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What you needed to know BEFORE the Salmonella Cantaloupe Outbreak – You should have watched Poisoned

Bill Marler

Here is a sampling: Caito Foods Melon Salmonella Outbreak – Multistate (2018) Chamberlain Farms Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak – Multistate (2012) Del Monte Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Nationwide (2011) Susie Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Washington (2002) Viva Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Washington, California (..)

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

Bon Appetit Management Company

In partnership with the United Farm Workers (UFW), we released a groundbreaking report in 2011 to uncover the gap in labor protections for US farmworkers: The Inventory of Farmworker Issues and Protections in the United States. Tomatoes and strawberries in our cafés west of the Mississippi are EFI certified.

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Did you know that FSIS has a zero tolerance for Salmonella in beef served to school kids, but not for the rest of us?

Bill Marler

Some of that chicken is purchased through typical commercial channels, but schools can also obtain it via the Poultry Products Purchase Program, which is administered by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Chicken is a major component of the meals served to students. Nevertheless, Salmonella remains the second-most common?cause

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

Bon Appetit Management Company

In 2002, we were the first food service company to address the problems with unsustainable seafood purchasing practices. In fact, our seafood commitments have been lauded as the most rigorous in the industry and we continually review our purchasing promises to continue to lead the industry to sea change for sustainable seafood.

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2 sick in New York, 7 sick in Massachusetts and 1 dead in Florida from Listeria tainted Deli Meat

Bill Marler

They reported purchasing prepackaged deli meats and meats sliced at deli counters at various locations. State and local public health officials interviewed ill people about the foods they ate in the month before they became ill. Listeria bacteria can spread easily to other foods and surfaces.

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Pickling in Paradise on The Farm at Butler

Bon Appetit Management Company

Since 2011, Farmer Tim Dorsey and the Butler Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability (CUES) have been (un-)paving the way to breathe life into the land.

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Topgolf Continues Growth of NJ Footprint With Pair of New Locations

Total Food Service

Six months after the purchase of Jersey City’s Harborside Complex, the new owners are unveiling their plans for its future. The purchaser and new owner is NYC-based real estate company 601W Companies, which is known for purchasing and revitalizing large but underused buildings.