Across an ocean: A delegation of Louisiana tourism officials and partners has returned from a trade mission to promote international travel to Louisiana. Lt. Gov. Bill Nungesser, the state tourism office and 17 partners traveled to Germany and England, where they hosted travel agents, discussed each country’s influence on Louisiana culture and highlighted the ease of travel to the state. They promoted seasonal direct flights to Louisiana as well as direct service to New Orleans and regional connections to Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Shreveport. Nungesser has already declared the tourism mission a success.
Off the list: Food may be made with love, but federal officials say it can’t be listed as an ingredient on labels. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently told a Concord, Massachusetts, bakery it should remove the word “love” from its list of granola ingredients, The Washington Post reports. Federal regulations require that ingredients must be listed by their common or usual name, and “love” is not a common or usual name of an ingredient. The bakery, which was cited for several violations, says it will comply with the FDA. Read the full story.
By the numbers: A cybersecurity adviser to President Donald Trump is pushing to phase out the use of Social Security numbers as a form of identification. White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Rob Joyce says that using a person’s Social Security number as an identifier or access control is “just a horrific idea.” Joyce says a federal team is looking at “what the technologies are that could change or replace these identifiers,” such as using public key encryption. He says there’s no specific timeline to make changes. Social Security numbers were among the data stolen during a recent hack of credit bureau Equifax that involved the personal information of 145 million Americans. Read the full story.
