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	<description>So, you want a healthy life, right? Welcome!</description>
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		<title>Pepper Recall Update</title>
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John B. Sanfilippo &#38; Son, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Snack Mix and Cashew Products Due to Possible Health Risk
– As a follow up to the voluntary recall of black pepper from Mincing Overseas Spice Company announced on March 5, 2010, John B. Sanfilippo &#38; Son, Inc. (Nasdaq: JBSS) (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) announced today that it is voluntarily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fitnessandfreebies.com/blog/2010/03/21/pepper-recall-update/</link>
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		<title>Kansas Gets the Axe on Soda Tax</title>
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From Center for Consumer Freedom:
Kansas legislators found out yesterday that taxing soda is not the easy, controversy-free way to raise revenue they probably thought it would be. Hundreds of soft-drink bottlers, convenience store owners, and restauranteurs descended on the Statehouse in Topeka to voice their opposition to a measure that would impose a 0.4 cent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fitnessandfreebies.com/blog/2010/03/18/kansas-gets-the-axe-on-soda-tax/</link>
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		<title>Pepper Recalls</title>
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C. H. Guenther &#38; Son, Inc. Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of several products that contain pepper due to Possible Health Risk
C. H. Guenther &#38; Son, Inc. today announced a voluntary recall of products containing a pepper ingredient that may have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The products are part of the Sunbird Seasonings, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fitnessandfreebies.com/blog/2010/03/18/pepper-recalls/</link>
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		<title>St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Tribute</title>
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The first celebration of the &#8220;wearing of the green&#8221; in America took place in 1737, in Boston, Massachusetts. Every year since, we have set this day aside to celebrate the Irish. This is the day to enjoy their music, dance, food and beverages. Irish blood or not, jump in and join the celebration!
The Irish color [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fitnessandfreebies.com/blog/2010/03/17/st-patricks-day-tribute/</link>
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		<title>Trans Fat: When Zero Isn&#8217;t Zero</title>
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Supermarket shelves are loaded with products and their proclamations of &#8220;NO TRANS FAT&#8221; &#8211; but &#8220;no&#8221; may be misleading.  Just because a food label says &#8220;0 trans fat&#8221; doesn&#8217;t mean it actually has ZERO trans fat.
The reason is due to the FDA rules. Companies are taking advantage of them &#8211; to our disadvantage. 
According to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fitnessandfreebies.com/blog/2010/03/16/trans-fat-when-zero-isnt-zero/</link>
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		<title>Tastefully Simple Nationwide Recall</title>
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Tastefully Simple Issues Voluntary Recall for Toasted Garlic &#38; Parmesan Cheese Ball Mix
Tastefully Simple is voluntarily recalling select 1.1-ounce retail packages and 0.3-ounce samples of Toasted Garlic &#38; Parmesan Cheese Ball Mix. The company, along with others in the food industry, is joining in the efforts of a nationwide ingredient recall to protect consumers from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fitnessandfreebies.com/blog/2010/03/16/tastefully-simple-nationwide-recall/</link>
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		<title>Sesame Seed Recalls</title>
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Spice Industrial Inc. Recalls Lian How White Sesame Seeds Because of Possible Health Risk&#8217;
SPICE INDUSTRIAL GROUP INC., of City of Industry, Ca is recalling LIAN HOW WHITE SESAME SEEDS supplied by Specialty Commodities Corp. distributed from November 6 to December 11, 2009, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fitnessandfreebies.com/blog/2010/03/15/sesame-seed-recalls/</link>
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		<title>Hospitals: Breeding Grounds for Germs</title>
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Funny, when I was young, hospitals had the appearance and feeling of being the safest, most hygenic place to be &#8211; kids weren&#8217;t allowed past the entry waiting room and staff was so careful about sterlizations, hand washing, etc.  When did it all change?  No idea, but apparently it did and so much for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fitnessandfreebies.com/blog/2010/03/13/hospitals-breeding-grounds-for-germs/</link>
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		<title>Pretzel Recall</title>
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Austinuts Of Dallas, Inc. Announces Voluntary Recall of Honey Mustard Pretzels
Austinuts of Dallas, Inc. has issued a voluntary recall for
Honey Mustard Pretzels,
Lot number 61150/0280
because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fitnessandfreebies.com/blog/2010/03/12/pretzel-recall/</link>
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		<title>EIGHT Food RECALLS</title>
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1. Frontier Natural Products Co-op Initiates Voluntary Recall Due to Possible Health Risk from Black Pepper
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:55:00 -0600
In response to a recall commenced by its supplier, Mincing Overseas Spice Company, Dayton, New Jersey, Frontier Natural Products Co-op, is voluntarily recalling several of its products manufactured with non-organic black pepper that were sold [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fitnessandfreebies.com/blog/2010/03/11/eight-food-recalls/</link>
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