Peanut butter recall spreads As of Wednesday, nearly 500 people throughout the US and Canada had fallen ill and six deaths are linked to this latest salmonella outbreak. The FDA has expanded the recall to some 125 products, adding up to some 31 million pounds of peanut butter. They’ve also created a searchable database, so if you’re worried about any peanut products in your cupboards, check it out.
Obama puts the brakes on Bush rules The Obama administration issued a memo earlier this week, stating that they would halt and review two key last-minute rules issued by the Bush administration, namely loose regulations around COOL (country of origin labeling) and factory emissions.
Bird flu is back In Nepal, where 40k birds were recently culled, in Canada, where one bird was pinpointed and an entire farm shut down, in India, where several sick birds were reported but so far no human infection and in China, where four have been sickened and three died over the last month.
China sentences two to death Melamine manufacturer Zhang Yujun and his colleague Zhang Yanzhang have been sentenced to death by the Chinese government for their involvement in the recent melamine scandal.
Fake food On the heels of the Chinese melamine scandal, USA Today reports on the most frequently faked foods in the US. Among them: wild salmon (over half was actually farmed), honey, maple syrup, olive oil and vanilla. (Hat tip to Naomi Starkman)
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