Press Digest-New York Times business news - August 10

Taylor Farms said it was recalling prepared food items containing jalapeños from retailers over concerns about potential salmonella contamination, with the products including spicy guacamole, mango pico de gallo, taco dip and other branded and unbranded products.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Will Scharf, the White House staff secretary, will become White House counsel and assistant to the president, effective September 1.

The U.S. Senate passed a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September, the vote having been 90-6 with one senator voting present.

Canada offered the U.S. a package of trade proposals, in which Ottawa would tackle a list of Trump administration trade demands in exchange for Washington scrapping the 50% tariffs to be imposed in two weeks.