Peanut Scare Hits Dessert Menu (New York Times) Some of New York?s favorite desserts are coming off menus because of the salmonella scare. [News Source]

Give the foie gras a miss (PhysOrg) Another reason not to eat pate de foie gras is discussed by Michael Greger of The Humane Society of the United States, Washington DC in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health. [News Source]

USDA puts employees on leave amid drug allegations (AG Weekly) DES MOINES, Iowa - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has placed 19 employees at a laboratory campus in central Iowa on paid leave after allegations that some used veterinary credentials to purchase low-cost medications for human use. [News Source]

Give the foie gras a miss (EurekAlert!) ( Inderscience Publishers ) Another reason not to eat pate de foie gras is discussed by Michael Greger of the Humane Society of the United States, Washington D.C., in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health. [News Source]

GeneThera’s E. Coli Vaccine Featured on CBS, Channel 4 News In Denver, Colorado (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) DENVER, SAN JOSE, Calif. and BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 10, 2009 -- GeneThera, Inc. , a leading international biotechnology company dedicated to improving food safety, was recently interviewed on Denver CBS Affiliate Channel 4, KCNC-TV. [News Source]

Harding blood drive is hurting (Observer-Tribune) HARDING TWP. –  A drop in annual blood donations at the  township’s  annual blood drive is being blamed on factors from more people traveling overseas, to added vacations to an aging population are [News Source]

The Fives: Wrongly convicted cows, bruising bulls and computer generated bovines make it big (Rapid City Journal) The Black Hills Stock Show is in town, opening with some horse events today out at the fairgrounds and springing to life Friday at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. In honor of what we at the Journal call the "Cowboy Rally," I dedicate today's column to the stock show and it's lifeblood, cows. [News Source]

The Fives: Wrongly convicted cows, bruising bulls and computer generated bovines make it big (Rapid City Journal) The Black Hills Stock Show is in town, opening with some horse events today out at the fairgrounds and springing to life Friday at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. In honor of what we at the Journal call the "Cowboy Rally," I dedicate today's column to the stock show and it's lifeblood, cows. [News Source]