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Date Notified To FSANZ: 15 December 2010 Food Type: Frozen whole fish Product Name: * Yellow Cat Fish Cleaned * Red Tilapia Gutted Package Description & Size: Packaging is the same for both products: Frozen whole cleaned fish (gutted with the head and scales removed), vacuum packed in clear plastic.

Cynthia Graber of Sci Am highlights our BFJ paper (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1895862) in today's 60 Second Science episode. You can check out the text here and download the podcast here.

A federal inspection has determined that Maine’s big commercial egg farms are free of Salmonella enteriditis, the disease-causing bacterium that caused a massive nationwide recall of eggs produced at two farms in Iowa last summer. The findings, which support the results of Maine’s own testing program, were announced Wednesday by the state Department of Agriculture.

Summary Category 2:    For Information Alert Notification:    2010.28 Product:    Sigma Makaron Swojski watkowany 4 jajeczny (Egg Pasta/Noodle product), 500g bag Batch Code:    Best Before date: 16.03.2012 Country Of Origin:    Poland

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That Jamie Lee Curtis yogurt that makes people poop has been hit with hefty fines for nonsense health claims. USA Today reports the Dannon Company will pay a $21 million fine and stop making exaggerated health claims for two very popular Dannon products under an agreement with the federal government and attorneys general from 39 states.

To the Editor: Visits to petting farms in England and Wales recently have increased in popularity. Petting farms are commercial operations at which visitors, mainly families and organized groups, are encouraged to have hands-on contact with animals.

How sanitary is your favorite restaurant? Do employees follow proper hygienic procedures? Is food stored at the right temperature? Have bugs and rodents been hanging out in the kitchen? And did the restaurant fix the problems?