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  • Dried tofu in vacuum sacks suspected in Taiwan botulism cases

    Posted: July 2nd, 2010 - 1:47pm by Doug Powell

    Officials in Taiwan said today dried tofu in vacuum-sealed plastic sacks was suspected in a series of botulinum poisoning cases.

    Taiwan has seen eight botulinum poisoning cases involving 11 people since April. One person was killed, five remain hospitalized and five others have been discharged from hospitals after treatment.

    The Department of Health said three soybean product factories use a sterilized vacuum packaging process, and that only tofu products that are thoroughly sterilized before being vacuum-packed should be stored or displayed in room temperature environments.

    Products from factories that do not properly sterilize their dried tofu should be refrigerated until eating, health officials said.
     

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  • If I was a woman, P&G would be interested in me

    Posted: February 16th, 2010 - 2:30pm by Doug Powell

    Procter & Gamble is gunning for me.

    With two dogs, two cats, hardwood floors, a 1-year-old and a wife who watches the Dog Whisperer on TV, I’m the target demographic for P&G’s new campaign to replace mops and brooms with Swiffer products, featuring celebrity spokesthingy Cesar Millan.

    The New York Times reports that Swiffer, the 11-year-old Procter & Gamble brand, is hiring Mr. Millan to help with a different sort of behavior modification: getting consumers to forgo traditional floor cleaning devices and buy Swiffer products.

    “Mops and brooms are really what we’re going after,” said Marchoe Northern, a Swiffer brand manager, adding that women were the target consumers. “It’s really about habit adaption at first — getting the Swiffer in her house — and then habit formation.”

    P&G: I’m not a woman. I’m your target. Stop being so sexist.
     

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