Food and drug edition:

• "Food Safety in the 21st Century" [Richard Williams, Robert Scharff, David Bieler, Mercatus Center]
• "New News or Not So New News Concerning Avandia?" [Abnormal Use]
• Related: N.Y. Times "OMG drug execs secretly taped!!!" reporting on supposed conspiracy fails to deliver the goods [Paul Raeburn, Knight Science Journalism Tracker]
• Russell Jackson on third party payor drug actions [Financier Worldwide]
• U.S. Supreme Court grants cert in vaccine preemption case [Beck et al]
• "Difficult Week for the Food Industry (Good Week for the Plaintiffs' Bar)" [Ken Odza, Food Liability Law Blog]