An Australian reminded me last weekend how much the food safety adverts from USDA suck. The ones with the pig in a sauna. I had a back story, and as usual, my partner rolled her eyes three seconds in, figuring it was a 10-minute diatribe about what an awful band Journey was., but, here it is, in all its boredom.

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It’s hamburger porn season, even in Sydney, and the advice is worse than ever. I have low expectations of Rachel Ray and other celebtards;; the N.Y. Times has now continued its long history of food safety fashion over facts by promoting the finger-the-meat method of determining whether meat is cooked.

LAS VEGAS – The Southern Nevada Health District is revamping its food handler card program this summer as it implements a new online food handler education course, eliminates temporary health cards and pares down the number of visits to the health district to receive a food handler or child care card.