Day archives: July 9th, 2010

Mapping the EU's debt, jobs and growth worries

The Economist: “This interactive map underlines some of the problems that the European economy faces. In 2009 only Poland of the 27 countries in the European Union managed to record positive growth. Although many countries have now returned to growth, it is generally anaemic. In many countries unemployment rates have not risen as much as …

Subjects: Government Documents

FDA: New Final Rule to Ensure Egg Safety, Reduce Salmonella Illnesses Goes Into Effect

News release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that as many as 79,000 illnesses and 30 deaths due to consumption of eggs contaminated with the bacterium Salmonella Enteritidis may be avoided each year with new food safety requirements for large-scale egg producers. The new food safety requirements will become effective on July 9, 2010, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Undertakes Major Sea Turtle Egg Evacuations In Response to Spill

Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) announced that FedEx Corporation is joining the efforts to protect sea turtle nests and eggs from potential impacts of the oil spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The company will be donating resources to transport hundreds of …

Subjects: Government Documents