What is a consumer advisory? A consumer advisory is a statement about the risks of eating raw or undercooked menu items. If you serve any undercooked animal products at your establishment, the FDA requires you to publish a consumer advisory. Undercooked animal products carry an increased risk of foodborne illness. Even rare steak and sushi, […]
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May Cartoon: Handwashing—The Most Effective Way Food Handlers Can Keep Food Safe
Food handlers can use a variety of tools and equipment at work, but few get more use than hands. You use your hands to open doors, adjust aprons, prepare food, wipe counters, ring customers up—the list goes on. Because your hands touch just about everything, they tend to pick up a lot of germs. Those […]
April Cartoon: Leave Your Phone Out of Food Preparation
Cell phones are everywhere. We take our cell phones many places—school, work, and sometimes even the bathroom. They are great tools for many things, but since we use them so much, they also get dirty. In a food setting, phones are common carriers of pathogens and germs that can make people sick. Cell phones are […]
March Cartoon: How Sanitizing Protects Your Food Safety
Cleaning and sanitizing are necessary steps in ensuring food is safe for consumers. If equipment, utensils, and dishes aren’t cleaned or sanitized correctly, pathogens can spread to everything they touch. Protect both your customers and your job by learning how to properly clean and sanitize. Why clean and sanitize? Pathogens can be found on almost […]
February Cartoon: 3 Food Safety Tips That Could Save Your Business
In 2017, a foodborne illness outbreak in California sent 10 people to the hospital with botulism poisoning. Botulism is a potentially deadly foodborne illness caused by toxins from clostridium botulinum, a bacteria that thrives in environments with low oxygen. The outbreak was traced back to a nacho cheese dispenser in a gas station. It resulted […]
January Cartoon: How to Ace Your Health Inspections
If you work in a restaurant or food facility, chances are good you’ve been a part of an inspection done by a local health inspector. Health inspectors are there to make sure food workers are following food safety regulations and guidelines. Although inspections may seem inconvenient, they are crucial, and may even save your business. […]
December Cartoon: 4 Keys to Dealing with Food Allergies
How to Protect Your Food Allergic Customers Researchers believe up to 32 million Americans have a food allergy, including 5.6 million children—and they’re becoming more common. For people with allergies, foods that would normally be considered safe can have dangerous consequences. An allergic reaction to food can range from simply feeling itchy to anaphylaxis, which […]
October Cartoon: Clowning Around
Unfortunately, employees are the most common culprits of food safety mistakes. Managers have a responsibility to ensure all workers are vigilant about good food safety practices. Whether it was an accident or not, errors must be corrected. Making corrections can seem difficult and confrontational, but following these five tips can help create a culture of […]
September Cartoon: Approved Suppliers
September is food safety month! What is one way you can easily keep your customers safe? Always purchase from approved suppliers! Here are three tips from one of our articles on what to do when choosing an approved supplier: 1. Ask for approval records The first thing to verify when choosing a supplier is that it […]
August Cartoon: Importance of Food Safety
“Don’t go to that restaurant. I got food poisoning a few weeks ago from there.” If this sounds familiar, you are not alone. Each year, foodborne illness affects about 48 million Americans. If your establishment is not focused on making food safety a priority, you could potentially have a foodborne illness outbreak, endangering your customers […]