Sparboe Farms, the country's fifth-largest egg producer and a major supplier of eggs to McDonald's, has just been cited by the FDA for a whole series of health and sanitation violations. The citation was released Wednesday and it took McDonald's wasted no time to ditch Sparboe. more ›

As other states across the country have banned Four Loko, City Council is ready to follow suit, and the FDA may impose a ban today that could give the alcoholic energy drink a very short life, the Chicago-based producers of the drink are engaging in damage control mode. more ›

With restaurants and fast food chains slowly returning tomatoes to their menus, the Tribune has an interesting profile of David Acheson, the "food safety czar" at the Food and Drug Administration. more ›