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CDC: Food Service Workers are a low, but not a no risk of Hepatitis A infection

Bill Marler

The risk for secondary infection from hepatitis A–infected food handlers to food establishment patrons in these person-to-person hepatitis A outbreaks was <1% ( 173 ). However, as a lawyer, I have seen first-hand the impacts on consumers exposed to HAV positive food service workers. Public Health Rep 2016;131:26–9.

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The Importance of NSF Certification for Restaurant Tools and Knives

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2011, the U.S. government created the Food Safety Modernization Act , which transformed the nation’s food safety system by shifting the attention from responding to foodborne illness to preventing it. This Act prompted even more eyes to focus on the food processing and food service industries to ensure sanitation.

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What is it with Cantaloupe and Bacteria?

Bill Marler

Like players and the baseball industry, incentives are wrong with cantaloupe growers – actually all food – and the retail industry. In 2011, Listeria -tainted cantaloupes grown in Eastern Colorado sickened 147 in two dozen states, killing at least 33. The farm, as with most food audits, got a superior rating of 96%.

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OK, I admit it – Did I miss if the FDA deemed Peanut Butter a “High-Risk” food yet?

Bill Marler

Also in 2009, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two sets of recommendations for reducing the risk of Salmonella contamination in peanut products, one aimed at the food industry and the other at food service establishments and retail stores.

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10 Ways Bon Appétit is Leading Seafood Sustainability in the Food Service Industry

Bon Appetit Management Company

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Association , 57% of the world’s fisheries are fished at their maximum capacity and 35% are overfished and in danger of collapse. In 2002, we were the first food service company to address the problems with unsustainable seafood purchasing practices. Fish to Fork program.

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CT’s Riko’s Pizza Ensures Franchise Success With Dynamic Expansion Vision

Total Food Service

The pizza franchise company has seen a slow-but-steady growth since opening the doors of its first location in Stamford, CT in 2011, thanks to its leaders’ strategic franchise-forward moves. Advertisements The post CT’s Riko’s Pizza Ensures Franchise Success With Dynamic Expansion Vision appeared first on Total Food Service.

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Looking Back on Bon Appétit’s Decades of Support for Farmworkers’ Rights

Bon Appetit Management Company

In 2009, we signed the Fair Food Agreement (FFA) spearheaded by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to ensure better wages and working conditions for tomato pickers in South Florida. In 2011, we hosted TEDxFruitvale , a one-day conference focused on amplifying the voices of farmworkers and labor movements in the US.