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Safe Distancing Tech and a Farewell to Foam

Modern Restaurant Management

As restaurants around the country look towards reopening, Edward Lee and Lindsey Ofcacek, director of The LEE Initiative are committed to helping reset the supply chains for farmers and restaurant operators who are committed to sustainable food. ” US Foods Donates More Than $10 Million. U S Foods Holding Corp.

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Clostridium Perfringens Linked to BBQ

Bill Marler

A case-control study, conducted via a RedCap survey with all participants of the BBQ event, and a food preparation review were conducted in response to this outbreak. Food for this event was prepared by a brick-and-mortar restaurant, Piggin’ Out Smokehouse, and then transported by and served from a food truck at the school.

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The Litigated Dish: Top foodborne pathogens

Food Safety News

I hope this will drive more traffic to my law firm’s many existing websites and blogs — we even have this newspaper: Food Safety News. I could contribute by answering the Internet’s most-asked food safety questions. This year, I’ll answer the internet’s most frequently asked foodborne illness and food safety-related questions.

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Gift a Plate and Ambient Restaurant Sounds Playlist

Modern Restaurant Management

Cheetah, an e-commerce platform offering contactless pickup and delivery of food and supplies, closed $36M in Series B funding led by Eclipse Ventures, with participation from ICONIQ Capital, Hanaco Ventures, and Floodgate Fund. who provided business advisory and restructuring services. Cheetah Secures Funding.

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What you need to know about Norovirus during an Oyster Outbreak

Bill Marler

Transmission occurs either person-to-person or through contamination of food or water. CDC statistics show that food is the most common vehicle of transmission for noroviruses; of 232 outbreaks of norovirus between July 1997 and June 2000, 57% were foodborne, 16% were spread from person-to-person, and 3% were waterborne.

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FDA Cites Bakery for Preventive Control and GMP Issues

Penn State Food Safety Blog

FDA issued a Warning Letter to Mena Food Group, Fort Lauderdale, FL, after inspecting the facility which manufactures ready-to eat (RTE) bakery products including breads, cakes, and pastries. The issues seen here are things that have been previously cited with other bakery operations, as well as other operations producing RTE foods.

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