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The CDC estimates that 48 million people in the US every year are sickened from food-born disease. Now the food and drug administration has issued new rules intended to ensure that fresh produces is safe to eat. As NPR's DC reports the agency has been working on this for 5 years. The new rules cover famers who grow fresh produces here in the US and abroad. Earlier drafts of the rules were controversial. Small farmers complain that some of the requirements, for instance for testing of irrigation water were onerous⁵ and costly⁶. These final rules contain compromises on some of those requirements. A separate FDA rule covers food importers and requires them to make sure that foreign foods suppliers are also operating safely. The FDA wants to inspect farms in the US and abroad to enforce the regulations but to do that, it will need more money from congress. DC, NPR news.

The Israeli military is searching for suspected Palestinian attacker who shot and killed an Israeli man and his 18-year old son today in the West Bank. From Jerusalem, NPR's EH reports that this attack echoes one that for many Israelis triggered the recent insurgent⁷ violence. This man and his son were with other family members in the car when they were killed. That was the case also six weeks ago when several Palestinian men shot and killed an Israeli settler couple in front of their children. 13 Israeli Jews have been killed by Palestinians and 80 Palestinians by Israeli forces in the recent rise of violence.

Little sign of inflation last month as prices charged by farmers, manufactures and other producers fell. For the second time in a row, the Labour Department reports produces prices down almost four tenth of a percent. Relatively⁸ low wages have retailers⁹ keeping prices down which in turn is suppressing inflation. On Wall Street, the Dow down 189 points. This is NPR. A Pennsylvania court has ruled that a former assistant Penn State coach convicted of child sexual abuse should get his pension back. As BE from member station WITF reports Jerry Sandusky will now collect about 4900 dollars a month. The state retirement¹⁰ system had stripped Sandusky of his pension because of his criminal convictions in 2012. But the state's commonwealth¹¹ court says he should get the monthly payout because he wasn't a state employee when he sexually abused ten boys. The ruling supports the argument that Sandusky was a consultant¹² and not a de facto Penn state employee. Sandusky officially retired¹³ in 1999. The judges also ordered the board to pay back interests. Sandusky, who's now 71 years old, is currently serving 30 to 60 years in prison. For NPR news, I'm BE in Harrisburg.

355,000 cans of SpaghettiOs Original are being recalled in the US by Campbell Soup due to a possible choking hazard. Pieces of red plastic, part of the can's lining¹⁴, were found in a small number of the 14.2 ounce cans. The cans included in the recall have a date of February 22, 2017.

A potential steering¹⁵ failure has led to the recall of more than 256,000 Kia soul compact SUVs in the US. The recall covers certain souls from 2014 through 2016 model years. Kia says the adhesive¹⁶ that hold steering gear together may not be strong enough and the parts can separate. I'm LS, NPR news.

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