Cold Chain Management in Winter: Why Cold Weather ≠ Safe
Tayler Greenwood2026-02-10T19:36:47+00:00In early January, my family and I returned home from an extended time away to find that one of our freezers, wasn’t quite [...]
Seafood Safety for Lent: Essential Guidelines for Foodservice Operations
Tayler Greenwood2026-02-10T19:27:06+00:00As Lent approaches, many foodservice operations prepare for an increase in seafood sales and some operators start offering seafood options, something they may [...]
Dry Storage Sanitation: The Often-Overlooked Foundation of Food Safety
Tayler Greenwood2026-01-13T20:37:12+00:00When you think about sanitation as a foodservice operator, you might think about food production areas or refrigerators and freezers. At least, that [...]
Resolve to Protect: Why This Year’s #1 Priority Should Be Food Safety
Tayler Greenwood2026-01-13T19:48:14+00:00The new year presents foodservice managers with a wonderful opportunity to reset, refocus, and recommit to what matters most: protecting the health of [...]
Before They Arrive: Your Health Inspection Prep List
Michelle Greenwood2025-04-10T16:02:31+00:00A few weeks ago, I welcomed our local health inspector into a class I was teaching about food service management. I was reminded [...]
What Have We Already Learned from the Most Recent E. Coli Outbreak?
Tayler Greenwood2024-11-05T20:56:29+00:00In late-September and peaking in very early-October, reports of increased Escherichia coli (E. coli) 0157:H7 cases started to surface in the Western part of [...]
Ensuring Food Safety in Emergency Foodservice Operations
Tayler Greenwood2024-10-07T16:00:32+00:00As we were reminded earlier this month, emergencies can strike unexpectedly, whether due to natural disasters, health crises, or supply chain disruptions. Hurricane Helene, [...]
Ensuring Food Safety in Emergency Foodservice Operations
Tayler Greenwood2024-10-07T15:51:51+00:00Last week, many of us across the United States watched in disbelief as the southeastern portion of the United States was ravaged by Hurricane [...]
Despite Gallup Polls, the US Does Have the Safest Food Supply in the World
Tayler Greenwood2024-09-10T17:22:42+00:00As I settled into work one morning last week, a headline popped up on my computer noting that confidence in the government’s ability to [...]
The Critical Role of Staff Training and Education in Food Safety for Foodservice Professionals
Tayler Greenwood2024-07-10T18:25:11+00:00In mid-June, my colleagues and I at Kansas State University offered our Serving up Science: The Path to Safe Food in Schools course. The [...]
