The drumroll for tainted food continued Monday with a nationwide recall of Oscar Mayer chicken breast strips for bacterial contamination.

The recall by Carolina Culinary Foods of West Columbia, S.C., involves 52,650 pounds of fully cooked chicken breasts produced on Jan. 9 and distributed nationwide to retailers.

The six-ounce packages are labeled “OSCAR MAYER/LOUIS RICH CHICKEN BREAST STRIPS WITH RIB MEAT, GRILLED, FULLY COOKED — READY TO EAT.” Each package has the number “P-19676″ inside the USDA inspection mark on front and a use-by-date of “19 Apr 2007″ on back. Read more » »

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday broadened its early warning about salmonella-contaminated peanut butter, saying that all Peter Pan peanut butter bought since May 2006 should be discarded as lawsuits are being filed against ConAgra Foods Inc., the maker of the affected peanut butter.

On Wednesday, the FDA urged consumers not to eat Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Great Value Peanut Butter with a product code printed on the lid of the jar starting with 2111 due to the risk of salmonella contamination. Read more » »

In the United States 42.1 million or just over one-third of all women have heart disease and it is the largest single cause of death among women.

The new guidelines add support to recommendations that exercise for at least an hour is important on most days of the week, as is maintaining a healthy weight, eating less fat and more fresh fruit and vegetables and quitting smoking. Read more » »

UK biscuit and snack manufacturer United Biscuits has pinned its hopes for increased sales in the constricting biscuit market on an advertising campaign designed to promote its McVitie’s brand as a healthy snack alongside new product development.

The anxiety of trying to lose weight can drive people to different paths. Some go on diets, others eat healthy and exercise frequently.

Robert Ferguson understands how frustrating and difficult it can be for a person to trim down. His mother, Brenda Watson, tried more than 20 weight-loss diets and none of them worked.

“Everybody wants to be healthy, but the question is, how do you get there?” said Ferguson, 38, a Ventura resident who has become a motivator to help people lose weight. Read more » »

“IBA Health Limited confirms that it is in discussion with iSOFT Group which may or may not lead to an all-share recommended offer for the company being made by IBA Health,” the company revealed in a statement on their website.

“IBA also confirms that it is in discussions with certain financial institutions to obtain the funding which would be required should as offer for the Company be made by IBA health.” Read more » »

Source: Oken Jeet Sandham - NEPS

Kohima — Nagaland Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr TM Lotha has ridiculed the NPCC’s demand to remove him from office for violation of the Election Model Code of Conduct and further asked them to “clean their eyes first before attempting to clear others”.

It may be mentioned that the NPCC has in an Open Letter to the Election Commission India demanded for removal of Dr TM Lotha, Minister for Health and family Welfare, from his office for violation of Election Model Code of Conduct. Read more » »