• Boyle Heights’$2 10th Annual Festival de la Gente, despite sponsorship from Goya, has been canceled this weekend due to financial concerns. [LAEastside]
• A neurology report found that rats fed junk food quickly developed addictive behavior. [USNews]
• The FDA will begin cracking down on food labels that mislead customers about the product’s health benefits. [WSJ]
• Mexican bean pots sold at a FoodMaxx contained 30 times the amount of lead allowed by federal guidelines. [MercuryNews]
• Bans on smoking in restaurants have done little to quash the popularity of free boxes of matches at eateries’ doors. [NYT]
• Though restaurants have been discounting entrees during the recession, they’ve quietly raised dessert and drink prices. [Boston Globe]
• Food & Wine is the latest media organization to launch a wine club. [Eater NY]