Mike Myers

  • If it’s not Scottish, it’s crap; Burns Supper and haggis

    Posted: January 25th, 2011 - 4:39am by Doug Powell

    In time for tonight’s annual Burns Supper honoring the birth of the Scottish poet Robert Burns, government types have once again invited U.S. regulators to revise a decades-old ban on haggis.

    The iconic Scottish dish is been barred in the U.S. because its food safety department prohibits the use of sheep lungs in food products.
     

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  • DC don’t know food safety

    Posted: January 18th, 2011 - 10:35pm by Doug Powell

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    Washington, D.C. is always on the cutting edge of food safety.

    Not.

    Which is why 13 years after Los Angeles started posting restaurant inspection grades, nine years after Toronto started posting red-yellow-green restaurant inspection grades, and a year after New York City started posting letter grades, someone in D.C. decided, hey, we should do that too.

    D.C. Councilwoman Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) has introduced a bill that would require D.C. restaurants to publicly display letter-grade report cards on their premises, based on Department of Health inspections.

    Cheh believes the grades would decrease the number of hospitalizations caused by foodborne diseases.

    Not.
     

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  • McDonald's to recall 12 million 'Shrek' glasses, citing cadmium health risks

    Posted: June 4th, 2010 - 9:10am by Doug Powell

    Mike Myers, Canadian and voice of Shrek, what do you have to do with this?

    McDonald's will recall about 12 million "Shrek" drinking glasses because federal regulators found they contain the toxic metal cadmium, which poses health risks.

    The glasses have been sold for $2 apiece at McDonald's restaurants across the country as a promotional tie-in with the movie "Shrek Forever After." Purchasers will be advised to keep them away from children and to return them to McDonald's for a refund.

    The recall, which will be officially announced Friday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, was set in motion by an anonymous tip to Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough) last week. She alerted the commission, which tested the glasses and confirmed the presence of cadmium in the paint used for the decorative characters. Cadmium is a carcinogen and can cause kidney, lung, intestinal and bone damage.

    Speier's office said McDonald's voluntarily agreed to recall the glasses at the urging of the commission.

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  • Toronto restaurant fined maximum $20K for heavy cockroach problem

    Posted: November 17th, 2009 - 9:31am by Doug Powell

    Oh Scarberia, suburb of Toronto, home to Mike Myers and some of the Barenaked Ladies. Why do your restaurants suck?

    A takeout restaurant in Scarborough was fined $20,000 - the maximum penalty - after pleading guilty to four food-safety violations, including a "heavy" cockroach infestation.

    The guilty plea last Friday by Chandra's Takeout Restaurant and Catering, at 201 Markham Rd., related to problems that closed it Aug. 24 to Aug. 28. It has since reopened and passed full inspections on Aug. 28 and Nov. 6.

    The restaurant was fined $5,000 for each of four infractions: not controlling a pest/insect infestation; failing to protect food from contamination; not having a certified food handler; and for obstructing Toronto Public Health's red closure sign while the restaurant was shut down in August.
     

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  • 11 sick with E. coli O157 linked to meats from UK bakery

    Posted: November 12th, 2009 - 7:08pm by Doug Powell

    Health officials on Tyneside are investigating seven confirmed and four possible cases of E.coli O157 infection in adults from the Gateshead area.

    The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said     six of those infected bought cooked meats or sandwiches from Myers bakery in Felling.

    The owners have agreed to close the bakery pending further investigations.
     

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  • Love guru Mike Myers dreading diarrhea on Aussie red carpet

    Posted: June 28th, 2008 - 4:27pm by Doug Powell

    Starpulse.com reports that Mike Myers realized he was ill on his way to his Love Guru premiere in Australia earlier this month and had to stop at a number of restaurants to use restrooms before he actually got to the premiere.

    "In Australia, when you go into a drug store you actually have to talk to the pharmacist...I was looking around and I was, like, 'Hi!' 'Hello, you're Mike Myers, how are you? What can I do for you?' (I said) 'I'd like Pepto-Bismol please.' 'We don't know what that is...What is it exactly, Mike?' I was like, 'It's for tummy trouble.'"

    But the confused Aussie staffmember at the pharmacy needed him to be more specific, prompting a desperate Myers to reveal he was suffering from diarrhea.

    He adds, "(They said) 'How very interesting, you're a superstar with diarrhea.' I'm like, 'Hmmm, don't feel like a superstar right now.'"

    No indication if the cause was food or water related, but hey, Mike, we’ve all been there. Not messing around on a bed with Madonna or cavorting with Beyonce, but we’ve all had the runs.

    Best Mike Myers role? So many good lines and characters from the Toronto-area funny man, but the best is the Don Cherry-inspired hockey announcer on the vastly underrated Russell Crowe vehicle, Mystery, Alaska.

    And that’s Dr. Evil to you. I didn’t spend all those years at Evil University to be Mr. Evil.


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  • Tennis star Federer's weakness might have been an illness

    Posted: March 9th, 2008 - 3:41pm by Doug Powell

    "I thought I had mono when I was a teenager but it turns out I was just really bored."

    One of my favorite lines from Wayne's World, if only because it was so apt: I had mononucleosis when I was 17, and would sleep for hours on end, but maybe I was just really bored.

    That probably doesn't apply to Roger Federer, 26.

    Last month, after falling ill for the third time in six weeks, he had extensive tests in his native Switzerland and in Dubai, where he lives part time. According to Federer, the conclusion was that he had contracted mononucleosis.

    Federer had already said he experienced food poisoning before the Australian Open, which he said disrupted his preparation for that tournament.

    But Federer, who complained of feeling sluggish during the Open, said it appeared that the mononucleosis was the more serious issue.

    Mike Myers can empathize.



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