinion, very yummy. The ingredients are as follows: Tortilla......
• Escada Ocean Lounge Perfume Review by Escada This is a review of the Escada Ocean Lounge perfume fragrance, a perfume for women by Escada. The Escada Ocean Lounge perfume was originally introduced last year in 2008, and it has a unique selection of notes that makes it truly enjoyable. The top notes in the Escada Ocean Lounge......
• Spending Too Much? How to Save Money at the Grocery Store - Part 2 Of all the categories of our budget, we continue to set records when it comes to coming in under our food budget each month. It takes a lot of work when it comes to planning to make sure we don't go over budget, and I've already outlined a few in......

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Whether you’re cooking with gas or flame, the warmer weather is bound to have you thinking about all the yummy food you’ll soon be barbecuing.

Before you start cooking, here are some tips for cleaning (thus getting the most from) your grill. 

If you cook with gas, be sure to check your propane tank so you don’t run out mid grilling.

For tips on trouble-shooting your gas grill, click here. 

And for recipes from the grilling masters, click here for inspiration and ideas.

• Free Online TV and Movie Watching for Baby Boomers Although this post talks about watching television, it is really about saving money for retirement. If you are like me, you are fed up with monthly cable or satellite TV bills, particularly for channels that you might only watch once a week for a favorite show.  I also don't like paying......
• OPEC, You, and $100 Oil: What Does It All Mean? It would appear the gentlemen running OPEC have decided that $100 oil is a fair price, because as of yesterday, they cut oil production by half a million barrels per day. According to OPEC (our favorite cartel), the world has an ample supply of oil flowing through our always thirsty......
• Body Bags Horror maestro John Carpenter directs and stars in this TV show turned anthology along with Tobe Hooper. The segments were initially designed to be Showtime's answer to HBO's excellent series, Tales from the Crypt. The idea was axed and the segments spliced together into a delightfully devilish movie. In "The......
• Home Maintenance for Dummies by James Carey and Morris Carey The Carey brothers achieved great fame with their first Dummies title that focused on home renovation so hopes were pretty high with this latest book on how to maintain your home. This is an area that many people fail to understand how important it can be, which is why we......
• Maybe Asking Santa for a White Christmas was a Bad Idea What a snow storm! Three days plus 90 minutes without electricity, 3 days without tap water (after power was restored), and 6 days without cable TV & Internet service. Not to mention pulling two people out of a ditch, shoveling 2 rather long driveways by hand, and the personal......

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.