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Weis Markets Issues Recall for Possible Foreign Matter Contamination in Weis Ice Cream Products

Published 18 January, 2021

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Summary

Company Announcement Date:January 08, 2021FDA Publish Date:January 10, 2021Product Type:Food & BeveragesReason for Announcement:May be contaminated with extraneous materialCompany Name:Weis MarketsBrand Name:Weis, Klein’s, Nelson’sProduct Description:Ice cream products

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WORLD: Chinese city reports coronavirus found on ice cream

Published 18 January, 2021

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Article by
Barbados Today

SOURCE: The Associated Press — A city government in eastern China says the coronavirus was found on ice cream produced there, prompting a recall of cartons from the same batch.

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Homeworkers need to be better protected, says the ILO

Published 14 January, 2021

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The dramatic increase in working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the poor working conditions experienced by many homeworkers who, prior to the crisis, numbered an estimated 260 million people worldwide.

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Trump’s historic 2nd impeachment trial hangs over Biden and Republicans

Published 14 January, 2021

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Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN

Updated 1148 GMT (1948 HKT) January 14, 2021

(CNN)Donald Trump’s unique second impeachment sealed history’s verdict on a corrupt and disgraced presidency. But the political endgame of this tragic saga is only now beginning and will decide the extent of America’s recovery from his malevolent term.

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WORLD: UK entering ‘worst point’ of pandemic, top health official warns

Published 11 January 2021

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SOURCE: CNN — The United Kingdom is entering its most challenging weeks since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, a top official said Monday, as hospitals face being overrun and morgues fill up.“We’re now at the worst point of this epidemic for the UK. In the future we will have the vaccine, but the numbers at the moment are higher than they were in the previous peak — by some distance,” England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty told the BBC, adding that he expects the next few weeks to be the “most dangerous time.”

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