Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Ensuring food safety is essential for restaurant brands and others within the food industry. A weak food safety culture can have severe consequences, including product recalls, foodborne illnesses, reputational damage, diminished customer loyalty, and financial losses.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

September is National Food Safety Education Month. This month, put food safety first and take steps to help prevent food poisoning from occurring. Be aware of the symptoms of food poisoning and do not hesitate to contact medical attention if needed.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

However, even with the greatest attention to food safety, there is no single way to eliminate all foodborne illness because its sources are numerous and diverse. The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) represents the agency’s comprehensive efforts to advance this cause. Standards Support Collaboration.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Integrating IoT devices and connectivity drives efficiency, enhances food safety, mitigates risks, increases transparency, reduces waste, and provides many other benefits for restaurants. The numerous, significant benefits of using IoT in the restaurant industry include: Enhancing food safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The food your restaurant serves should taste good, look appealing, and be safe! Each year, food safety breaches sicken 48 million people in the United States and, of those, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. All employees must work diligently to protect your food, customers, and brand. Prioritize training.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2025

With food recalls at a five year high , there’s (understandably!) increased consumer demand for real-time information about these incidents. All food businesses need a strategic communications plan that covers what to do before, during, and after a recall. They can happen to any food business at any time.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2023

How much information do you have about the foods your company handles in the course of business? If subjected to a food recall, would you be able to produce clear records delineating every touchpoint where the food was produced, harvested, processed or transformed, shipped, received, and used?

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AIA

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Introduction As of 2024, the NSW Food Act has been updated to reflect the new food safety guidelines released by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). What is a Food Safety Supervisor? A Food Safety Supervisor (FSS) has an extremely important role in the kitchen.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

Food safety discussions have taken on a new level of urgency, as restaurants face the enormity of consequences of COVID-19. Here are three ways to support and communicate food safety claims and ensure that take-out and delivery items are safe once they leave the premises: Screening.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Encouraging Participation : Host brief, informal sessions to explain options, empowering your team to make confident decisions for themselves and their families. Scheduling Training : Plan mandatory training for harassment prevention, safety, or customer service if required by law or beneficial for your operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 8, 2020

GS1 US , the information standards organization?, about food safety and traceability. In this week's episode of The Main Course host Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia speaks with Angela Fernandez , the Vice President of Community Engagement at? To listen, click here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

While everything feels overwhelming in the world, focus on these five solvable challenges: Prioritize a Food Safety Culture. With or without a pandemic, food safety culture is what you do when no one is looking. When employees feel safe, informed, and engaged, then customers will feel safe.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

Food safety sanitation procedures are more important than ever to combat the novel coronavirus. These procedures must be added to your current food safety policies built upon the 2017 FDA Food Code recommendation for the BIG 6 pathogens. Get Information from Reputable Sources. Invest in Digital Tools.

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Food Safety Tech

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Food safety is one of the biggest health concerns worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that about one in 10 people contract an illness from contaminated food, with more than 400,000 dying each year as a result. Food contamination leads to illness, death, lost productivity, and wasted money. Food safety.

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Food Safety Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Instead, staffers received calls or emails from the FDAs Office of Talent Solutions, informing them that their access to FDA computer systems and offices had been restored. FDA moves to rehire food safety staffers fired days earlier appeared first on FoodSafetyTech. the emails concluded. The post Revolving Door?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 20, 2025

This means having real-time data at your fingertips, allowing you to make informed decisions about inventory, orders, and staff allocation. This integration reduces errors and ensures all team members have the same information. Analyze this data and make informed decisions about changes that will improve performance.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Especially in a time where the industry is in flux because of the pandemic, juggling things like food costs, keeping shifts full and food safety can feel more difficult than ever. Modern restaurant technology can provide peace of mind to operators worried about food safety violations, labor law mistakes, falsified data and more.

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Food Safety Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

The termination of these two important advisory committees is very alarming and should serve as a warning to consumers that food safety will not be a priority at USDA in the foreseeable future. The failure to recognize and leverage the value of this scientific expertise is dangerous and irresponsible.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 26, 2024

While it’s important to get information out quickly, it’s more important to be accurate with the information you disseminate. If your restaurant is involved in a food recall, promptly informing key audiences about what happened and what you’re doing to resolve the situation will calm nerves and retain trust.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in January of 2011 and expanded the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s authority to regulate the way foods are grown, harvested and processed. Tainted food has cost the food industry billions of dollars in recalls, lost sales, and legal expenses.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Food safety and restaurant cleanliness. Organizing and preparing dishes does not come easy—there is a lot of data and information tracking involved to make sure the correct dish is served to the right person. Similarly, restaurant visitors expect their food to be of a consistent quality every time they visit.

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Probe It Food Safety

MARCH 18, 2025

Why You Should Get Food Safety Training Online In todays fast-paced world, ensuring food safety is more important than ever. Whether you work in the food industry or simply want to enhance your knowledge, obtaining a food safety certificate through Probe It Food Safety offers numerous benefits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Alongside wild stories detailing how foodborne illnesses can happen, Shaw offers practical solutions to avoid food safety breaches. Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked Shaw why she wrote the book, food safety challenges for restaurants and the impact she anticipates AI will have on the industry. Francine L.

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Bill Marler

AUGUST 4, 2023

Over two months ago, while watching the premiere of the documentary, “Poisoned,” at the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC, I got thinking again about how little in the past 30 years I feel I have moved the needle on food safety – pathogens and certainly, human nutrition. So, what would I do with a Food Safety Magic Wand on day one?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Restaurants are feeling an unprecedented churn as they face staffing shortages, implement new SOPs, keep up with city, state, and national regulatory agencies and ever-evolving pandemic information – while also running their business and keeping everyone safe. For even greater impact, create and promote a food safety culture.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2021

Technology will be vital in the months – and years – ahead as the pandemic continues to change the conversation about food safety. Restaurants now must prioritize the overall safety of the restaurant environment, in addition to addressing food safety itself. But in that challenge is also an opportunity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 13, 2020

Food safety, in particular, is one of the first items to slip, so identifying and building in additional tools for food safety management and enforcement is essential to short and long term operational excellence. Food Safety Technology. Communicating with the Customer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Here’s some key information to know about remote audits: Remote Audits are Thorough and Comprehensive. The trend moving forward will blend traditional audits with remote audits and self-assessments for a more frequent, comprehensive review of food safety and quality across a business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

For example, restaurants can reduce or eliminate temperature checks by replacing manual hardware with IoT and automation technologies that monitor and report this information. Optimize Food Safety Protocols. Food waste is endemic at many restaurants and across the food supply chain, collectively totaling more than 1.6

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Food Safety Tech

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The food industry faces increasing customer demand on top of snowballing regulatory concerns, and many are calling for automation to overcome these obstacles. Automation technologies reinforce food safety practices from processing to packaging by revamping sanitation, quality control, and more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 26, 2024

When juries award disproportionately high amounts in lawsuits, often from cases involving accidents, liquor liability, food safety issues, or employee disputes, these multimillion-dollar awards can be a death sentence for restaurants. This information does not amend, modify or supplement any insurance policy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

And they’ve implemented these new COVID-19 protocols in addition to the food safety procedures that were already in place. In addition to the COVID protocols listed above, restaurants would be wise to implement the following to maximize safety and mitigate risks during the ongoing pandemic: Demonstrate Your Commitment to Safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 29, 2022

Many restaurant managers have already moved to digital food safety programs that give them visibility into the state of their assets across multiple locations. By processing food safety data digitally, managers can more easily generate on-demand documentation and corresponding corrective actions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 17, 2023

By increasing their safety and quality protocols, organizations can avoid legal, financial, and reputational damage that would likely arise from food safety breaches. Food safety training must be a priority for all employees on an ongoing basis. any issues to stay compliant. Meet consumer demand. Get recertified.

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Food Safety Tech

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Food safety remains a vital concern for public health and consumer trust. innovations provide much of the evidence needed to secure the food supply. Understanding Cognitive Bias in Food Safety Risk Assessments Cognitive biases distort decision-making.

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Probe It Food Safety

MARCH 27, 2025

Ensuring a high standard of food safety is important for any setting that prepares or serves meals to the public. Foodsafe Level 1 , introduced in British Columbia and recognized in various parts of Canada, stands as a recommended or mandatory certification for those handling food daily. Key Topics and Skills Gained 1.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 22, 2024

The FDA has already issued more than 50 food recalls in 2024, causing many consumers to worry about food safety – and raising an important question for the restaurant industry: Would we know exactly what to do in a recall situation? Use these best practice tips to protect your food, guests, employees, and brand.

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