The Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall on “Trader Joe’s Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots,” sold in 7 ounce flexible plastic bags with a sell-by date up to and including Aug. 8, 2007, printed on the back of the packages.
The FDA says the product may be contaminated with the bacteria shigella. According to the FDA, shigella infection can cause diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting and it can be passed from person to person.
If you have any packages with the specified code dates, the FDA and Trader Joe’s recommend that you return the product, full or empty, to the store for a full refund.
Community Foundation moves its offices
The Community Foundation of Silicon Valley has moved to new central quarters in Mountain View.Formed last year by merging the Peninsula Community Foundation with the Community Foundation Silicon Valley, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation now serves both San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.
The new foundation is the fourth largest community foundation in the nation with more than $1.9 billion in assets and 1,400 philanthropic funds, according to the Web site, siliconvalleycf.org.
The foundation will maintain existing conference space in San Mateo and San Jose.
The new address is 2440 West El Camino Real, Suite 300, Mountain View, CA 94040, The foundation can be reached by telephone at 650-450-5400, by fax at 650-450-5401, and by e-mail at news@siliconvalleycf.org.
