Round-up: Spay BR still in the running … BR Uncorked raises $15K for nonprofit … Schlitz and Giggles gets land … FDA imposes new regulations on Gulf oysters

Ray readers weigh in: Spay Baton Rouge, the local animal nonprofit, has proceeded to the second round of celebrity chef Rachael Ray’s “Mutt Madness” competition. The grand prize is $50,000. Readers can vote by clicking here. Uncorked outdoes itself: Baton Rouge Uncorked’s fall tasting event raised $15,000 for Volunteer! Baton Rouge, a nonprofit community volunteer program. The bring-your-own-bottle event brought hundreds of Baton Rouge locals together to taste wine and donate money to the charitable group. Pizza parlor to open by St. Patty’s: Schlittz & Giggles, well-known downtown eating and drinking establishment, has purchased a site to expand their operation in the  Perkins Road Hardware development. Schlitz and Giggles intends to have their new restaurant up and open for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. No more summer oysters: FDA’s Michael Taylor plans to combat the deadly bacteria vibrio vulnificus by requiring Gulf-raised oysters to undergo post-production processing to kill the bacteria from May to October. As of 2011, the agency would no longer allow fresh, live oysters from Texas, Louisiana and Florida to be sold during the warm-weather months unless they were processed.