• Good news: it looks like the salmonella outbreak might finally be over! [Washington Post]
• Bad news: in the wake of last month’s flooding in eastern India, villagers have resorted to eating uncooked rice mixed with polluted water. [Boston Globe]
• Good news! Items at a 99 cent store are still, generally, 99 cents or less. Way to run the least necessary sidebar of all time, guys. [LA Times]
• Bad news: mice can still really put a damper on your food wholesaling operation. [Chicago Tribune]
• Good news: Brazil seems to be handling rising food costs relatively well. Bad news: Argentina? Not so much. [New York Times]