The Government Shutdown Is Endangering What We Eat
Thanks to the furlough, all routine inspections of domestic food production (except for meat and poultry products) have stopped — and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is operating with a skeleton staff, was ill-equipped to deal with a recent salmonella outbreak that made hundreds of people sick…
Meet Evie, a New Candidate for World's Cutest Vegetarian Kid
Heads up, Luiz, you've got some serious competition for world's cutest kid who loves animals a lot and is also ridiculously adorable.
Here, I Got This Goat Squawking Like a Chicken For You
If goats screaming over pop songs is The Godfather and seals yelling like humans is The Godfather 2, then this is Goodfellas: derivative, tongue-in-cheek, certainly a RIFF on the original theme, but with a charm all its own. [Tastefully Offensive]
Hooters Would Like to Remind You That Your Body Is Fucking Disgusting
Okay, I know it's like the most obvious uptight-feminist cliche ever, but god, I hate Hooters. I fucking hate Hooters so much. Mainly because I like to eat things that actually taste good, and also because I dislike being reminded that a lot of people's ideal woman is a pliant sex mannequin who delivers fried foods.…
Your Chicken Could Be Giving You an Incurable Bladder Infection
Suffer from bladder infections that never seem to go away? Well, here's some disgusting news for you: Medical researchers have linked these perpetual and painful infections back to an antibiotic-resistant superbug found in grocery store meat, particularly chicken, that is being transferred to people in the form of…
Is Toxic Chicken Causing Your UTIs?
All this time, you thought the painful curse of a urinary tract infection was simply your body punishing you for having too much of that slutty sex the Republicans keep talking about. Well, guess what? It might actually be the chicken you're eating that's really to blame. The CDC has found that most of the UTIs in the…
Fox and Chicken Are Star-Crossed Friends
Josh Siegel brings you animal art every Monday. Add your own requests in the comments, and maybe Josh will draw an animal for you.
Tiny Baby Chick Hides Itself in the Smartest Place of All Time
Can you spot the clever chick? It apparently escaped from its confines, and its owner feared the cat had eaten it—until he saw that the chick had, in fact, managed to make itself one with the cat. For his part, the gentle kitty seems quite content to let this strange little beast hang out on its leg. Perhaps this is…
The Egg In Your Egg McMuffin Came From Old McNasty's Farm
Bad news about America's favorite breakfast sandwich: The eggs in your Egg McMuffin could be a threat to your health. After some urging from the government, McDonalds has cut ties with Sparboe Farms, one of its major egg suppliers, because the conditions in the farm were so horrific they could no longer guarantee…
Embarrassing Shake 'N Bake Ad Featured In Company HQ
There's an ad for Shake-N-Bake, a product owned by Kraft Foods, in the lobby of Kraft's Chicago-area headquarters. The ad is on a mirror, and the copy reads: "You look smashing. But your chicken breasts could use a lift." Hilarious?
PETA Prank Or Hungry Bird?
Last week in Temecula, California, workers at McDonald's successfully captured a chicken that had been giving patrons the evil eye as they tried to order nuggets. Workers lured the bird with bits of bun from atop the drive-through window box and sent it to live out its days with other chickens. I, Megan, have…

