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• The Baltimore Sun reports that "workers for Giant Food and Safeway supermarkets in the Baltimore-Washington area could vote on a new labor contract as early as Wednesday. Negotiations continued Monday between management for the two chains and union representatives for 28,000 Giant and Safeway workers in the region. An 18-month contract with the United Food and Commercial Workers expired Oct. 31 but was extended to Nov. 15."


• The Associated Press reports that "more than 90 tons of ready-to-eat salads and sandwiches by a California catering company are being recalled after 26 people in three states were sickened by a bacterial strain of E. coli linked to its products, federal health officials said Sunday. Richmond-based Glass Onion Catering are recalling approximately 181,620 pounds of salads and sandwich wraps containing cooked chicken and ham, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service said … The Contra Costa Times reports the company supplies food to Trader Joe's, Super Fresh Goods and Delish."
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