Stop & Shop Non-Fat Dry Milk recalled

Following notification from its manufacturer, the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company has recalled the following Stop & Shop Non Fat Dry Milk products:

– Stop and Shop Nonfat Dried Milk, 16 ounce size, UPC – 21120-00056, Code – FEB 0511S

– Stop and Shop Nonfat Dried Milk, 32 ounce size, UPC 21120-00052, Code – FEB 1211S

The items were removed from store shelves because they were produced with nonfat dried milk that is part of a national recall by Plainview Milk and may have been contaminated with salmonella bacteria.

Customers who have purchased the product should discard any unused portions and bring their purchase receipt to any Stop & Shop for a full refund.

To date, Stop & Shop has received no reports of illnesses associated with these  products.

Salmonella is one of the most common bacterial food-borne illnesses, however it can be life-threatening, especially for those with weak immune systems, such as infants, the elderly and persons with HIV infection or undergoing chemotherapy.

The most common symptoms are diarrhea, abdominal cramps and fever within eight to 72 hours.  Other symptoms can include chills, headache, nausea and vomiting that can last up to seven days.

Stop & Shop recently also recalled its store-made ground beef – for more information about that recall, go to http://www.stopandshop.com/customer_service/product_recalls.htm?linkid=H

For more information about this recall or other concerns, call Stop & Shop’s corporate brands hotline at 1-877-846-9949, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Or call Stop & Shop’s Customer Service line at 1-800-767-7772, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Posted July 1, 2009

Sorting recyclables gets easier

Now you can feel a little less guilty about throwing away your yogurt containers or that empty tub the potato salad came in.

Willimantic Waste Paper, the recycling processor contracted by the town of Mansfield, now accepts most plastic containers for recycling.

Until now, only plastic containers marked with No. 1 and No. 2 codes could be recycled.

Now, recyclable plastic containers include buckets, take-out containers, yogurt containers and cups.

You are still asked to remove all food and rinse out containers before placing them out for collection. They should be grouped with your metal cans and glass bottles.

Some plastics still cannot be recycled – these include garden hoses, plastic bags and any kind of Styrofoam.

But Styrofoam peanuts are accepted for reuse at the Mansfield transfer station.

And plastic bags are recycled at the transfer station, Big Y, Champlion’s General Store on South Eagleville Road (just past the intersection with Route 275, towards Eagleville Dam.)

Other grocery stores in Willimantic also have recycling boxes for recycling plastic bags near the entry, including Stop & Shop.

For more information, contact Mansfield Recycling Coordinator Virginia Walton at 860-429-3333 or waltonvd@mansfieldct.org  Or visit the Web site at http://www.mansfieldct.org/town/current/public_works/recycling_and_refuse_news.pdf

Posted July 1, 2009

Some 'classic' fun at the Benton

Mae West and W.C. Fields

The William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut is hosting a Summer Weekend Fun Film Festival featuring the following classics from the 1930s and 1940s:

Saturday, July 11: It Happened One Night (1934)

Sunday, July 12: Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Saturday, July 18: Destry Rides Again (1939)

Sunday July 19: My Little Chickadee (1940)

Saturday, July 25: A Night at the Opera (1935)

Sunday July 26: Ninotchka (1939)

Saturday, August 1: My Man Godfrey (1936)

Sunday, August 2: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

Showtime is 2 p.m.

Admission is free to the films – and the exhibitions, “A Touch of Humor” and “Punch & Judy: Handpuppets, Politics & Humor.”

Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in the screwball comedy "Bringing Up Baby" in which the "baby" is a leopard.

Saturday and Sunday hours at the Museum are 1 to 4:30 p.m. and Thursday and Friday hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The museum will be closed July 3-8 and will re-open at 10 a.m. on July 9.

The William Benton Museum of Art is located at 245 Glenbrook Road in Storrs. For more information, visit www.thebenton.org or call 860-486-4520.

Posted July 1, 2009

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