The grocery store is my laboratory -- or at least part of it.I often find myself loitering around the deli counter, watching people order pound after pound of sliced roast beef or shaved turkey breast.At one point a few years ago, I began chatting with one of the customers and politely commented that was a lot of deli meat she was ordering (really, there was a polite context)

After an 18-hour drive to Guelph with Amy and a Russian borzoi , I discovered the potential risks of soft-serve ice cream and the Baskin Robbin's pregnancy promo has become an Internet sensation.Celebrity blog TMZ.com reported that several sources in the know -- including one pregnant OB/GYN -- tell TMZ that there are "definite" health risks associated with soft-serve ice cream for expectant moms because of Listeria bacteria

Baskin Robbins is offering free soft serve ice cream to expectant mothers on May 21, 2008, in California, Chicago, New York, Nashville, and El Paso, Texas. It's apparently the beginning of a national roll-out of soft serve ice cream at Baskin Robbins.I have no idea why they targeted expectant moms, or why they recruited a pregnant Tori Spelling as spokesthingy

Three high school students who thought they were being funny by sticking a bag of poop in a Sandy, Utah 7-Eleven microwave and cooking it for 10 minutes have been arrested.Earlier this week, police released surveillance video of three teens who walked into the convenience store near 2200 East and 9400 South, took out a one-gallon plastic bag with human feces inside and put it into the microwave while the clerk wasn't looking

Richard Kornman of Leonards Superior Smallgoods said yesterday the second recall of its products in a week was due to part bad luck and part due to a lack of news for media to report on.Today, Kornman said a staff member could have introduced listeria to the factory by failing to follow hygiene procedures in the company's "high care" area, where the packaged, cold meats were sliced

The  Sophia news agency is reporting that some 1300 children from Bulgaria's southern municipalities of Dupnitza, Rila, and Kocherinovo will be examined for the dangerous Listeriosis infection after consuming contaminated milk in their kindergardens.Authorities said the milk contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria was produced by Euromeat and Milk EOOD, which were sanctioned in the end of January over not meeting hygienic requirements

State health officials warned consumers not to drink milk products from Whittier Farms in Shrewsbury, Mass. after two people died after consuming products contaminated with listeria bacteria.The Department of Public Health has identified four cases of the listerioris. 2 of the victims have died. The cases occurred in June, October and two in November

The North Carolina Division of Public Health is warning pregnant women about the consumption of soft cheeses, hot dogs and deli-style meats and prepared salads after three cases of listeriosis were identified in Moore, Durham and Mecklenburg counties and a probable case was identified in Buncombe County