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$24,000 of Cannabis-Infused Food Seized; Who’s Complaining at Noma

• 4,000 food items cooked with cannabis, valued at an estimated $24,000, were seized by police in the L.A. area yesterday. [L.A. Now]

• Wolfgang Puck showed up to his restaurant’s opening in Tulsa. [News on 6]

• An Albuquerque restaurant is serving up hugs. [KOB]

• The chef of the world’s number 1 restaurant, Noma, says he gets complaints about his food, “now that we have the Americans.” [Globe and Mail]

• Arcadia-based Food Express Inc. is being sued by an Oregon family for negligence and wrongful death after one of its trailers smashed into and killed the family’s matriarch. [Salient News]

• KFC temporarily converts two of its most famous restaurants to “hunger relief stations.” [MarketWatch]

• Johnny Rockets comes to Guadalajara. [Food Business Review]

• A five-star New Zealand restaurant is accused of discriminating against staff members who shaved their heads. [TVNZ]

• Another New Zealand chef alleges she was fired after asking for Christmas Day off. [3 News]

$24,000 of Cannabis-Infused Food Seized; Who’s Complaining at Noma