My Healthy Spirit

UPDATED 04/27/2010. FDA’s review of updated software indicates that it detects some but not all electrical component defects. Originally posted 03/08/2010

Outnumbered only by Unilever, TNI and Danone share the leading position in the European Union’s “Novel Foods” category (PRWeb Apr 28, 2010)

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On April 8, 2010, U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) added sixteen (16) new firms to Import Alert #99-08, "Detention Without Physical Examination Of Processed Foods for Pesticides". (IA 99-08). FDA has jurisdiction and enforcement power over most processed foods, whether foreign or domestic. FDA is now requiring these 16 foreign food processors to provide a valid certificate of analysis, showing that their products do not contain illegal residue of certain pesticides. (PRWeb Apr 28, 2010)

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Jarrow Formulas has launched an all-new Interactive Probiotic Profile, which gathers important information about a responder’s Lifestyle and Body Systems in order to identify the most suitable probiotic products and strains for overall health maintenance. (PRWeb Apr 28, 2010)

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How great is this bunny rocker by Playsam? I love traditional rocking horses, but I think I might love this even more. Those Swedes sure know how to create a good design. ($220)

“Pieces,” another lettering piece from this set by the great Sarah Gardner.

I apologize for the quiet day on here. I am feeling a little under the weather and ended up spending a large portion of my day curled up under the covers in bed (which, I have to say, was marvelous.) But here are some lovely images containing many, many stripes to end your Tuesday.

Sources (from top to bottom): Abby Powell, Flickr: hannah karina, Wayne Pate, Brigitte Sire, Sandra Juto, Shona Heath, Leanne Shapton, Roland Bello, Josh Goleman, and Nicholas Haggard.

A five-minute, one-off screening test could prevent thousands of people dying from bowel cancer every year, experts say.

It will come as good news to beer drinkers that the world’s oldest drink holds health benefits of its own. Some of those benefits, researchers say, suggest that beer is just as deserving as wine (if not more so) when it comes to all the health buzz. Click to read now

Recall due to the product’s cuff not holding air as a result of leaks in the pilot balloon inflation assembly.