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Bakkavor Foods USA, Inc. Recalls Ready-To-Eat Chicken Salad Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens

Bakkavor Foods USA, Inc., a San Antonio, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 1,913 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken salad products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens.




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Hy-Vee Fresh Commissary Recalls Ready-To-Eat Beef and Chicken Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens

Hy-Vee Fresh Commissary, an Ankeny, Iowa establishment, is recalling approximately 6,233 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) beef and chicken products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens.




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USDA Modernizes Swine Slaughter Inspection for the First Time in Over 50 Years

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a final rule to modernize swine slaughter inspection and bring it into the 21st century. For the first time in more than five decades, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is modernizing inspection at market hog slaughter establishments with a goal of protecting public health while allowing for food safety innovations.




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Creative Food Processing Recalls Poultry Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens

Creative Food Processing, a Santa Clara, Calif. establishment is recalling approximately 1,941 pounds of raw chicken products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens.




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Central Valley Meat Co., Inc. Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible Salmonella Dublin Contamination

Central Valley Meat Co., Inc., a Hanford, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 34,222 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Dublin.




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USDA's Recommendations for a Safe Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the things we are most thankful for and to enjoy a delicious meal with loved ones. Some take the lead for meal preparation while others share the responsibility. No matter how your meal comes together, everyone must work together to prevent foodborne illness.




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Montpak International Inc. Recalls Veal and Lamb Products Produced Without Benefit of Import Inspection

Montpak International Inc., a Canadian establishment, is recalling approximately 4,365 pounds of veal and lamb products that were not presented for import re-inspection into the United Sates.




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Advance Pierre Foods Recalls Ready-to-Eat Ground Beef Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

Advance Pierre Foods, a Cincinnati, Ohio establishment, is recalling approximately 15,739 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) beef patty products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically small, green soft plastic.




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USDA Ensures Food Safety During COVID-19 Outbreak

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is ensuring the safety and timely delivery of the U.S. food supply while protecting the health of USDA employees during this COVID-19 National Emergency. Yesterday, USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Greg Ibach and USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Mindy Brashears sent a letter to stakeholders reassuring them that APHIS, AMS, and FSIS are rising to meet the challenges associated with COVID-19.




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The Need to Improve the Clinical Utility of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests: Either Too Narrow or Too Broad

This Viewpoint summarizes current shortcomings in direct-to-consumer genetic tests, which often lack clinical utility for consumers, and explains how tests that encompass entire genes and include only genes with well-established risk estimates and medical management guidelines could provide more valuable insight into their disease risk.




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Women still don't have level-playing field at work, says pan-IIM survey

A staggering 49 per cent of the respondents said they did not have equal opportunities for career growth as the men in their organisations.




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Amul to Dettol: Brands go viral with safety messages about coronavirus

From advisories and warnings to smart witticisms, brands across categories are reaching out to consumers over the shadow of Covid-19




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Coronavirus: Health scare forces work from home, but is India Inc ready?

India Inc has embraced remote working because of a health scare. But there are important lessons on enabling infrastructure, managing remote teams and ensuring productivity...




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Soap success: Medimix reports business surge as coronavirus spreads

The medicinal soap brand is seeing a sharp spurt in demand across the country




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As coronavirus cases spike, social media battles the epidemic of fakes

Google, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook team up with global health agencies and governments to put up the guardrails on the fake trail




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HUL eyes bigger market with VWash, seeks larger presence in pharmacies

On Monday, the company announced it was buying VWash, an intimate hygiene brand from Glenmark Pharmaceuticals




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Summer internship at top B-schools deferred or made virtual due to Covid-19

In some cases, existing internship offers have even been cancelled or squeezed to 5 weeks from the normal 7-8 weeks




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Stay home, stay safe: Brands try to convey message of optimism amid crisis

Advertisers ask consumers to stay calm and keep their distance, find ways to keep the engagement going under a lockdown




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From BMW to M G Motor, auto brands shift gears on the virtual highway

Specific tailored marketing pitches using first party data, smoother payment and financing processes and digital launches are among the ways in which auto majors are keeping their brands in the game.




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With witticisms, warnings & videos on lockdown, cops turn stars on Twitter

From being quick to quell rumours and call out fake news to using popular movie dialogues to tell people to stay in, the Mumbai Police Twitter handle has been moving at dizzying speed.




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Competitors join hands to tide over supply-chain challenges amid lockdown

Towards the end of last week, at least three such tie-ups were announced




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Recovery for brands look difficult as anxious consumers maintain distance

India among the top 3 nervous nations in the world; consumers expect long-term spending to be hit, want brands to spread optimism and cheer: Kantar




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Amul brings nostalgia back in ads to stay relevant amid Covid-19 lockdown

Leaning in on nostalgia and its long-standing relationship with customers, the legacy brand strives to be seen and heard amidst a lockdown




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How tech firms are helping build robust local supply chains amid Covid-19

Now that many areas are out of bounds for big retailers for various reasons, is there an opportunity for local kiranas?




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Special visa for SAARC businessmen from April




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Mercedes-Benz launches upgraded SUV GLS 350d

German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday launched an upgraded version of its seven-seater sports utility vehicle GLS 350d in India, priced at Rs 80.4 lakh (ex-showroom Pune).




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Experian launches CrossCore for intra-bank connectivity

With banks tying up with as many as two to five software vendors, credit rating agency Experian expects the launch of CrossCore to ease workflow at banks and help integrate third-party solutions for fraud management.




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Piramal books a ride on Siva’s Utoo

Billionaire investor Ajay Piramal has pumped in an undisclosed sum to pick up a minority stake in serial entrepreneur C Sivasankaran’s comeback business Utoo Cabs, a cab aggregator.




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Anil Ambani gets a seat on Atlantic Council advisory board

Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani has been inducted into the international advisory board of global think-tank The Atlantic Council.




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Cloud services are reducing the need to code: Amazon Web Services

AWS exec Olivier Klein says the company offers fully managed services in areas like machine learning/AI. He says users don’t need to understand how to build the machine learning model, or train it




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The myth today is H-1B visas are all taken by Indian companies: Nasscom

Indian IT cos take less than 12% of H-1B visas. The biggest takers of H-1B are the top US giants. And they are also the top-spenders on R&D. And that tells you why they are coming to India to take the people – because they need the talent, say Nasscom president Debjani Ghosh




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Applied Ballardianism : memoir from a parallel universe / Simon Sellars

Sellars, Simon, author




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Writing fiction : a guide to narrative craft / Janet Burroway ; with Elizabeth Stuckey-French and Ned Stuckey-French

Burroway, Janet, author




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The Cambridge companion to David Foster Wallace / edited by Ralph Clare (Boise State University)




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Leaving Elvis : and other stories / Michelle Michau-Crawford

Michau-Crawford, Michelle, author




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Isn't justice always unfair? : the detective in southern literature / J.K. Van Dover and John F. Jebb

Van Dover, J. Kenneth




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Everything under : a novel / Daisy Johnson

Johnson, Daisy, 1990- author




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Salman Rushdie and the genesis of secrecy / Vijay Mishra

Mishra, Vijay, author




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Ian Watt : the novel and the wartime critic / Marina MacKay

MacKay, Marina, 1975- author




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Grief is the thing with feathers : a novel / Max Porter

Porter, Max, author




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Reading Shakespeare's mind / Steve Sohmer

Sohmer, Steve (Stephen T.), author




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Women poets of the English Civil War / edited by Sarah C.E. Ross and Elizabeth Scott-Baumann




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All the plagues of hell / Eric Flint, Dave Freer

Flint, Eric, author




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British literature : a historical overview / general editors, Joseph Black [and nine others] with Laura Cardiff [and three others]




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A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago Style for students and researchers / Kate L. Turabian ; revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, William T. FitzGerald, and the University

Turabian, Kate L., author




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Dynamics of media writing : adapt and connect / Vincent F. Filak

Filak, Vincent F




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"They say/I say" : the moves that matter in academic writing / Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein

Graff, Gerald, author




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The rover / by Aphra Behn ; edited and with an introduction by Simon Trussler

Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689




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The Tempest / edited by David Lindley, University of Leeds

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616




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Orlando : a biography / Virginia Woolf ; with introductions by Peter Ackroyd and Margaret Reynolds

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941