Does Temperature Really Matter when Washing your Hands?
Kevin Roberts2023-02-14T15:43:31+00:00In January, I reviewed the changes to the 2022 Food Code in my blog (check out Part I and Part II), and one change [...]
Hand sinks: Often Taken for Granted, but an Essential Part to Effective Hand Hygiene
Kevin Roberts2023-02-14T15:42:27+00:00Late in January, I received a question about hand sinks in a foodservice operation. The question pertained to school staff (teachers and aides) who [...]
Hot off the Press: The 2022 Model Food Code has been Released! Part Two.
Kevin Roberts2023-01-09T22:00:16+00:00Earlier in the month, we started a discussion about the changes to the 2022 Food Code. If you missed that post, late in December [...]
Hot off the Press: The 2022 Model Food Code has been Released! Part One.
Kevin Roberts2023-01-09T21:57:28+00:00It has finally arrived! Yes, the new year has arrived – but I was not referring to it. I was referring to the new [...]
Exclusion and Restrictions: Understanding Employee Health and the Food Code
Kevin Roberts2022-12-12T18:58:53+00:00I received a call earlier in the month from a foodservice operator who suspected that one of their employees may have fallen ill and [...]
Health code variance: What it is and why you might need one
Kevin Roberts2022-02-02T22:00:04+00:00I often receive questions from students and operators about various production practices within their operations and if a variance is required, and if [...]
A Date with Destiny: Understanding Food Labels and Product Dating
Kevin Roberts2021-12-08T14:23:11+00:00Like clockwork, around this time of year, we start to see an increase in questions related to food labels, so I thought I [...]
Washing Produce – Food Code Style
Kevin Roberts2021-08-14T18:11:28+00:00With the increase in farm-to-school and farm-to-table programs in the last 10 years, my food safety colleagues and I are often asked about [...]
Getting Started with Building the Infrastructure
Kevin Roberts2021-08-04T21:29:43+00:00Hopefully in our first January blog, we convinced you of the importance of establishing an infrastructure within your operation to support a safe food [...]
The Politics of Food Safety – Part Two
Food Safety Experts2020-06-08T20:55:59+00:00Hi everyone. Keeping with the theme of politics, our blog postings for the month of November are about food safety regulations. In the first [...]