European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse In foreign products my wife and i have been concerned for some time about what controls the United slates pats on foreign imports of Toad products. Can they outlaw products that have teen sprayed with pesticides that have been banned in California which is where we live h so to w do they determine this sincerely from Fresno Call. The food and drug adminis Raylinn is responsible for the inspection of food imported into the United Stales and the Banning of contaminated food As a result of the inspection but according to iwo studies made by Iho general accounting office which is an investigative Armol the . Congress the Fra is nol doing its Job properly Tho studios stated Hal out of 1 million imported land shipments Iho Fra sampled less than 1 percent of the Small amount sampled 6 percent contained illegal residues. Rep Frank Horlon. A Republican ram upstate now York who released the report said. The Rale of con lamination found in imported foods is More than twice Hal found in Domestic foods. Enforcement the curious chopper t y son a Henza actions involving contaminated foods Art seriously deficient some pesticides banned Lor use in the United slates such As Dot Are Legal abroad and find their Way into the american food Supply because of inadequate controls. Since More americans Are eating imported foods particularly fresh fowls and vegetables stricter legislation is sorely needed. Cottage cheese does t seem to last Long before it holds. Two weeks seems to be the longest is there some Way to keep it longer Anita Hartung Daytona Beach Fla. There arc two things you can do to extend the life of Yout cottage cheese says James Chambers of Purdue University s department of food science. The Lisl is to clean the refrigerator at feast once a month because a poorly cleaned refrigerator is the main source for Mold that contaminates Lood. Clean the refrigerator s Interior with a detergent solution. Rinse with clean water and then a mild solution of bleach see Label for amount to us which sanitizes and Hills whatever Mold is fell. Second put the lid Back on the Container immediately Tho Mold is in the air and the longer the lid is off. The Mot Dick the cheese will got. I understand that animals manufacture Vitamin c in their own bodies but Man does not. How much Vitamin c would a human have to Taka to equal what an animal makes naturally Elaine Dowd Ovalo Calif. Most animals synthesize their own ascorbic acid Vitamin c. But not All. Those animals that do nol Are humans the primates Guinea pigs the Bulbul Birds and Indian fruit eating bats Evan Campron the medical director of the Linus Pauling Institute of science and Medicine informs us Hal on a Comparativo weight basis extrapolated irom the Many animals that manufacture their own Vitamin a a 70 pkg human being would have to produce or in this Case ingest 13 Grams of Vitamin c per Day. In other words a person who weighs about 154 pounds would have to Lake 26 500 my tablets of Vitamin c per Day in order to equal most other animals natural production. My toastmaster electric griddle has a Silverstone finish. It is burned in places from cooking pancakes. I be tried cleaning it with Nylon scrubbers but this Doean i work. How can i return the griddle to its original stale Jane Causey Badriah Call. Unfortunately says Kevin Reilly a product representative with Dupont. Not very much can be done at this Point. Tho burning was probably caused by excessive temperatures. The next step would be to use a mildy abrasive cleaner along with hot water and a Nylon Brush. Use very Little pressure. But this May stall to remove the very top layers of the nonstick coating and the release characteristic i.e., its ability nol to stick will diminish As this coating is removed. If the coating has not lost is release characteristic the slain is Best left Reader feedback re using vacuum cleaner bags Coffee filters marcs me Duleau Oakland Park Fla. I have an upright vacuum cleaner and one Day needed to change inc bag but found that 1 was out of them-1 look Iho bag out Cut of the Bottom and emptied it. I folded up the Bottom a couple of times and stapled it shut. I was then Able to reuse the bag. Mow i always use a bag More than Armena russian Fresno Calif at a microwave class i attended the instructor said Contee filters can be used in place of Saran wrap or other wraps to cover the Lood in the microwave. 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