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• Where's the Beef? California Company Recalls Nearly 9 Million Pounds of Meat

  Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 8 a.m.

  Rancho Feeding Corporation of Petaluma, California, was forced to recall 8.7 million pounds of beef this past weekend due to improper inspection. And of course, some of the meat in the recall made its way to Texas, because it's not like we have a gazillion of our own cows here...

• Health Department Roundup: Sad Times at Happyland & Radical Cleanliness

  Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at 6 a.m.

  We're all for businesses with ironic or inadvertently funny names. Like Kids Exchange, which is usually written in all caps without any spaces so it reads "KIDSEXCHANGE," and our naughty little minds insert spaces where they probably shouldn't be. Or Pho Shizzle, a Vietnamese joint in Washington with an oh-so-clever...

• Houston Health Department Roundup: A Ceviche Movie Theater Citation and a Bad Day at Trucker's Paradise

  Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 9 a.m.

  There are some ideas that, no matter how good they sound initially, maybe don't turn out so well. Face tattoos. Juice cleanses. Raw seafood from a movie theater. Fortunately, though many people have gone through with their ill-advised plans to tattoo tribal prints across their foreheads, a heroic health inspector...

• Holy Guacamole: Iguana Joe's Temporarily Closed Due To Critical Health Violations

  Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.

  Getting sick after eating at a restaurant is never a fun thing. Especially if your entire family gets sick, too. On Father's Day weekend, approximately a dozen customers apparently got food poisoning from the Iguana Joe's in Humble, as reported by KHOU-TV. Many of the customers were showing signs of...

• Health Department Roundup: Phamily Bites Redux, St. Pius X and More

  Friday, June 7, 2013 at 11:30 a.m.

  We're doing a lightning round of the Health Department Roundup this week. And we'll start with some good news. The Phamily Bites truck got a reinspection and made it through without a ticket or closure order this time. In fact, the only violation the city turned up was dirty non-food-contact...

• Health Department Roundup: Meat Row and Trouble in the Phamily

  Friday, May 31, 2013 at 7 a.m.

  Pickings are sort of slim on the Health Department's Web site this week. Regardless, we'll start with the meat, because you don't win friends with salad. Fleming's Prime (2405 W. Alabama) had a good inspection, earning just two violations during a routine inspection: equipment not kept tight/adjusted in accordance with...