Eckrich recalls 90,000 pounds of sausage because of metal bits By News Desk  Nine days after receiving notice that pieces of metal were embedded in a sausage product, Armour Eckrich Meats LLC posted a recall for more than 90,000 pounds of ready-to-eat breakfast sausage distributed to foodservice operations. Distribution centers in Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas received the fully-cooked pork, turkey and beef breakfast sausage items,... Continue Reading
Correctional Industries recalls more food because of bad water By News Desk  An unknown quantity of a wide variety of processed foods ranging from vegan PB&J sandwiches to Halal bologna tray lunches that were distributed to unnamed "external customers" is being recalled by the Washington State Department of Corrections because it was made with contaminated water. The recall, posted May 24 on the Food and Drug Administration's... Continue Reading
Appellate judges won't release Wilkerson while awaiting appeal By Dan Flynn  The extended visiting hours for Memorial Day weekend at Federal Correction Institution (FCI) Marianna probably won't be much consolidation for 43-year-old Mary Wilkerson, who was denied in her second request for release on bail. She remains incarcerated at the western Florida panhandle federal prison. It's about an hour from Wilkerson's home in South Georgia. Circuit Judges... Continue Reading
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I can hear a bit of silence in the board rooms of America. Monday the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeals of Austin "Jack" DeCoster and his son, Peter DeCoster, without comment. In April 2015 U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett sentenced the DeCosters to prison, saying they knew or should have known about the... 
