• A panel of scientists has come out with a report pretty much tearing the FDA a new one over its ruling that bispenol-A is safe. [NYT] • A restaurant in Hamburg, NY was closed after officials discovered staff had...
• Calorie counting is back, or so says The New York Times. Didn't realize it had ever really fallen out of favor. [NYT] • The LA Times editorial board calls for all food from China to be tested for melamine....
• Various big names in the retail food business are voluntarily adding easily visible nutritional icons to their packaging. [NYTimes] • Wal-Mart removed some Chinese eggs from their shelves. You guessed it — melamine! [AP/SF Chron] • ... but the...
• A grim reminder that the financial crisis is about so much more than jobs, foreclosed homes, and retirement funds: it's also calamitous news for the global food crisis. [WaPo] • On the plus side... potatoes? Cheap and less subject...
• A soon-to-air episode of a Belgian food show teaches viewers how to prepare Hitler's favorite meal (trout with butter sauce). Unsurprisingly, this has drawn some serious ire. [Boston Globe] • North Korea is facing its worst food crisis in...
• Scientists are working on making drought-resistant crops to fight hunger abroad and fatten wallets at home. [NYT] • That Michigan pizzeria that put a cheese-and-tomato bounty on McCain signs has canceled its offer. [AP/Chicago Tribune] • A Canadian E....
• A judge awarded $4.6 million in back pay and damages to 36 delivery workers for New York's Saigon Grill, where they had previously earned as little as $2 an hour. [NYT] • The UN gets in on the whole...
• They might not be regulating anything else, but at least the government is stepping in to regulate the beef packers! [AP/NYTimes] • Including farmed versions in the count disqualifies many of species of salmon from the endangered list. Good...
• Warming waters are pushing Alaskan pollock further up north... to Russia! The geopolitical/economic ramifications are pretty enormous. [LA Times] • Worried about all the contaminated food scandals? A trio of nutrition experts give advice on how to select and...
• Hey there, eco-friendly sushi lover. Wondering which fish you can eat in good conscience? Not most of them! [Washington Post] • To the surprise of very few, it seems that the Chinese tainted milk crisis can be traced back...
• A bound man is found dead in the basement of a chicago restaurant. Cue ominous music. [Chicago Tribune] • The Mi Tierrita restaurant chain, of New York, will pay out $660,000 in back wages and penalties to workers, some...
• Restaurant stocks are trading down, way down, on the market. Then again, isn't everything these days? [LA Times] • Some restaurants are trying to bring in a little more revenue by expanding hours. [NYT] • A two-year-old boy in...
• Bob Dole and George McGovern win the World Food Prize for their contributions to ending world hunger. [AP] • The upshot of overfishing, factory farming, and obesity: People are taking food seriously again! [NYT] • While food prices have...
• The CEO of a listeria-infested meatpacking plant is unsurprised. Charming. [Reuters] • It's been a rather successful year for Idaho's potato growers, to the tune of eleven billion pounds of spuds. [Chicago Tribune] • The Great Lakes are being...
• Tagging along with a couple Chicago health inspectors could put you off your food. Though the point is to do the opposite. [Chicago Tribune] • From the "bout fricking time" file, China announces stricter controls and testing on its...
• Gender plays a much bigger behind-the-scenes role at restaurants than one would think. [NYT] • The Chinese have lost all faith in their government's ability to regulate food, and they expect more food scandals to come. [USA Today] •...
• Despite increased support for biofuels, the UN Food Council warns that it might distract from the more pressing issue of food security. [AP] • Speaking of the UN! They're reinstating a free-breakfast program for 450,000 Cambodian schoolchildren. [AP] •...
• The financial crisis means that people are looking for ways to cut costs. One sign that they are doing so? A resurgence in food clubs. [Chicago Tribune] • All those melamine taintings, plus the salmonella and E. coli scares...
• Aw! Chinese panda bears are being fed chicken soup to keep healthy. Thus unexplored: the effect of matzoh balls. [Boston Globe] • A seven year old boy went on a "killing spree" at an Australian zoo, feeding several animals...
• Well, we couldn't sit it out forever. Traces of melamine have finally been found in products on U.S. shelves. [NY Times] • Darnell Hartsfield is found guilty of five counts of capital murder, 25 years after he abducted five...