FYI: Guns, Germs And Mouse Droppings
• This peanut story just keeps getting worse and worse. Now the FDA says inspectors found dead mice and droppings at the Peanut Corporation of America's Texas plant. [Reuters]
• Business in Houston's Asiatown restaurants has taken a nosedive since a string of e-mails detailed how gangs of gunmen have robbed diners in nine different restaurants. Turns out that almost all of the stories are bogus. [Houston Chronicle]
• A bipartisan bill introduced to the Senate would expand funding for the FDA and allow the agency more power to recall food. [Reuters]
• Cube steak is becoming one of the more popular cuts of steak these days. Things you can do with it: make Cuban palomilla or Southern chicken fried steak. [New York Times]
• Panera Bread is the healthiest fast food restaurant, according to Health magazine, because it offers apples or baked chips, half-size portions, and antibiotic- and hormone-free chicken. [MSNBC]
