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Taco Tuesdays Showcases the Risk of Trademarks

Modern Restaurant Management

” Despite their efforts, the term has seen broader and broader use with no connection to Taco John’s, including on school lunch menus, at restaurants and bars around the country, and in The Lego Movie.

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Are schools the healthiest places to eat in America?

School Meals That Rock

Dariush Mozaffarian, dean of the school and senior researcher on the study, was repeatedly quoted as saying “ Schools are now the single healthiest place Americans are eating.” When RDN colleague, Cara Rosenbloom asked me to comment on the article, I jumped at the chance. And how did that change from pre-2010?

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Revitalizing school dining: The impact of cafeteria designs on student wellness

LTI, Inc.

Flashback for a moment to K-12 – school lunch was the real deal (and still is). However, in many schools nationwide, the limited duration allocated for lunch poses a challenge. On average, elementary schools provide around 25 minutes, while middle and high schools offer approximately 30 minutes.

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2023 Update on state food safety legislation

Food Safety News

Several bills were enacted in 2023 that deal with many facets of food safety, many of which are covered in other parts of this article. Louisiana’s HR 17 requests that the state Department of Education conduct a study and submit a report to the legislature regarding school lunches.

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Are Food Safety Issues Getting Worse? No, Not Really.

Penn State Food Safety Blog

For example, Salad Recall Update as FDA Sets Highest Risk Level, ad the article states, "On August 7, the recall was classified by the FDA as Class I, which is the highest risk level. For example, many people will not be allergic to the undeclared allergen in a product, but one would not know that in the headline.

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Who should be on this Year’s Food Safety Naughty or Nice List?

Bill Marler

NICE : New York Times writer Michael Moss for his Pulitzer-worthy article on the dark origins of ground beef and the terrible impact of E. NICE : Dedicated writers whose excellent articles gave insight and context to food safety issues: Lyndsey Layton of the Washington Post for her piece on Linda Rivera’s struggle with E.