Got a "to-kill-ya" hangover from too much Cinco de Mayo partying? Feeling a little queasy? USDA says 156,235 pounds beef recalled for e-coliSat May 6, 2006 6:00 AM BST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday said that an Oklahoma-based company has voluntarily recalled 156,235 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
The company, Fadler, Southwest Food Distributors, LLC of Tulsa, has voluntarily
recalled beef products produced on various dates between February 6 and May 3.
The problem was discovered through routine product testing on beef patty products that were distributed to retail establishments, restaurants and institutions in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri, the USDA said.
E. coli is a potentially deadly bacterium that causes bloody diarrhea and dehydration, leaving the very young, seniors and those with compromised immune systems at the highest risk.
Beardstown plant to close Monday for immigration rallies By LISA KERNEK
STAFF WRITER
Published Wednesday, April 26, 2006
BEARDSTOWN - The Cargill Meat Solutions pork-processing plant will close Monday to allow workers to take part in a national day of immigration-rights rallies...
Bush praises Mexican contribution to US societyMercosur Saturday, 06 May
United States president George W. Bush said again that the problem of illegal immigration can only be solved through a combination of tighter border security and a guest-worker program, but also stressed that immigrants have a duty to integrate into American society...
Southwest EconomyIssue 1, January/February 2006
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas...The two economies are also linked by the flow of Mexican immigrants to the U.S. and the remittances they send back home to their families. The approximately 10 million Mexican nationals who reside in the U.S. sent back an estimated $20 billion in 2005, an amount equivalent to 3 percent of Mexico’s GDP...
Dobbs: Radical groups taking control of immigrant movementBy Lou Dobbs CNN
Monday, May 1, 2006; Posted: 10:19 p.m. EDT (02:19 GMT)
..In fact, a meat-packing job paid $19 an hour in 1980, but today that same job pays closer to $9 an hour, according to the Labor Department. That's entirely consistent with what we've been reporting -- that illegal aliens depress wages for U.S. workers by as much as $200 billion a year in addition to placing a tremendous burden on hospitals, schools and other social services....
A new Zogby poll of likely voters,WASHINGTON (May 3, 2006) – using neutral language (see wording on following pages), finds that Americans prefer the House of Representatives’ enforcement-only bill by 2-1 over Senate proposals to legalize illegal immigrants and greatly increase legal immigration. The poll was conducted for the Center for Immigration Studies...
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