Based on the product shelf life, these products could still be in consumers' freezers and it is important that consumers look for and discard or return and do not eat these products if they find them. According to Randall Flint, Alliance city health commissioner, the manufacturer, ConAgra Foods, is voluntarily recalling an undetermined amount of all varieties of frozen pot pie products in commerce that may be linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis. Most people infected with salmonella...

His argument puts Dimas and the environment department on a collision course with his colleagues, particularly in the trade, enterprise and agriculture departments. EFSA evaluates all the available scientific evidence for health and environmental risks from GM and advises the Commission on whether to propose the product for authorisation. Draft decisions from the Commission s environment department say that GM crops should not be approved until new methods have been developed for assessing...

No one has been reported ill from the contamination, but the company has decided to expand the recall to three additional products mentioned above as a precaution. The recalled soups were shipped to 24 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. Wyeth is recommending that consumers with...

You might call it a type of high-tech farming, and Bismarck area officials say it could bring in jobs. They're looking at computer server farms which store information. BTInet, with its data center in Bismarck, is one example of a type of server farm. Spokesman Mitch Stafford says North Dakota's location is attractive because it puts data centers farther away from such threats as hurricanes and earthquakes. Bismarck-Mandan Development Association director Russ Staiger says more than 100...

Putting aside textbook economics (rate cuts are theoretically good for stocks because they stimulate economic growth and also make fixed-income investments less attractive) for a moment and looking at history, past rate cuts have had quite different effects on the market. Putting aside textbook economics (rate cuts are theoretically good for stocks because they stimulate economic growth and also make fixed-income investments less attractive) for a moment and looking at history, past rate...