There’s some myths floating around New Brunswick after an outbreak of E. coli O157 was linked to the Jungle Jim’s restaurant in Miramichi.

Animal researchers want dog owners in Calgary to scoop up their pets’ poop and pass it on for a study examining gastrointestinal parasites. Researcher Anya Smith says she hopes to find out how parasites are passed between dogs and other wild animals such as coyotes and rodents in urban parks.

On Tuesday, China's cabinet, known as the State Council, unveiled a 3-year plan to counter an ongoing avalanche of food scandals ranging from fake pigs ears to yogurt laced with rotten leather and, this week, beer brewed with hydrochloric acid and formaldehyde.

We raised this question at the recent ABA Section of Litigation Food & Supplements Second Annual Workshop as a way of commenting on emerging threads of resistance to the imposition of greater food safety-related requirements at all levels of government, but especially at the federal level.