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Pine Nut Salmonella Outbreak Update – 43 Cases in 7 States
According to a warning issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Turkish Pine Nuts from bulk containers at Wegmans Food Markets and also pesto, salads, or baked goods that may have been...
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Food Code Now Requires Employment of Food Protection Managers
The 2011 Supplement to the 2009 Food Code was released by the Food and Drug Administration on September 29th, and it has some long overdue changes in it that will be shocking to foodservice operations...
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Will the Costs of Certifications Raise Restaurant Prices?
A concern was brought to my attention that the costs for the consumer at restaurants may go up at operations that choose to follow the new recommendations released by the FDA in the 2011 Supplement to...
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Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak Now Worst in Modern U.S. History
The Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that started with tainted cantaloupes from Jensen Farms in Colorado is now officially the Worst Foodborne Illness Outbreak in Modern U.S. History. According to the...
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Fruit & Vegetable Cleaning
Recently the Denver Post ran a story about how food safety experts are rethinking the advice given after the recent cantaloupe listeria outbreak that killed a total of 30 people including a miscarriage...
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New Additions To Hawaii Foodservice Academy
I apologize for the infrequent postings over the past few days. I have been busy working on designing the layout for the Hawaii Foodservice Academy markings on a 6′x8′ Pace American aluminum cargo...
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New CFPM Course
The instructors at the Hawaii Foodservice Academy finally got tired of having to explain to everyone that the courses for the ServSafe, National Registry of Food Professionals, and Prometric...
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Fast Food vs. Food Safety
I started my food career working as a cook in a Burger King restaurant in Jonesboro, Arkansas over 25 years ago. In the 80′s and 90′s I worked for several other very large fast food chains including...
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CFPM Need for States That Do Not Require It
An email washed up on the beach today from Brian from my old hometown in Arkansas, with a really good question. Brian asks, since his state does not require Food Protection Manager certification, why...
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Food Safety – Clearly Not A Priority in Hawaii – Updated
Back in 2010 the Produce Safety Project report showed that Hawaii was leading the nation in foodborne illness related costs, at an average of 710 million dollars each year, have we really seen any...
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