Results tagged “recall”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the warning and manufacturer recall for Hydroxycut, a dietary supplement used to drop a few pounds and boost the egos of muscle heads bodybuilders. The FDA says that the supplement has been linked to one death and poses a risk for significant liver injury. And we thought alcohol was bad--made of "natural ingredients," Hydroxycut made up 90 percent of the weight loss market.

Well, unless you want your burger to be a bun, pickles, lettuce cheese, and condiments. Or perhaps of the exotic meat or veggie variety. Local QFCs and Fred Meyers (parent company: Kroger) are recalling ground beef purchased at their stores over the past few weeks. The beef is being recalled after an outbreak of E. coli in the Midwest traced to the beef. Of course this recall comes on the heels of the are-they-or-aren't-they-killer salmonella-tainted tomatoes outbreak, which has yet to be solved.

No, Seattlest is not just a fan of alliteration and 80's slang, as the headline might suggest. Burying the beef, is the current plan of the Seattle Public School District to rid itself of 230 cases of possibly contaminated beef. The beef, provided to school districts through a USDA lunch program, came from a California slaughterhouse in the center of the largest beef recall in USDA history.

MOVIES: There are two kinds of people in this world: those who are attracted to a film program called Monument Recall: Public Memory and Public Spaces, and those who are repelled. If you're the former? Tonight's your night.

THEATER: The Brown Derby Series, which debilitated audiences last year with their staged production of Trapped in the Closet, is back, this time they're doing Total Recall. With Seattlest favorite Dusty Warren!

Recall elections are awesome. A few years ago we were lucky enough to go through one in California. It turned an ordinary fall into a non-stop free for all of stump speech watching action. In the end we got a new governor who knows a little something about excitement, and the American political process got a little gooder.

Alright, first things first: The 31st annual Seattle International Film Festival is nearly upon us. Opening night is May 19th, and SIFF runs for nearly a month after that. During that time, more than 230 feature-length films will screen, including a whole bunch of goodies which have already won awards at Sundance and other film fests. The box office opens today for SIFF members, but the general public (i.e., the commoners) will have to wait to get their seats until May 8th. Ticket prices range from $5 for 2pm weekday matinees to $10 for regular screenings, though you can pony up $150 for VIP tix to the Opening Night Gala. Check out the full catalog and schedule here.