Monday, April 1

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Contents:

1. Tropicale Foods Recalls Mini Ice Cream Bars After Salmonella Concerns

2. Fact of the Day

3. Quote of the Day

4. Word of the Day

Tropicale Foods has recalled 5,224 packs of their mini ice cream bars after they were found to contain a dangerous disease. The United States Food and Drug Administration found that their Helados Mexico Mini Cream Variety Packs with a best by date of October 11, 2025 contained salmonella, which can cause diarrhea, blood in the stool, abdominal pain and cramps, vomiting, and fever. The bars were sold in 16 states: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C. and some of Europe. Tropicale Foods has stated that any consumers with this product should immediately throw it away. This comes after another company, Wenders LLC, recently recalled certain batches of their Trader Joes Nuts due to more salmonella concerns.

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• International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (Saturday, April 6)

• International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (Sunday, April 7)

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Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest): Anyone between the ages of 40 and 74 in Japan must get their waistline measured, by law. If it exceeds a certain length, they are considered obese and are put on dietary guidelines. If they are found to be obese, the company they work for can also be fined.

Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. (Albert Einstein)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Expiate (verb)- Expiate is a formal word that typically means “to atone or make amends for something, such as a sin or offense.”

In a Sentence: Although the editorial had characterized the mayor's failure to disclose the details of the meeting as a lapse that could not be expiated, many of the city's citizens seemed ready to forgive all.