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In the News: Holyfield's Got a Grill, Too; Emailing While Eating Makes You Fat

Posted by Alaina Browne, October 1, 2007

• Topps Meat Co. expands recall of 21.7 million pounds of meat that may be contaminated with E. coli: The beef has a "sell by date" or "best if used by date" between September 25, 2007, and September 25, 2008. A complete list of the recalled products is available at toppsmeat.com. [ABC News]


• Sen. Dick Durbin calls for new food-safety policy in U.S.: "Durbin's plan would give Congress a year to come up with a new system and a year to put it in place. 'If the new system isn't any better, we can always go back to the broken system we have now,' he said in prepared remarks." [Reuters]


• 12-year-old boy allergic to almost every food: "The sole foods he is allowed are chicken, carrots, grapes, potatoes and apples." [thisislondon.co.uk]


• Holyfield vs. Foreman: Four-time world heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield is preparing to unveil the "Evander Holyfield Real Deal Grill," a direct competitor to George Foreman's "Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine," which has reportedly taken in $100 million in sales since 1995. [Charlotte Observer]


• Keep eating while answering those emails, fatso: "When they talked on the phone, they ate the least but they liked their food the most. People ended up eating the most and the fastest and liking it the least when they were answering emails. Surfing the web was in-between, like magazine reading." [Wired]


• Charlie Trotter's celebrates 20 years in Chicago: The 20th anniversary festivities took place last month and included guest chefs Emeril Lagasse, Norman Van Aken, Paul Kahan, Aaron Lindgren, and David LeFevre. [Chicago Tribune]


• Egg crisis in U.K.: Unless prices are increased to make production worthwhile, U.K. farmers may leave henhouses empty this winter. [farminguk.com]


• Drought Down Under could lead to World War II–like food shortages: "Tasmania produces 70 per cent of Australia's processed vegetables, but there's not enough water in storage there to put a crop in." [news.com.au]

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