Quoting Nancy Backus to Jim Weller <=-

Wegmans have their own egg farms that supply their eggs... They've
done regular testing, and have never had any issues with salmonella
being found, whether in the eggs, on the eggs, or in their chickens...
I'm sure they have fairly rigid requirements on cleanliness and rodent control...

Loblaws in Canada is similar. They don't just rely on government;
they send their own inspectors out on surprise visits all up and
down their supply line, especially in China. They got really serious
about that with food after the infamous melamine in milk scandal.
And after those two horrible disasters in the Bangladesh garment
industry their "Joe Fresh" discount clothing subsidiary started
inspecting clothing factory working conditions too.

One incident there involved illegally converting a multi-storey
office building into a sewing factory full of heavy equipment which subsequently collapsed injuring and killing hundreds. The second one
was chaining and locking fire exits to deter theft instead of
spending money on cameras and an alarm or security guards. Again
hundreds died.

Although not directly liable, Loblaws along with several North
American and European department stores, together with a number of
individual wealthy celebrities who had lent their names to clothing
labels voluntarily donated millions to the families of the injured
and killed workers. Most notably Walmart did not. Yet another reason
to boycott them!

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

Title: Rhubarb Loaf with Ricotta, Hazelnuts & Strawberries
Categories: Desserts
Yield: 1 Servings

100 g Butter- unsalted
220 g Sugar- castor
190 g Yoghurt- Greek
250 g Flour- plain
1 ts Baking powder
1 pn Cinnamon- ground
8 Strawberries;sliced+extra
3 Rhubarb stalks;slice thin
2 Mandarins;zest of OR
1 zest of an orange
2 tb Sugar- raw
Orange blossom water; OPT
Sugar- icing; to sprinkle
Mint leaves; to garnish
200 g Hazelnuts- toasted; chopped
FRANGELICO RICOTTA:
400 g Ricotta;fresh
60 ml Wine- Frangelico liqueur
100 ml Cream
2 tb Sugar- castor
2 Mandarins; zest of, OR
1 zest of an orange

Preheat oven to 160 C. Grease a 1.5L loaf pan & dust lightly with
flour.

Using an electric beater, beat butter & castor sugar in a large
bowl till pale & thick. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after
each, then beat in yoghurt. Sift over flour, baking powder,
cinnamon & a pinch of salt, then fold in with a spatula. Fold th

Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then turn out to cool
completely.

Meanwhile, make the Frangelico Ricotta: Gently combine all the
ingredients. Halve the extra berries & sprinkle with a little
orange flower water & icing sugar. Thickly slice the loaf. If
desired, warm in the oven, then serve with ricotta, berries &
hazelnuts

Recipe by: Claire & David Graham, Tincat Cafe, Adelaide
Source: Jane Strode. Sunday Mail
Posted by: Kevin JCJD Symons

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Cheers

Jim


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Quoting Jim Weller to Nancy Backus on 08-25-18 16:53 <=-

Wegmans have their own egg farms that supply their eggs... They've
done regular testing, and have never had any issues with salmonella
being found, whether in the eggs, on the eggs, or in their chickens...
I'm sure they have fairly rigid requirements on cleanliness and rodent
control...

Loblaws in Canada is similar. They don't just rely on government;
they send their own inspectors out on surprise visits all up and
down their supply line, especially in China. They got really serious
about that with food after the infamous melamine in milk scandal.

Dunno as Wegmans has any suppliers of foods from China, except, perhaps
for their lines of canned/jarred/etc chinese foods... For their fresh
foods, meats/veggies/fruits/fish/cheese etc... they are very picky as to
who they pick to supply, and keep an on-going eye on all the
operations... they also tend to go for smaller, family businesses,
whether their "farms local to us" products or the ones the import from
further away... and look for sustainability and quality control... They
got caught in the melamine in cat and dog food problem since their
supplier hadn't been careful... those were off the shelves quickly...
and they changed suppliers as well..

And after those two horrible disasters in the Bangladesh garment
industry their "Joe Fresh" discount clothing subsidiary started
inspecting clothing factory working conditions too.

Good for them.

One incident there involved illegally converting a multi-storey
office building into a sewing factory full of heavy equipment which subsequently collapsed injuring and killing hundreds. The second one
was chaining and locking fire exits to deter theft instead of
spending money on cameras and an alarm or security guards. Again
hundreds died.

I think I heard of the second incident...

Although not directly liable, Loblaws along with several North
American and European department stores, together with a number of individual wealthy celebrities who had lent their names to clothing
labels voluntarily donated millions to the families of the injured
and killed workers.

A fine gesture... hopefully appreciated and helpful...

Most notably Walmart did not. Yet another reason to boycott them!

And yet another reason for old Sam to be rolling in his grave... Walmart
is a store I don't willingly go to....

ttyl neb

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