Restaurateurs aren't exactly big fans of the Department of Health (see: the guy who got big fines, he says, for photographing an inspector working) but the Daily News today notices an interesting way that some are getting out of the standard inspections entirely: Just claim to be a supermarket or a warehouse! more ›

You've got to hand it to Barry: while we've been distracted by how he's steered this country in the wrong directions fiscally and socially, he's taken aim for our precious food pyramid, which we've been weaned on since the early '90s. The new version, which will be a plate-shaped symbol, will be unveiled on Thursday by the Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Police and Promotion, and though a spokesman declined to say specifically what was on the plate, one person who has seen it said "it called to mind a painting by the artist Mark Rothko." Well pardon us, but shouldn't this pyramid look more like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting? more ›

Following the recent euthanization of around 290 Canada geese in Prospect Park, a nine-page report shows the city's overall goal to thin down the population by 2/3, meaning that around 170,000 geese will be sent to the gas chamber. more ›

The California based Westland/Hallmark Meat Company is recalling all its raw and frozen beef products distributed since Feb. 1, 2006 – a total of 143 million pounds of ground beef. The largest beef recall in history was announced after an undercover Humane Society video showed workers kicking sick cows, jabbing them in the eyes and using forklifts to force them to walk to slaughter. (See the video here.) more ›