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Food Preparation Systems

The Restaurant Warehouse

When applied to traditional food service establishments, a system is typically seen as something that does not belong and is not conducive to food preparation and serving the customer. Essentially, food service systems can be categorized into three groups: computerized or automated, semi-automated, and manual.

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Scientists study factors behind high E. coli levels in Scotland

Food Safety News

Results from national cattle surveys in Scotland, England, and Wales in 2014 and 2015 were combined with data on reported human cases from the same time frame. Between September 2014 and November 2015, 110 farms in Scotland and 160 in England and Wales were selected for sampling. coli O157 infection is higher in Scotland.

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China shares data on decade of Bacillus cereus outbreaks

Food Safety News

Link to rice products and schools The most recurrent food vehicle was connected with rice or flour-based products, notably those made with rice or fried rice and school canteens bore the brunt of outbreaks. This suggests contamination and improper storage during food preparation. The peak hospitalization rate was in 2011.

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WHO helps countries understand risk-based inspections

Food Safety News

Many countries face a lack of resources to inspect food factories. The Western Pacific region has an estimated 125 million foodborne disease cases and more than 50,000 deaths yearly, based on the most recent figures published in 2015.

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2023 Update on state food safety legislation

Food Safety News

Enacted Bills Include: California A 1325, Microenterprise Home Kitchens This relates to the California Retail Food Code, which authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county, by ordinance or resolution, to permit microenterprise home kitchen operations (MHKOs) if certain conditions are met.

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Wendy’s Michigan and Ohio E. coli Outbreak update – Real People sickened

Bill Marler

Anything prepared in the same space as food carrying toxic E. Every outbreak is an opportunity to inform people of the importance of safe food preparation and the need to wash leafy greens and other produce, Lee said. coli could become contaminated, Lee said. Recalls can be a really good thing,” Marler said.

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Cybersecurity in the Food Industry

Food Quality & Safety

In 2015, 300,000 chickens in South Carolina were killed after someone tampered with the barn’s climate controls. They may be harder to breach, but once that happens, intruders may jump from the legacy into the new and vice versa.” Even a single act of sabotage could have disastrous consequences.

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