FYI: Bird Flu, Dioxin, And A Little Bit Of Honesty

• Pork isn’t the only meat with a problem in Ireland — now three cattle herds have shown illegal levels of dioxin. [AFP]

• Bird flu! The Hong Kong government has shut down all poultry farms and killed 80,000 chickens after the dreaded virus was found in 200 chickens at one farm. [MarketWatch]

• The average New York Times reader’s idea of “budget dining:” a meal for two for under $100. [NYT]

• Despite a decreased number of donations, more food banks these days are offering fresh produce and letting people pick what foods they’d like to take home (instead of just handing them a box with canned goods). [NYT]

• Your heartwarming story of the day: a woman finds $97,000 in cash in a purse hanging in a bathroom stall at a Cracker Barrel restaurant. Turns out the money belonged to a woman who’d sold her house and all her belongings and was moving to Florida with her son. It was returned, and all is well. [USA Today]

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FYI: Bird Flu, Dioxin, And A Little Bit Of Honesty