....oh dear.
Solike. This morning I'm asleep, dreading waking up to go to work when my mom comes into my room.
"Sarah, Theresa, Barb called and says you don't have to come in for opening; but they may call you in later."
I fell back asleep thinking I was dreaming, until about 10 when I woke up.
"Mom, did you say Barb called us off?"
"Yeah."
So finally at noon I get up, feeling very odd and surreal and stuff, and listen to Barb's message.
"Hey Sarah and Theresa, don't come in today, there's something happening with the store. We'll give you a call in when we need you."
So of course my imagination runs amuck in the form of floods, fires and famines...
WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania beef company is recalling about 259,230 pounds of beef products due to possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Pennsylvania Department of Health have found several illnesses tied to steak products produced by HFX Inc. for Hoss’s Family Steak and Sea Restaurants, a chain based in Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health said in a statement the illnesses are believed to be the result of eating rare or medium-rare steak at the restaurants March 24-March 29. Four of five people have been hospitalized, but none has developed kidney failure.
“Because the number of cases is small and the exposure period was several weeks ago, the health department believes the risk to Hoss’s customers is low,” the Pennsylvania Department of Health said.
E. coli O157:H7 is a potentially deadly bacteria that can cause bloody diarrhea and dehydration. Children, elderly and people with poor immune systems are the most susceptible.
USDA said 4,884 pounds were produced on various dates between April 5, 2007, and April 19, 2007, and were distributed to retail stores in Pennsylvania. The rest of the meat, 254,346 pounds, was distributed to restaurants in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
More information on the recall can be found on the USDA's Web site.
Huh. Glad no-one got the hideous liver-failure bit, but still. What a way to get a free day off...I used it well, though, got my room rearranged completely. ^^ We also went out to eat - got to watch the last 10 minutes of the Sabres/Islanders series. Sabres won. Woo!
"Sarah, Theresa, Barb called and says you don't have to come in for opening; but they may call you in later."
I fell back asleep thinking I was dreaming, until about 10 when I woke up.
"Mom, did you say Barb called us off?"
"Yeah."
So finally at noon I get up, feeling very odd and surreal and stuff, and listen to Barb's message.
"Hey Sarah and Theresa, don't come in today, there's something happening with the store. We'll give you a call in when we need you."
So of course my imagination runs amuck in the form of floods, fires and famines...
WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania beef company is recalling about 259,230 pounds of beef products due to possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Pennsylvania Department of Health have found several illnesses tied to steak products produced by HFX Inc. for Hoss’s Family Steak and Sea Restaurants, a chain based in Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health said in a statement the illnesses are believed to be the result of eating rare or medium-rare steak at the restaurants March 24-March 29. Four of five people have been hospitalized, but none has developed kidney failure.
“Because the number of cases is small and the exposure period was several weeks ago, the health department believes the risk to Hoss’s customers is low,” the Pennsylvania Department of Health said.
E. coli O157:H7 is a potentially deadly bacteria that can cause bloody diarrhea and dehydration. Children, elderly and people with poor immune systems are the most susceptible.
USDA said 4,884 pounds were produced on various dates between April 5, 2007, and April 19, 2007, and were distributed to retail stores in Pennsylvania. The rest of the meat, 254,346 pounds, was distributed to restaurants in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
More information on the recall can be found on the USDA's Web site.
Huh. Glad no-one got the hideous liver-failure bit, but still. What a way to get a free day off...I used it well, though, got my room rearranged completely. ^^ We also went out to eat - got to watch the last 10 minutes of the Sabres/Islanders series. Sabres won. Woo!