If eggs are a staple in your diet (and really, they are impossible to avoid) you need to get on top of this egg recall information. Even though it doesn't seem like these are the eggs you pick up in your grocery store, if you go to school, eat in a cafeteria at your office, or have anyone you love who does -- you could be affected by this recall as a result of possible listeria contamination.

The Minnesota company, Michael Foods, has issued a recall for their eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use under the brand names: Columbia Valley Farms; GFS; Glenview Farms; Papetti's; Silverbrook; and Wholesome Farms. Don't eat another meal via an institution until you know where they came from. Especially if you live in the following states:

Do you eat frozen pancakes? If so, you might want to check your freezer -- Aunt Jemima is recalling their frozen pancakes because they may contain soy protein. The affected varieties include oatmeal, buttermilk, buttermilk low fat, homestyle, confetti, and whole-grain. And they would be in cardboard cartons with "use by" dates between November 1, 2011 and October 16, 2012. So now you know.

In this case, the pancakes may have been made on equipment used to process other foods that do contain soy protein -- a case of cross-contamination. Some people are allergic to soy protein, so it's become important that foods that contain the stuff are labeled as such. Otherwise, off the shelves they go.

Guess who's getting credit for getting the "pink slime" out of our fast food? (You know, that pink ammonia hydroxide beef product ...) If you ask the Daily Mail, it's Jamie Oliver. "Victory for Jamie Oliver in the U.S. as McDonald's is forced to stop using 'pink slime' in its burger recipe" their headline blares. NOT SO FAST, McDonald's counters. Todd Bacon (yes, really), McD's Senior Director of U.S. Quality Systems, says the decision to boot the pink goo "was not related to any particular event but rather to support our effort to align our global beef raw material standards." Which is PR speak for What? We planned this all along, srsly!

Regardless of who is responsible for pink slime slinking out the door of fast food history, its sad, squishy days are over. But are fast food restaurants really safer now? Ha! Hell no. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

Have you ever learned something about your food that you just didn't want to know? I think that may be what folks in Philadelphia are feeling right now, thanks to a video taken by a former employee. Picture little mice scurrying around the inside of a plastic bag of hamburger buns at a McDonald's. That's what Karrium Demaio claims he captured with his cellphone camera.

EEEEW! And it gets worse. Karrium says his managers told him to just brush off the mouse droppings before serving the buns to customers. Not what you want to hear about your lunch! But wait -- Karrium took the video back in November. So why is he just now releasing it to the public?

OMG, eaters, there's a new player in the genetically modified food wars: The discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of ribonucleic acid that can bind themselves to protein in your liver cells and affect your body's uptake of cholesterol from the blood. It's been linked to diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's, and diabetes. And it may reveal a way that genetically modified food could influence our health -- for very complex reasons you can read about in The Atlantic.

Does the discovery of microRNA prove that GM food is dangerous? Well, it's complicated -- and it's very controversial. But every time I hear news about genetically modified foods, I think two things: Why are we still not requiring food companies to label GM foods, and how do I find non-GM foods in the meantime?

Oh boy, I really could have done without this news this morning: The fungicide carbendazim has been detected in our orange juice. The FDA says that it "will start testing for fungicide," which has been found in low levels in orange juice. But nothing to be alarmed over -- they also say they "aren't concerned" about the levels of contamination, but just want to test to make sure the contamination "isn't a problem."

Remember the arsenic in apple juice controversy? Part of the problem was that, while the US does not allow the use of arsenic as a pesticide in the US, we still import juice from other countries where it's used. Well, it's the same story with orange juice. The US has not approved the use of carbendazim on our citrus farms, but we still import juice from other countries, like Brazil, where it's used. So here we go again.

If by some chance you have a can of Mountain Dew in front of you right now, maybe you should finish reading this post before you take a sip. (Don't "Do the Dew!") If, on the other hand, that can is already half empty, I suggest you take the remaining Mountain Dew and pour it down the sink. Or empty it outside (just not on the grass or anything else living!).

Or better still, just leave the open can under your kitchen sink or anywhere else you might ordinarily put a mouse trap. All your household pest problems will be solved!

Yes, it's true: Mountain Dew is highly toxic to mice. How toxic? So toxic that the soda can actually turn a mouse's body into a "jelly-like substance."

(Um, you didn't drink any yet, did you?)

Good news, fast food fans: There will be no more pink slime in your burgers. DERRR -- WHAT PINK SLIME?!? You may be asking. Oh that? Why, it's just the meat trimmings that get soaked in ammonia and processed into pink goo that has been going into burger meat for the past several years. You didn't know that's what you've been eating? Oh yeah, for some reason they never put that in the commercials: Announcing Our New Flame-Broiled, Double-Decker Pink Slime Burgers!

Well, you can relax because Taco Bell, Burger King, and McDonald's have all stopped using so-called "pink slime" in their ground beef. Thank Ronald! Yuck. I think we can all do without that gunk. Well done, fast food companies.