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Massaging the Numbers: The CDC announced that 1 in 6 Americans get food poisoning a year, as opposed to prior estimates of 1 in 4. It wasn’t because fewer people got sick, just that the “data” had gotten better. And that’s still a lot, by the way. via Civil Eats
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How to Really Diagnose Food Allergies: The National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases released clinical guidelines for diagnosing food allergies that contend that skin or blood testing is not enough to be conclusive. Instead, they say a correct diagnosis comes from a combo of analyzing medical history, a skin-prick test, and, to be really certain, an "oral food challenge" where a patient is given the suspect food under medical supervision. via Wall Street Journal
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Kids Who Need to Eat Get a Break: Congress approved the $4.5 billion Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act, which, if signed by the president, will increase the amount of money schools are reimbursed for free lunches by 6 cents each, and would allow the Agriculture Department to create new nutrition standards, regulate foods being sold in vending machines, and even set a limit on bake sales or fund-raisers that involve unhealthy foods. via AP
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Food Prices On the Way Up Again: The Wall Street Journal reports that restaurants and supermarkets in the U.S. are poised to start passing their rising ingredient costs onto consumers. The cause: growing demand for meat in emerging markets, which drives up grain costs, coupled with grain price increases due to the Russian drought and other planting problems globally. via Wall Street Journal
Will Bon App Become a Luxury Man-Mag?: Rumors are circulating that Adam Rapoport, the style editor of GQ, looks like the next editor in chief of Bon Appétit. via Grub Street New York
Personal Responsibility: 0; Bad Decisions: 1: A man is suing Bumble Bee Foods, claiming he got mercury poison from their canned tuna. The dude ate ten cans a week. The National Resources Defense Council recommends not going over one can of chunk light tuna every three days for people over 150 pounds. via AOL Health
James Beard Awards Step Into 2010: Eatocracy's Kat Kinsman declares that she and the rest of the committee for the James Beard Journalism Awards have "gone and blown the whole thing up," changing the award categories to put print and online journalism on a level playing field, "an acknowledgment that online contributions should no longer be relegated to the kids' table." via Eatocracy
