In links: Tuesday July 7

• I’m a little late on this because I was lagging behind in my news feeds: “Rumor has it that Mike Taylor, currently a professor at George Washington University but better known for his work as Monsanto’s Vice President for Public Policy, will start on Monday at the FDA in a position coordinating food safety.” Food Inc. touched on this very concept. The book Food Politics touches on this as well. [Ethicurean]

• But wait… Marion Nestle, author of Food Politics, agrees with the choice?? (And acknowledges that readers will think she’s nuts for it.)

• Red Ink: A Canadian View of Food Inc. [Wayne Roberts] Interesting.

• Why Parents are Helpless Against Junk Food [Fooducate]

• U.S. outlines new food safety rules [CBC]

• I’ve learned that grating garlic on a microplane is not such a good idea. Thank you, Serious Eats (though really one of its readers).

• This is why you’re fat: A one third pound of sirloin topped with two slices of white American cheese, four strips of bacon, peanut butter, between two Krispy Kreme donuts. Check it out.  To me this is real food pr0n: Nothing I’d want to experience but impressive to look at. Do people actually eat this?