| Mould on baguettes
SUPERMARKET giant Coles has been convicted and fined $50,000 after a packet of baguettes was found at its Wodonga High Street store with visible mould on the exterior and no best before or use-by dates. Coles was prosecuted by Wodonga Council and pleaded guilty to failing to comply with food standards code obligations in relation to labelling requirements enforced under the Victorian Food Act. Magistrate Jennifer Grubissa handed down the sentence in Wodonga Court on Thursday. She said courts took such matters very seriously and the remedial action taken by Coles had not been completely effective. Coles was ordered to pay the council’s court costs, which tallied $4095. The court heard Coles was prosecuted over a related breach at its Port Melbourne supermarket last year and given a $20,000 fine without conviction.
CHT's Georgia Project Leads to Increase in Physicians Recognized ...
COLUMBUS, Ga., April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center for Health Transformation (CHT) is proud to announce that the Center's Healthy Georgia Diabetes and Obesity Project has helped to lead to an increase in the number of physicians recognized for providing the best standards of care for people with diabetes. The Diabetes Physician Recognition Program (DPRP), a national program developed by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), was created in order to honor physicians and physician groups who provide high-quality diabetes care. Specifically, the program recognizes physicians who demonstrate that they provide excellent diabetes care and provides critical information to purchasers and consumers of healthcare and support quality improvement efforts by healthcare providers.
Cervical cancer battle gets $1M jolt
Billionaire industrialist Jon Huntsman Sr. has donated $1 million to fight cervical cancer - a move the Legislature refused to make last session.
The check made out to the Utah Department of Health, which announced the gift Wednesday, will pay for a public awareness campaign and Gardasil, a vaccine that shields females from contracting a sexually transmitted virus that can cause the deadly disease.
It is the second time in two years that private benefactors have stepped in to finance public health concerns that the Legislature declined to address.
Last year, after lawmakers cut the Medicaid dental program, billionaire James Sorenson, Utah's richest man who made a fortune on medical devices and real estate, and Intermountain Healthcare, gave $1 million each to provide care to the poor and disabled.
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