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A recall of almost 10 million pounds of meat by an Oregon company may have reached nearly 80 stores in Oregon, according to the U.S.

Participation is optional and the photographs are not saved, TSA officials said.

BrucePac recalled the ready-to-eat meat and poultry products because they might be contaminated with listeria, a bacteria that can cause sickness or death.

The federal security agency rolled out updated security checkpoints with the recent reopening of a modernized terminal at Portland International Airport. The technology’s use is optional and photographs are not saved in the system.

The opening of a newly renovated terminal at Portland International Airport in August also marked the debut of revamped security checkpoints where the Transportation Security Administration has rolled out facial recognition technology.

Some of the more than 11 million pounds of meat and poultry products under recall because of possible listeria contamination was shipped to schools across the eastern U.S.

McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers tainted with E. coli are believed to have sickened several dozen people across 10 states, including one in Oregon, and killed one.

| Employees at many Oregon and southwest Washington Fred Meyer and QFC stores voted to approve a new labor contract that includes wage increases for 11,000 grocery workers, their union said Monday.

The company hopes to sell itself to rival Do It Best Corp. and avert the layoffs.

The university, pressed by Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, will instead conduct a national search.