• Tavern in the Square’s retractable, open-air windows have been ordered shut by Salem’s Board of Health, because of the possibility that rodents, birds, and insects could gain easy access into the restaurant. [Salem News]
• The new W Hotel’s lobby bar is going for a garden feel indoors. [Boston Globe]
• The Energy and Commerce Committee in the House passed a bill yesterday that would require food facilities to be inspected once a year and would force companies to keep better records, to help in the event of an outbreak of food-borne illness. [Boston Globe]
• US and Canada have agreed to accept each other’s standards for organic food, so organic farmers on either side of the border can market their food under an organic label in both countries. [Reuters]
