Food Safety

Food safety comprises all of the kitchen cleanliness and food handling and storage rules and regulations that keep people from getting sick when they eat. With recent lawsuits stemming from E. coli infected meat and filthy restaurant kitchens like those revealed on Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, food safety is more of a concern than ever.

Basically, food safety rules and practices are there to prevent food poisoning. This is a concern in private home kitchens, in restaurant and institution kitchens, and in foreign countries where sanitation and food handling may not be up to Western levels.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Food Safety”

• Linda: A Victim of Foodborne Illness

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 145
  We have been very busy these past few weeks at S.T.O.P. - traveling, fund raising, educating and advocating- all in order to help protect our nation’s food supply.  In spite of all this activity, I never forget why I do this:  to prevent people getting sick from devastating foodborne illnesses that damage lives ...
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• Linda: A Victim of Foodborne Illness

  
  MomsRising Blog — Authority: 134
  We have been very busy these past few weeks at S.T.O.P. - traveling, fund raising, educating and advocating- all in order to help protect our nation’s food supply.  In spite of all this activity, I never forget why I do this:  to prevent people getting sick from devastating foodborne illnesses that damage lives ...
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• Boy, two, snatched by social workers after mother refused doctor’s advice to feed him junk food

  
  Aftermath News — Authority: 446
  Daily Mail | Dec 3, 2009 By Chris Brooke Heartbroken: Lisa Hessey was told she would have her parental rights taken away in court if she opposed a decision to place Zak in care Like many toddlers, Zak Hessey was a fussy eater who refused his mother’s healthy home cooking. Concerned about his falling ...
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• New Documentary “Tapped” Makes Bottled Water Look All Wet

  
  Green Options — Authority: 149
  While watching the new documentary “Tapped ” with some of my other Greenies, we glanced at each other when one of the water rights experts used a notable quote courtesy of Mark Twain, “Whiskey is for sipping and water is for fighting.” So true, and the fighting will only get worse at least if you believe the ...
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• Danger: This email contains barf, poop and foodborne pathogens, fund bites.ksu.edu

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 434
  What we have discovered at bites.ksu.edu is that it’s best to be obvious and when possible, humorous. Food safety information can be boring, leading to complacency. We make important food safety information accessible and interesting to everyone, because everyone eats. bites.ksu.edu daily news e-mails are read ...
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• GMO Bans, Laws, and Labels from Around the World

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 693
  Photo credit: David Gould / Getty Images Prince Charles has called them the "biggest environmental disaster of all time," while agriculture industrialists like Monsanto swear theyre safe for human consumption and a boon for the environment. Genetically modified foods are nothing if not controversial, and that ...
  6 hours ago

• Male and female shopping styles are in our genes

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, Dec 3 (ANI): Ever wondered why women spend so much time in shopping, while men just get in and quickly get out with the relevant stuff? Well, the answer lies in their genes, say researchers.According to lead researcher Daniel Kruger, from University of Michigan, different shopping styles date back to the ...
  15 hours ago

• 3 stricken with E. coli O157 in Washington State from raw milk; is that food safety hysteria?

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 434
  Chapman wasn’t feeling particularly hysterical as he kept crapping himself while he was in Manhattan (Kansas) a couple of weeks ago and was then confirmed to be suffering from campylobacter. I didn’t feel hysterical with my own case of the green apple splatters over the weekend while sitting in the backseat ...
  18 hours ago

• Raw Milk: Just Because Its Legal, Doesnt Mean Its Safe!

  
  eFoodAlert.com — Authority: 133
  Raw Milk In Washington State Sickens Three People Retail sale of raw milk is legal in Washington State. But that doesnt mean drinking it is risk-free. Raw milk produced by the Dungeness Valley Creamery has been linked to three cases of E. coli infection, according to a report issued today by the ...
  22 hours ago

• How Safe is Your Commercial Kitchen?

  
  Website Marketing Club — Authority: 165
  If you own your own restaurant you already know how lucrative the food business is. However, it is very easy to ruin you restaurant business if you do not pay attention to the sanitation of your food. There are many things to keep in mind when you are looking at making sure that your kitchen meets the standards that ...
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• Up to 160 sick after holiday party at Melbournes Crown Casino

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 434
  That’s me and Melbourne Milton, having a chat along Southbank one morning last year when we visited Australia. The Crown Casino is tucked in behind us. We spent a couple of nights in the hotel – it was great. But it wasn’t so great for 160 employees of superannuation fund Unisuper, who decided on a Christmas ...
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• Recalled Beef

  
  cookiesinheaven — Authority: 417
  wasnt recalled for school lunch programs ? WTF? Even as public health officials told residents to throw out recalled products from the Fresno plant, the federal government paid Beef Packers hundreds of thousands of dollars for almost 450,000 pounds of ground beef made from June 5 to June 23, the dates ...
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• US school lunch program needs more food safety accountability

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 434
  Today’s USA Today has a feature story today about meat served in the U.S. school lunch program and asks why certain batches of meat were excluded from a Salmonella-related recall and outbreak last year. What stands out is that the U.S. Department of Agriculture initially refused to match suppliers with positive ...
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• Recall Roulette: Europe Must Improve Its Recall Notifications

  
  eFoodAlert.com — Authority: 133
  Today, or tomorrow, or next week – it will happen! Somewhere in France, or in Spain, or in Portugal – it will happen! An unsuspecting Mama or Papa will prepare an organic cereal for Bébé – and, in so doing, will feed Salmonella or Enterobacter sakazakii to a helpless victim. How ...
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• The cursed 3 compartment sink method

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 434
    I have finally decided to give my body a break and cut down on the amount of caffeine I consume daily. The problem is that I am not a morning kinda’ guy and when restaurant operators decide to tell me just how much they like me when I visit, I look like Christopher Walken ready to snap. This morning I decided to ...
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• Titanium Dioxide: A Paint & Food Additive That Makes Things White

  
  The Fun Times Guide to Food — Authority: 126
  A nice fresh coat of paint brings the luster back to any room.  Crisp white walls look so clean.  Funny thing though, the chemical they add to the paint to get that sparkly white color is the same ingredient added to foods (like skim milk) to make them more appealing to the eye. Skim milk is basically milk with all ...
  2 days ago

• Call for BPA baby bottle ban after breast cancer link

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, Dec 1 (ANI): British campaigners have called upon to put a ban on baby bottles containing controversial chemical Bisphenol A, commonly known as BPA.The National Childbirth Trust says there is “compelling” evidence linking BPA to breast cancer and other conditions.The chemical is widely used in plastics and ...
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• NHK: Progam About The Whistleblower Who Revealed Meat Hopes Dirty Practices

  
  Kurashi - News From Japan — Authority: 490
  Im definitely going to try to remember to watch the program tonight at 22:00 on NHK about the whistleblower who revealed the dirty practices at Hokkaido-based Meat Hope: Being a whistle blower isnt easy anywhere... The story of Kiroku Akabane, the man who alerted the authorities to the mislabeling of ground beef ...
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• Tyson, Foster Farms Chickens Harbor Most Dangerous Bacteria

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 686
  A new report that is forthcoming by Consumer Reports shows that two-thirds of chickens tested harbor dangerous bacteria. Tyson and Foster Farms brand were named to be the most contaminated. Perdue was named the cleanest name-brand. The latest test of fresh, whole broilers bought in 22 states reveals that two-thirds ...
  3 days ago

• how safe is your chicken?

  
  skippy the bush kangaroo — Authority: 585
  you might be surprised. you would think that after years of alarms about food safety—outbreaks of illness followed by renewed efforts at cleanup—a staple like chicken would be a lot safer to eat. but in our latest analysis of fresh, whole broilers bought at stores nationwide, two-thirds harbored salmonella ...
  3 days ago

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