   Take it to the limit: Many consumers who buy organic food
assume it is safer than conventional food. Some conflate the
word with local, with humane treatment of livestock, and with
fair pay for workers. But the certification doesn't actually
encompass any of that - in other words, organic has limits. For
some, the realization that the Peanut Corporation of America
plant was certified organic has them rethinking the value of the
label. ( New York Times)  Who audits the auditors? The next in
the NYT food safety series looks at a common practice among food
giants, including the Peanut Corporation of America, whose
Salmonella recall has taken down over 2,000 products. They hire
private auditors to conduct food safety inspections and bill it
as an "extra layer of security." But as the PCA outbreak
demonstrated, those private auditors can come up dangerously
short. (New York Times)   Chemical pop: Remember mercury in high
fructose corn syrup? As it turns out, soda drinkers have yet
another toxin to worry about. 