Food Safety

Sanitation, Sanitation, Where Art Thou?

2022-05-09T13:04:09+00:00

Continuing the theme I picked up on a few months ago, discussing common causes of foodborne illness, I’d like to focus this blog on cross contamination, more precisely sanitation. Sanitation is another issue that employees don’t often do at home, so they discount the importance of it in the food production environment. That is to say that they have never made someone sick at home because they only clean their countertops and they have likely never sanitized their kitchen, so why is it so important in a foodservice facility?

Sanitation, Sanitation, Where Art Thou?2022-05-09T13:04:09+00:00

Handwashing: The Habit that Isn’t as Common as We May Think

2022-05-09T13:04:39+00:00

Earlier this year, I started to focus our FoodHandler Food Safety blogs on common food safety issues faced in each foodservice operation across the world.  We’ve covered some of the most common issues, but perhaps none is more common than improper hand hygiene.

Handwashing: The Habit that Isn’t as Common as We May Think2022-05-09T13:04:39+00:00

Maintaining your Equipment: Is it the Missing Ingredient in your Recipe for Food Safety?

2022-04-06T17:46:08+00:00

Although I am no longer in day-to-day operations, between our students and foodservice lab at the university and my volunteer activities in my local church, I keep a close hand in food production. This past week, I had the opportunity to lead a group of men at our church in preparation of a luncheon for 100 women who were attending a spirituality retreat.  Over the course of the morning, I realized our main cooler in the kitchen was not functioning properly and was about 10˚F above the required temperature.  While we do have a commercial kitchen, we do not routinely log temperatures, so when the unit started to malfunction is questionable.  Even more concerning was not the lunch we were preparing for, but the dinner that was served the night before for 300+ families in the parish.

Maintaining your Equipment: Is it the Missing Ingredient in your Recipe for Food Safety?2022-04-06T17:46:08+00:00

Contamination of Food: Chemicals, Pesticides, and more, Oh My!

2022-03-03T22:00:07+00:00

If you have followed our blogs, you have often heard us opine about food safety-related behavior and communication, food traceability, and other overarching food safety topics.  We often don’t get into the weeds and discuss topics you may have learned about in your food safety training.  But I thought we might circle back around and dig into a few of these topics for a few blogs.  This month, I’d like to discuss food contamination, this blog will focus on chemical contamination of food and later this month, we will discuss physical contaminates.

Contamination of Food: Chemicals, Pesticides, and more, Oh My!2022-03-03T22:00:07+00:00
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