Food and Drinks

Miami Beach to limit some alcohol sales during spring break

Miami Beach City Commissioners voted Wednesday to prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol after 2 a.m. between March 7 and March 21 along the city's entertainment district, commonly referred to as South Beach, the Miami Herald reported. The current last call is 6 a.m. for alcohol sales throughout much of the city.

Bird flu detected in New York, Maine flocks

The virus has already been detected at four commercial turkey farms in southern Indiana in addition to one flock of commercial broiler chickens in Kentucky and a backyard flock of mixed species birds in northern Virginia.

Carl Icahn takes on McDonald's over pig welfare

Billionaire investor and Icahn Enterprises founder Carl Icahn is waging a proxy battle against McDonald's in an effort to pressure the fast food giant to switch to "crate free" pork.

Burger King removes Whopper from discount menu

Tom Curtis, the president of Burger King in North America told investors Tuesday that the brand, owned by Restaurant Brands International, lifted “some price caps on some selected items” and “removed WHOPPER from our core discount.”

Abbott recalls Similac, other baby formulas after 4 reported illnesses

The FDA is urging consumers not to purchase or use certain Similac, Alimentum or EleCare powdered infant formulas produced at Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis, Michigan, facility while it investigates four cases of Cronobacter sakazakii and salmonella Newport infections in Ohio, Texas and Minnesota.