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‘No way food safety not compromised’: US regulation rollbacks during Covid-19 criticised

Major pork plant closed after hundreds of workers contract coronavirus, while speeding up of poultry production lines raises concerns over standards The US government is accelerating controversial regulatory rollbacks to speed up production at meat plants, as companies express growing alarm at the impact of Covid-19 on their operations. Last week Smithfield represents 45% of US pork production is said it was critical for the meat industry to continue to operate unabated. Now it has emerged that as a wave of plants announced by the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS)…

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Dem Groups Begin Digital Assault of Trump Over Coronavirus

Swing state voters are being targeted with political ads hammering President Donald Trumps response to the coronavirus pandemic. But the organizations behind the ads are taking steps to ensure that they and their funders remain shrouded from public view. This week, Not In Our America, a new Facebook advertiser, began buying up promoted space on the platform to attack the administrations coronavirus response in the key 2020 states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Arizona. The ads are the newest addition to a handful of Democratic and progressive groups suggesting…

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This Dialogue Free Taiwanese Castella Cake Recipe is a Perfect 10 Minute Break

The spongiest cake you ever did see with ASMR-like audio to accompany the deliciousness. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-1583941906523-0’); }); Read more: https://twistedsifter.com/videos/dialogue-free-taiwanese-castella-cake-recipe-is-perfect-10-minute-break/

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Coronavirus blood treatment to be tried

Over time these build up and can be found in the plasma, the liquid portion of the blood. NHSBT is now approaching patients who have recovered from Covid-19 to see if plasma from them can be given to people who are currently ill with the virus. A statement from the organisation said: “We envisage that this will be initially used in trials as a possible treatment for Covid-19. “If fully approved, the trials will investigate whether convalescent plasma transfusions could improve a Covid-19 patient’s speed of recovery and chances of…

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