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Contaminated crackers to be withdrawn from sale |
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 By AM Costa Rica staff
The Ministry of
Health requested all stores in Costa
Rica to check and see if they have
on their shelves the products from
Mondelez International. Those
products were imported from the
United States.
The producer,
the subsidiary Mondelez Global
LLC, reported July 21 that it had
issued a withdrawal of certain
Ritz Cracker Sandwiches and Ritz
Bits products due to possible
salmonella contamination. The
problem was with a whey powder
used as an ingredient, the
statement said. The U.S. Food and
Drug Administration said the whey
came from Associated Milk
Producers, Inc., in Blair,
Wisconsin, and was used in the
Ritz products among others.
Salmonella is a bacteria that, "can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, weak or elderly people and other people are weakened immune systems," the company warns. Based on that official alert, the Ministry of Health gave local businesses a period of five business days to report if the product is in their inventory and to remove it from the shelves. The ministry
said that businesses were asked to
give a report by a deadline Friday
on how many of the specified
products were sold and if the rest
were removed from the shelves.
"The deadline expired on Friday but the order is to immediately suspend the commercialization if they found it and have five working days to inform if they found and destroy the products," the ministry said. Jennifer Lee, head of the Normalization and Control Unit of the Directorate of Health Regulation and Control, said that when the alert was received there was an investigation about the importers of the product. Lee reported that same day the order went out for product withdrawal and destruction and said that the individual store was responsible for reporting those actions.
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 Consumers who have purchased these products should not eat them but should throw them away, health officials said.
The company added that, to
date, there have been no complaints of ill
effects due to the consumption of the
products. The withdrawal is made as a
preventive measure, due to the provider's
warning.
After the warning Mondelez Global said that the problem was limited to the products detailed below, which would have been sold in the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The products are the following: Regular Ritz Bits Cheese Cookies, Ritz Cheese Cracker Sandwiches, Ritz Crackers Whole Wheat Cracker Sandwiches with Cheddar Cheese, Cookies Ritz Everything Cracker Sandwiches with Cream Cheese, and Mixed Cookie Cracker Variety cookies.
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Consumption of liquor increased |
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff
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A.M. Costa Rica wire
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Latin America, compared to the United States and
Canada, per capita consumption is lower.
Regarding the number of drinks per week,
people were asked about consumption in the last 30
days. It was determined that in 2009 people
had 1.9 drinks per week. In 2014 they had 1.3, and
in 2018 that increased 1.7 drinks per week.
As for the number of drinks for each occasion, while in 2009 it was 4.5 drinks, in 2014 it was 6.4. This year the number was 5.6 drinks. "This shows a decline, which if maintained, would be very positive, because it would lead to a greater moderation in the consumption of alcoholic beverages," Mora said. The main reasons why Costa Ricans are drinking alcohol, based on the survey, are: -18 percent because they like the taste.
-17 percent because alcohol is used in celebrations or special occasions. -5 percent said they drink due to peer pressure. The survey was announced Tuesday morning in the annual forum organized by Educ-alcohol and the National Union of Local Governments, in which the challenges to transform the culture of consumption in our country were discussed. |
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| Only 18 of the 81 municipalities get a passing grade | |
By A.M. Costa Rica
staff
The Office of the
Comptroller General of the Republic said
Tuesday that just 18 of the country's
municipalities scored better than 70 our of
100 in an evaluation.
The agency has carried out a study and created what it calls the Municipal Management Index. The scoring is based on the information provided by the municipalities in the year 2017. The Comptroller's Office qualifies the level of management, good or bad, based on this data. According to the report, only 18 municipalities received an acceptable grade on the Municipal Management Index of the total of 81 municipalities. The 18 scored 71 or above. The study is based on the
result of municipal work in: development and
institutional management, planning, citizen
participation and accountability, the
management of environmental development, the
management of economic services, road
management and the management of social
services.
According to the study, the municipalities most often struggle in the areas of: cleanliness of roads and public places, parks and ornamental works and waste treatment. "The highest score was obtained by the Municipality of San Carlos, 88.50 points. On the other hand, the lowest rating was the Municipalidad de Los Chiles with 34.68 points," said the report. One of the most negative aspects of the report is that there are 12 municipalities that have always obtained less than 50 points.
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A.M. Costa Rica wire services photo
The Comptroller said that "in the last six
years, at least 12 municipalities - recurrently -
have registered a score lower than 50."
The agency continues "this translates into weaknesses to manage the provision of public services (cleanliness of roads, parks and decorative works, collection and storage and treatment of waste), difficulties in implementing internal control systems and inability to articulate mechanisms of citizen participation and participatory budgeting."
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Nicaraguan crisis sends 23,000
refugees to Costa Rica
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Dear A.M. Costa Rica readers:
According to the United
Nations, at least 23,000 Nicaraguans fleeing
violence in that country have sought refuge
in Costa Rica since April.
"In recent months, the number of asylum applications filed by Nicaraguans in Costa Rica and other countries increased exponentially," said a spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. He is William Spindler, and he spoke at a press conference in Geneva. According to the refugee agency, "Costa Rica received the most requests for asylum, but Panama, Mexico and the United States also recorded an upward trend during the first half of 2018 with a significant peak in June." The regional figures are still unknown, but in regard to Costa Rica, "there were about 8,000 asylum requests from Nicaraguan citizens since April and some 15,000 people got an appointment to register later because the national treatment capacities are exceeded," he explained, citing data from the Costa Rican authorities. Currently, 200 asylum
applications are registered every day
in Costa Rica, according to the U.N.
agency, which said it wants to help
the authorities increase this figure
to at least 500 a day.
The spokesman said that the agency is reinforcing its presence in Costa Rica, along with other U.N. agencies and associated non profits, and is prepared to provide protection and immediate assistance to thousands of Nicaraguan refugees and asylum seekers, both in the region of north of Costa Rica and around the capital.
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 Since April 18, Nicaragua has
experienced a protest movement against the
repressive government, which has left more than
400 dead and 2,000 injured, according to several
human rights organizations.
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| Argendora Bridge in La Cruz de Guanacaste will reopen Friday | |
By A.M. Costa Rica staff
The
bridge of the community of Argendora in La Cruz in
Guanacaste will be reopened this Friday after the
damages caused by heavy rains in July have been
repaired. |
A. M. Costa
Rica wires services photo
The project would cost ¢165
million.
For light vehicles, the alternative route is route 917, from Brasilia de La Cruz to the Interamericana Norte. For heavy trucks, the recommendation is to take Route 6 that goes to Cañas and from there to the Interamericana Norte. |
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Triple collision leaves one dead
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By
A.M. Costa Rica staff
On Tuesday
morning there was a
triple crash involving a
light vehicle, a bus and
a trailer at Monte Oro
in Miramar, Puntarenas.
Full details of the crash are not available but evidently the sedan involved ended up under the truck, complicating efforts to rescue the two passengers. Hydraulic equipment was brought to the scene, but despite the efforts of rescuers, the driver, a woman, died at the scene. Her identity was not reported by the police who removed her body to the morgue. The hydraulic equipment was also used to release a man, surnamed Robles, from the wreckage. He was seriously injured and transferred in delicate condition to the Monseñor Sanabria Hospital. |
 The accident caused long vehicle jams and significant detours along the Interamericana highway between Miramar and Caldera. |
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