Check Your Yoma Myanmar 'Tea Salad Snack' for Peanuts

From New York State Ag and Markets:

New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball today (Monday Oct. 10) alerted consumers to undeclared peanuts in Yoma Myanmar “Tea Salad Snack – Spicy,” packaged and distributed by Yoma Myanmar Tea Co., 5 N. Beacon St., Boston, MA 02134.  

People who have severe sensitivity to peanuts may run the risk of serious or life-threatening reactions if they consume this product.  No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this product.

The recalled “Tea Salad Snack – Spicy” is packaged in a 7 oz. plastic bag coded EXP: 15 June 2018.  The product was sold at various retail stores in New York State.
 
Routine sampling by the state Department of Agriculture and Markets’ food inspectors and subsequent analysis of the product by the state Food Laboratory revealed the product contained peanut allergens, which were not declared on the label.

 
Consumers who have purchased “Tea Salad Snack – Spicy” may return the product to the place of purchase.   Consumers with questions about the recalled product may contact Yoma Myanmar Tea Co. at 617-783-1372 or info@teasalad.com, or the place of purchase.

Stay Away from Those Action Dramas

From Cornell University:

Can watching dramatic television make you fat? 

Yes, according to a new Cornell Food and Brand Lab study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association: Internal Medicine. 

The study finds that fast-paced television programs might lead people to eat twice as much food.

“More stimulating programs that are fast paced and include many camera cuts, really draw you in and distract you from what you’re eating,” said lead author Aner Tal, post-doctoral researcher at the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. “They can make you eat more because you’re paying less attention to how much you are putting in your mouth.”

In the study people snacked on chocolates, cookies, carrots and grapes while watching 20 minutes of different television and movie genres. Those who watched an action movie ate almost twice as many snacks – 98 percent more – than those watching a news talk show.

“The good news for action movie lovers, is they can choose to eat healthy foods while watching their favorite shows,” according to co-author Brian Wansink, Professor of Marketing and Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, “Take advantage of this!”

To see a video explaining the research, go to http://foodpsychology.cornell.edu/OP/watch-what-you-eat

USDA: Healthier Snacks Coming to Schools Across the Country

Check out this video on how kids will see only healthy snacks at schools from now on.