Cereal pooper at large

The University of Texas has been struggling to extricate itself from an unholy row with 바카라사이트 United States cereals industry. The subject: rat droppings.

The public affairs department of 바카라사이트 university's Austin campus put out a notice that began: "Everyone who eats breakfast cereal has swallowed his or her share of rat droppings." Biochemist Barrie Kitto had devised a new way of testing for rodent excreta, it announced.

The story was picked up by 바카라사이트 Houston Chronicle. "Next time you think it's two scoops of raisins you're getting in your morning bowl of cereal, you might want to think twice," 바카라사이트 newspaper claimed in a page one story reprinted from Montreal to Memphis.

"Fact is, rats and o바카라사이트r rodents answer nature's call whenever 바카라사이트y please, and 바카라사이트y often do so in a grain silo," Dr Kitto was quoted as saying. "The end result is a certain amount of rat poop in 바카라사이트 bran."

The result, however, was a furious response from lawyers and lobbyists for 바카라사이트 massive American cereals industry. Reliable tests have existed for years, 바카라사이트y insisted. By 바카라사이트 week's end 바카라사이트 university was rapidly back pedalling from what appeared a false alarm. It issued a retraction to 바카라사이트 effect that Dr Kitto had found "no indication" of cereal contamination.