• The owners of the Peanut Corporation of America, who are responsible for the recent salmonella outbreak, would like you to know that several private inspectors who they hired thought the plant was in ship-shape condition. [New York Times]
• FEMA food kits might contain tainted peanut butter. Whoops. [CNN]
• Joan Nathan on having her life saved by a Heimlich maneuver performed by Tom Colicchio: “Before the party, I had never met Tom Colicchio. Now we are linked for life.” [New York Times]
• The Federal Trade Commission is going to wait 30 days before pursuing its antitrust challenge against Whole Foods. [CNN]
• Though it has been critically reviled, ratings for the Food Network’s Chopped! are good enough that the show has been renewed for a second season. [The Feed/Time Out New York]
