Archive for July 5th, 2009

NOW Foods Issues Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Whey Protein Concentrate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Bloomingdale, IL – July 2, 2009 – NOW Foods has issued a voluntary recall for NOW Foods products containing whey protein concentrate due to potential Salmonella contamination. This is an extension of the voluntary recall being conducted by the company’s supplier Plainview Milk Products Cooperative.

NOW Foods has not received any reports of illness related to whey protein concentrate.

The products being recalled include 12 products and 29 lots. The lot numbers listed below are the only ones affected and should not be consumed. Customers should return the product to the store where it was purchased for a full refund.
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Rick Collins’ “Leap for Life”
By Joe Pietaro

Mineola, NY, July 2009 – Rick Collins — a Long Island-based attorney, popular author and the nation’s foremost legal authority on performance-enhancing substances — has announced that he is “leaping” into new territory this summer. In honor of two close friends and a relative stricken with cancer, Collins has created Leap for Life (www.leapforlife.org) – and will be jumping from a plane for the very first time in his life in order to help raise funds for the American Cancer Society … while also making a statement about exercising personal liberties as he flies through the air in his first-ever skydiving venture.
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