DeCoster ‘horrified’ that eggs were tainted
Bangor Daily News - 9/23/2010.By Mary Clare Jalonick – The owner of one of two Iowa egg farms linked to as many as 1,600 salmonella illnesses declined to testify at a congressional hearing Wednesday, citing his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. |
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Eggs and regs
Bangor Daily News - 9/22/2010.Editorial – As state and federal regulators try to figure out what went wrong at Midwestern facilities where eggs were contaminated with salmonella, they are turning their attention to Maine. They are looking at Maine to see how government regulations here helped avoid the contamination that has sickened at least 1,500. |
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County man in a pickle
Bangor Daily News - 9/22/2010. By Julia Bayly – Easton: Mike Henderson is in a pickle, but the owner-operator of Maine’s only full time pickle processing plant wouldn’t have it any other way. For 15 years, Henderson and his wife Susan have procured, pickled and packed pretty much anything that doesn’t move at Mike’s Maine Pickles in their central Aroostook County facility. |
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White pine needles help fight disease
Kennebec Journal - 9/22/2010.By Beth Quimby – The ubiquitous white pine isn't just the source of Maine's nickname. It turns out the tree's aromatic needles are a source for a rare starter material in the anti-flu drug Tamiflu, researchers in the University of Maine's chemistry department have discovered. |
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