Your Guide to Approved Food Safety Training Programs in 2025
Early in my foodservice career, I persuaded the owners of the restaurants I managed to train all our production employees in food safety. Knowing that the cost, both in [...]
Thanksgiving Food Safety: Separating Fact from Fiction
Most blogs that I write are geared toward the foodservice professional preparing food in commercial foodservice operations. This one is no different, but it intentionally straddles the line between [...]
Preventing Norovirus in your Foodservice Operation
Norovirus is one of the leading causes of vomiting and diarrhea in the United States, causing between 19 and 21 million illnesses each year. These illnesses result in over [...]
Safe Handling of Leftovers in Foodservice Operations
In any foodservice operation, leftovers are inevitable. After managing a family-style restaurant, where all-you-can eat sides were offered to almost every table, and having banquet space in-house, I became [...]
Turn your Health Inspector into your Food Safety Ally
For many foodservice operators, keeping up with evolving regulations can feel like chasing a moving target. According to Datassential’s 2025 Midyear Trends Preview Report, more than half of operators [...]
Time and Temperature: Why 41°F to 135°F?
In one of my last blogs, I mentioned the temperature danger zone, or TDZ, as those in foodservice often refer to it. Learning the TDZ is almost a rite [...]
Maintaining Food Safety Standards Amid Seasonal Turnover
Across the country, summer seems to bring on more than just an influx of business in foodservice operations. It also tends to bring an influx and an exodus of [...]
When Temperatures Rise, Keep Food Safety Top of Mind
Summer brings a welcome increase in business for many restaurants, catering services, and event venues. It certainly did for the restaurant that I used to manage. With outdoor dining, [...]
Safely Shopping at Farmers’ Markets: A Food Safety Guide for Foodservice Operators and Chefs
Farmers’ markets are an appealing source of fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients for individuals and families across the United States. They also provide an excellent source of products for [...]
Ice Machines, Beverage Dispensers & Other Overlooked Food Safety Hazards
At the end of the spring semester in our campus food production lab, we’re fortunate to have the opportunity to hit pause and reset for the summer and prepare [...]
What Foodservice Professionals Need to Know about the FDA Milk Testing Changes
In late-April and early-May 2025, headlines across the country and several social media posts stirred concern after reports surfaced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had temporarily [...]
Before They Arrive: Your Health Inspection Prep List
A few weeks ago, I welcomed our local health inspector into a class I was teaching about food service management. I was reminded of the stress and fear that [...]
