2015 Event Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen, resigns in the midst of a scandal in which the company confessed to installing software in its cars for the last 7 years in order to fool emissions test devices while violating U.S. clean air standards 2014 Event A live Ebola sample is mistakenly sent to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control laboratory that does not meet safety and security standards for handling the virus; a laboratory worker is being monitored for 21 days due to potential exposure 2013 Event The British Food Standards Agency reports a discovery in Lancashire of 100kg of horse meat imported from Hungary labelled as beef 2013 Event Owen Paterson, UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, convenes with British retailers and the Food Standards Agency to determine how "beef" products containing horsemeat were sold in supermarkets 2012 Event After the U.S. delists the Mujahideen-e Khalq as a terrorist entity, Iran accuses the United States of having 'double standards' 1940 Event 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938) 1929 Birthday Jocelyn Barrow, deputy chair person, British Broadcast Standards 1928 Event Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards 1901 Event Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce 1580 Event Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published
