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Restaurant chains, vending machines will have to post calories
From Andrew Zajac, Los Angeles Times: In an effort to tackle national obesity, the FDA's draft guidelines require any businesses with more than 20 locations to post the calorie information in the same size type as the menu item or price. Many chain restaurants and vending machines would have to display the number of calories in their food for consumers under draft guidelines released Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration. ...Read More
Food Network Announces New 'Next Iron Chef' Hopefuls
From Eater.com: The contestants of season three of The Next Iron Chef were revealed on Food Network's website today, and as we suspected, the teaser trailer the Food Network had recently been airing was intentional misdirection. The contestants are some heavy hitters: Andrew Kirshner (Wilshire, Los Angeles, CA); Bryan Caswell (Reef, Stella Sola, Little Bigs, Houston, TX); Celina Tio (Julian, Kansas City, MO); Duskie Estes (Zazu Restaurant + Farm, Santa Rosa, CA, Bovolo, Healdsburg, CA) ...See the rest
In Wake of Salmonella Scare, Restaurants Scramble But Still Sell Eggs
From The Associated Press via NY Daily News: Eggs sunny-side-up are still on the menu. But restaurants nationwide are keeping a closer eye on egg suppliers and reminding diners of the dangers of undercooked food after a massive recall tied to a salmonella outbreak. "If someone asks for eggs over-easy, what do you do, put a skull and crossbones on their table?" said Louis Tricoli, who owns three Wisconsin restaurants with his family, including one where nearly two dozen people were sickened in late June after likely eating the now-recalled eggs. ...Read more

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