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stanley us lieb said the agency cant make the case that a routine inspection of a Nabisco cracker facility is necessary during the shutdown, however.Gottlieb said inspections would have ramped up this week for the first time since the holidays, so the lapse in inspections of high-risk foods will not be significant if they resume soon. He said his concern would grow if those inspections were halted for several weeks.The FDA conducts about 8,400 inspections a year, or an average of 160 a week, Gottlieb said. He said high-risk foods account for about a third of the food covered by the agencys domestic inspections. Factors that determine whether a food is more susceptible to contamination include the type of food, how its made, and the facilitys history of violations.The FDA oversees about three-quarters of the food supply, including packaged foods and produce. The agency said all impor
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AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, FileOscar Pistorius leaves the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, June 15, 2016, after his sentencing proceedings.By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press10:54 JST,ensp;November 24, 2023CAPE TOWN, South Africa AP 鈥?Oscar Pistorius could be granted parole on Friday after spending nearly 10 years in prison for murder.I
stanley cup t the latest turn in the story of the double-amputee Olympic runner who was one of the world most admired athletes before he killed his girlfriend by shooting her multiple times through a toilet door at his home.Pistorius, who had his 37th birthday this week, was sent to prison in late 2014 and has been given a second chance at parole in the space of eight months after he was wrongly ruled ineligible for early release at a first hearing in March. That was d
stanley de ue to an error made by an appeals court over when Pistorius ; jail sentence officially started and if he ;d served the required time.He was initially convicted of culpable homicide 鈥?a charge comparable to manslaughter 鈥?for killing Reeva Steenkamp in the predawn hours of Valentine Day 2013. That conviction
stanley termosy was overturned and he was convicted of murder after an appeal by prosecutors. They also appealed against an initial sentence of six years for murder and Pistorius was ultimately sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison.Serious offenders in South Africa must serve at least half their sentence to be eligible for parole, which Pistorius ha
