My friend Ron Doering (left, exactly as shown) and I have exchanged barbs over the years but we can agree on the headline for his latest column: Buy local but ignore the locavores nonsense.

Former President Jimmy Carter is reportedly resting at Cleveland hospital after feeling ill with symptoms resembling a norovirus infection. Carter's grandson, Georgia state Sen. Jason Carter, said his 85-year-old grandfather was doing fine.

A shocked dad went to make lunch for his children - and found a dead mouse embedded in the loaf of bread. Stephen Forse, 41, bought the Hovis Best of Both loaf at a Tesco grocery store and had already used several slices when he made the gruesome discovery, The Sun reported.

A food safety friend writes from a Midwest U.S. hospital to say he was amazed to see a deli that serves an at-risk population with flies on the wall, surfaces that are not easily cleanable, and temperatures in the danger zone. And zero handwashing. These are actual pics from the food service area.  

Chipotle is the furthest thing from fine dining, but Twitter is helping to open up the voice of consumers. Graham Elliot, a judge on Fox's reality television competition MasterChef and owner of the Graham Elliot restaurant in Chicago, is known to - in his words - "publicly humiliate" customers who complain about the restaurant online.

Food safety regulators say they haven't seen any surge in illicit "backyard butchers" and over the past 12 months it has had just three complaints directly relating to the sale of home-killed meat.

In the first-ever study to assess the social impact of food allergies in children, Mount Sinai researchers have found that approximately 35 percent of children with food allergies, who are over the age of five, were reported to have experienced bullying, teasing, or harassment as a result of their allergies.

Spring Hill Pure Spring Water with a ‘best before’ date of 15 August 2011 is being recalled in Northern Ireland, because the product is contaminated with E.coli and may be a risk to health. E.coli is a bacterium that can cause food poisoning. The Agency has issued a Product Recall Information Notice. Products details The product being recalled is:

A Toronto grocery store was evacuated after some staff and customers became ill Saturday, but the Loblaw store should reopen Monday after being given the all clear. The food chain said four customers and seven employees were affected by symptoms that “include vomiting and to a lesser degree, diarrhea” but all were recovering.