Glatt's-brand Beef Frankfurters Jumbo BBQ have been recalled because they may be contaminated with listeria.
Sold in 375 gram packages with the UPC 0 55627 00203 6 and a best before date of April 21, 2012, the hotdogs were distributed in Ontario and Quebec.
Although there have been no reported illnesses, Montreal-based Glatt's Kosher Meat Products has voluntarily recalling the product which it warned would not necessarily look or smell spoiled. Customers who've purchased the 'furters should dispose of them immediately.
Food contaminated with Listeria can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea.
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Newsflash: older moms may be prone to postpartum depression than younger ones. Such were the findings of a University of British Columbia study of 7,936 women as part of the nationwide Canadian Community Health Survey.
In short: women aged between 40 and 44 years who'd given birth in the past five years were five times as likely to have been depressed in the preceding 12 months than younger women, regardless of martial or socioeconomic status.
Ironic, perhaps, given that older moms tend to be more affluent and educated, factors that usually nix the odds of depression.
The reason for this, according to Giulia Muraca-Muir, lead researcher at UBC, is that older moms suffer from greater anxiety about say, the "increased health risks to them and their child, or the impact that time away from their job will have on their careers."
"We've identified a potential high-risk group that is growing rapidly," Muraca-Muir said. "We need to be able to counsel women on what the psychological consequences of late pregnancy might be." That means extra support from the medical community.
If you are an older mom, were you particularly anxious during and after your pregnancy? How did you deal?
Ever get stuck next to someone on a plane who absolutely insists on telling you their (incredibly dull) life story? Well, a new service called "Meet & Seat" by the Dutch airline KLM can either help or hinder you, depending on your vantage point. And it's not the first time an airline pilots a controversial service.
Before you even board the 747 hoping for some peace (or alternately, some stimulating convo), you can freely peruse fellow passengers' Facebook and LinkedIn profiles looking for a kindred with whom to while away your time in the sky.
New York Times aviation blogger Nicola Roberts, clearly a glass full kind of gal, imagines cozying up to "an Italian chemical engineer fluent in Dutch, English, Spanish and Portuguese," where yours truly might imagine a creep cornering you in the window seat for umpteen hours.
To be fair to KLM, the service is totally optional on routes from Amsterdam to New York, São Paulo, or San Francisco. But just because you sign up doesn't give you much room to later reject a seat partner if he/she doesn't cut the mustard. Of course, there is the option of creeping out potential arm rest buddies in advance by describing the chickpea curry you had for lunch. Just sayin'.
Is KLM effectively offering an in-flight dating service? What's your flying style: nice to meet you or nice to mind you?
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