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Trans-Fats Foe to Lead CDC; Brooklyn Jurors Get Lunch Deals

• Trans-fats lovers and smokers beware! New York City health commissioner Thomas Frieden is the new director of the Centers for Disease Control. [NYT]

• If you’re called for jury service in Brooklyn, you’ll get a lunch recommendation and a discount at participating restaurants. [Brooklyn Paper]

• As the food industry is unable to guarantee the safety of its products, customers are expected to take responsibility for themselves by cooking frozen foods at higher temperatures. [NYT]

• Pork processor Smithfield Foods said no swine flu has been detected in its Mexican farms. [WSJ]

Trans-Fats Foe to Lead CDC; Brooklyn Jurors Get Lunch Deals